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Conference (P)review #1: Rideau Street Convent Chapel

08 April 2013 – 3

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Editor’s note: In preparation for the upcoming NCPH conference in Ottawa, The Public Historian has commissioned a series of Ottawa site reviews, as it does annually for sites in our conference city.  These “(p)reviews,” as we’re dubbing them, will inaugurate what we hope will be a growing partnership between The Public Historian and the Public History Commons.   Read More

NCPH news and conference updates April 2, 2013 – Last day for pre-registration

03 April 2013 –

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NEWS

  • Digital Public Library of America to Open April 18th. Public historians will benefit from a national digital library knitting together the holdings of America’s research libraries, archives, and museums—online and free of charge.
  • The Sequester Hits History. When we think about the budget mess in Washington, it’s easy to focus on how it affects what’s now and what’s next….
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What employers seek in public history graduates (Part 5): An online discussion in preparation for NCPH 2013

01 April 2013 – 2

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binocularsAs senior director of the five public program departments at the Indiana Historical Society I regularly work with interns and faculty, and I regularly employ graduates  from history programs. I ask several specific questions when am sifting through applicants:

  • Can the student or applicant do research?
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Hey girl, let's meet in Ottawa and get public

29 March 2013 –

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multivalent narrativeYou may have noticed by now that Public History Ryan Gosling has been reappearing in select locations. His handlers, Rachel Boyle and Anne Cullen, will be presenting a paper on last year’s PHRG phenomenon as part of a panel on “Connecting Communities” at the National Council on Public History meeting in Ottawa next month, and we’ve been very happy to have their help for some advance conference promotion.  Read More

NCPH News and conference updates March 21, 2013 – Public History Ryan Gosling is back

21 March 2013 –

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NEWS

  • Canada’s Federal Librarians Fear Being ‘muzzled’.  A new code for federal librarians and archivists stresses federal employees’ “duty of loyalty” to the “duly elected government.”
  • NPS Designates 13 New National Historic Landmarks.  New Sites Recognize More Complete Story of America, including Significant Latino, African American and Indian Sites.
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What employers seek in public history graduates (Part 4): An online discussion in preparation for NCPH 2013

11 March 2013 – 3

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binocularsAs a public historian and manager of historical research at Parks Canada for the past 12 years, I have sat on many hiring committees to hire historians, policy analysts, program officers and university students for a range of heritage and history projects based in our national office in Gatineau, Quebec.  Read More