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20 June 2016 – Meghan Hillman
It’s that time again! Summer at the National Council on Public History means that the Program Committee has started the process of selecting content for our 2017 annual meeting. Two months ago we opened up our Call for Proposals for next year’s meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, with the theme “The Middle: Where did we come from? Read More
02 June 2016 – Priya Chhaya
My daily job at the National Trust for Historic Preservation doesn’t involve day-to-day interaction with the broader public. Rather I am a historiographer, in that in my work as a content manager for preservation professionals, I am constantly thinking about the methodology of history–how we protect, communicate, and talk about the past. Read More
25 May 2016 – James F. Brooks
Editor’s note: We publish TPH editor James Brooks’s introduction to the May 2016 issue of The Public Historian. This digital version of the piece differs slightly from the print edition. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members. Read More
01 April 2016 – Jennifer Stevens
Choosing to go into business for yourself means a willingness to ride the ebbs and flows of unpredictability. Some of those rides can be pretty challenging, and the start-up period is no doubt the first and perhaps the most daunting of them all. Read More
29 March 2016 – editors
“The Middle: Where did we come from? Where are we going?”
CALL FOR PAPERS – 2017 Annual Meeting National Council on Public History
Indianapolis, Indiana, April 19-22, 2017 Read More
16 March 2016 – David Benac
This year’s conference promises to be one of the best in recent memory. The public history offerings in Baltimore are world class and offer plenty of temptations to draw us away from the conference. Consultants and attendees interested in consulting should find this year’s partnership with the Society for History in the Federal Government a particular draw. Read More
14 March 2016 – editors
Are you a public historian on the tenure track? Do you sit on a tenure and promotion committee, or are you asked to write letters in support of T&P candidates? Do you find yourself working to explain the scholarly nature of public history scholarship to a broader academic audience? Read More
07 March 2016 – Meghan Gelardi Holmes
My grandmother was well into her seventies by the time I was old enough to share in one of her favorite activities. We would meet at Penn Station and take the bus uptown to visit the newest show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Read More
24 November 2015 – Kathy Shinnick
As public history consultants, we are spread all over the nation. We complete projects in small towns, back rooms of museums, major cities, and community organizations. We come together one time a year at the National Council for Public History’s annual conference. Read More
13 July 2015 – Shae Adams
Our “Public History on the Edge of Nowhere” working group consisted of individuals from institutions that face issues of isolation due to physical location or a lack of awareness by the surrounding communities. In Nashville at the 2015 National Council on Public History conference, we sought to facilitate a group discussion centered on developing creative solutions for institutions lacking direct access to large populations. Read More