The NCPH/OAH conference brought to light a subject near to my heart this afternoon – history in the NPS. The panel consisted of Marla Miller, Gary Nash, David Thelen and Anne Mitchell Whisnant. On the docket was the discussion of their report on how the NPS stacks up in the history department. Read More
Each paragraph below presents a common public history work scenario that differs – a little or a lot – from traditional academy-based work. I am looking for comments, suggestions, alternative ideas, and specific examples of what is described. This was written as a centerpiece for a work session planned for the 2012 annual meeting, but is a topic that deserves widest possible exposure. Read More
A considerable amount of ink (and blog space) has been devoted to the articles written last fall by Anthony Grafton, president of the American Historical Association at the time, and AHA Executive Director James Grossman on the state of the job market for history Ph.D.’s. Read More
Each paragraph below presents a common public history work scenario that differs – a little or a lot – from traditional academy-based work. I am looking for comments, suggestions, alternative ideas, and specific examples of what is described. This was written as a centerpiece for a work session planned for the 2012 annual meeting, but is a topic that deserves widest possible exposure. Read More
We all have to start somewhere. Public historians arrive in the profession from a variety of different places. We are inspired to work in a field that invokes passion and a lot of heart–but at some point we have all taken our first steps into the profession, either as graduate students or as new professionals who came into our public history work from unexpected directions. Read More
2012 is an ambitious year for NCPH, marking the launch of a true locus for our craft on the World Wide Web: the “History@Work” blog located on the new digital Public History Commons. Like the field of public history, this space will take advantage of every phase the Internet has to offer: its content delivery mechanisms will be multi-faceted, its content fluid, and its reach will encompass the entire cloud. Read More
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The NCPH/OAH conference brought to light a subject near to my heart this afternoon – history in the NPS. The panel consisted of Marla Miller, Gary Nash, David Thelen and Anne Mitchell Whisnant. On the docket was the discussion of their report on how the NPS stacks up in the history department. Read More 
