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“History and tradition:” judicial engagement with public histories of homelessness

24 September 2024 –

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Editor’s Note: Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan is the 2024 winner of the G. Wesley Johnson Award, which recognizes the most outstanding article appearing in the The Public Historian during the previous volume year, for her article “‘People First’: Interpreting and Commemorating Houselessness and Poverty,” The Public Historian Vol 45, No 1. Read More

From the NCPH/OAH conference: Historians in the legal arena

04 June 2012 – 1

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gavel and law books

As a fledgling public history consultant and member of the NCPH Consultants’ Committee, I endeavored to attend as many sessions as I could that highlighted non-traditional areas in which historians have successfully contributed. The Historians in the Legal Arena session was, by far, one of the most compelling. Read More