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23 July 2012 – Meghan Gelardi Holmes 2
A little over six years ago, I landed my first museum job. As a newly minted assistant curator, I did what you might imagine curators do. I was responsible for a collection of objects; I conducted research on those artifacts and artworks, I brainstormed new ways of telling their stories, and I developed exhibits. Read More
20 July 2012 – Leah Glaser 4
The following point paper was developed by participants in the Public Historians and Sustainability Working Group, which met in Milwaukee in April 2012. The paper is currently being circulated to the National Council on Public History Board, and the Working Group invites comments on it here as well. Read More
16 July 2012 – Alix Green 3
Looking from across the pond, the maturity and scale of public history as a discipline and a sector in the US is a striking phenomenon. The narrative is well-established: the crisis in the academic job market; the emergence of new contexts for historical employment, in preservation, education and regeneration; the entrepreneurship of universities in structuring the supply of skilled professionals through new programmes emphasising workplace skills and experience. Read More
03 July 2012 – Cathy Stanton 2
The National Archives at Kansas City welcomed four local Wikipedians for a Meetup and Scanathon Saturday on June 16, 2012. The meetup theme was “Between the Rivers” and focused on photos and textual holdings related to the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Read More
29 June 2012 – Vanessa Macias 1
projects, methods, public engagement, community history, memory, sense of place, education, profession, employment, training, new professionals
In 2004, I completed my MA graduate program in History with a sure sense of what was going to happen next: teach for a year, and then start a Ph.D. program. By 2007, I wasn’t sure if a Ph.D. was in my future and started exploring other options. Read More
22 June 2012 – Kate Preissler
There are many transitions we go through when we leave graduate programs and start working as public historians. A hard one for me was the transition from student to role model and possible mentor to others working in the field of history. Read More
15 June 2012 – Jeff Robinson 1
advocacy, methods, social justice, public engagement, education, international, profession, training, community
I recently attended an event in Boston’s South End neighborhood called “Sharing our Stories: The Power of Place,” a sensational evening sponsored by the Tenants Development Corporation, Inc. and the Center for Art and Community Partnershipsat the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Read More
13 June 2012 – Jennifer Stevens 1
As a historical consultant working primarily in litigation support, my work usually takes me deep inside the archives. But sometimes, the only way to truly understand the land you’re studying is to see it up close and in person. Last summer, in order to get a better grasp of the vast landscape I’d been researching for two years, I took to Idaho’s backcountry in an area bordering the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. Read More
04 June 2012 – Adina Langer 1
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
24 April 2012 – Jeff Robinson 2
Beloved community activist Bob Moses once asked a family living in the Mississippi Delta, “How do you build and organize a community?” He was answered, “By throwing a ball into your neighbor’s yard; that way you have to cross the fence and engage in a dialogue with them. Read More