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04 September 2018 – Bruce Dearstyne 2
“History@Work” is an apt title for this blog and a metaphor for a lot of the work that public historians do. But, history seems to be getting off with light duty in the arena of public discussion these days. Read More
31 August 2018 – Malgorzata Rymsza-Pawlowka
Author’s Note: Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the Public History Summer School, held in Wroclaw, Poland. The Summer School, which was co-sponsored with the University of Wrocław’s Historical Institute, the local Zajezdnia History Centre, the Jean Monnet Network for Applied Contemporary European History, and the International Federation for Public History (IFPH), ran for four days, and included presentations from scholars all over Europe and beyond. Read More
23 August 2018 – Krista McCracken
advocacy, methods, digital history, NCPH, conference, professional opportunities, NCPH Board Member Posts, digital media
As you may have noticed in Public History News, NCPH is excited to announce that our first ever NCPH Twitter Mini-Con will be taking place October 18-19, 2018. The theme for the conference is (Re)Active Public History, and is rooted in a desire to critically discuss the active ways that public historians engage with the public, the past, and historical scholarship. Read More
16 August 2018 – Marla Miller, Christine Crosby, and Stephanie Rowe
On July 29, 2018, The Chronicle of Higher Education published a piece by Alice Dreger entitled “The Delicate Art of Dealing with Your Archivist” (originally behind a paywall, the article is now publicly accessible). In the article, Dreger, a historian of science and medicine, breaks down the types of archivists a researcher may encounter by a “basic taxonomy.” Read More
20 June 2018 – Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan
collaboration, education, graduate students, slavery, projects, working group, methods, campus, community history, sense of place
Can campus history be public history? NCPH members and others, both inside and outside of the academy, have been grappling with this question for years, considering the often-fraught town/gown and faculty/administration relationships many of our colleagues face. The ways that we answer this question have changed significantly over the last decade, however, as dozens of colleges and universities have endeavored to reckon with the reality of their histories, many in response to institutional connections to slavery. Read More
18 June 2018 – Kathryn E. Wilson
teaching, TPH teaching series, facilitated discussion, methods, public engagement, education, The Public Historian
Editor’s note: In this final post in our series on teaching with articles from The Public Historian, Kate Wilson discusses her experiences using Ruth Abram’s essay, “Kitchen Conversations: Democracy in Action at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum” (The Public Historian 29, no. Read More
18 May 2018 – Cathy Stanton
Editor’s note: this is the second in a series of pieces by recipients of NCPH’s 2018 best in public history awards.
On learning that I would be receiving an award for “extraordinary service” to the National Council on Public History, my initial response was to point out that the projects I’ve been involved in have always been group efforts by staff and many other NCPH members. Read More
09 May 2018 – G. Samantha Rosenthal 2
oral history, methods, NCPH 2018 Awards, sense of place, collaboration, NCPH, The Public Historian, gender/sexuality
Editor’s note: this is the first in a series of pieces by recipients of NCPH’s 2018 best in public history awards.
On the final morning of a five-day visit to Roanoke, Virginia, my New Yorker friend turned to me and said “Roanoke made me queer again.” Read More
04 May 2018 – Jerome de Groot and Tanya Evans
Editor’s Note: This post concludes a two-part series exploring international family history that began last year.
In October 2017, we held the International Family History Workshop in Manchester, UK. This event was a way to explore the rich margins inhabited by scholars and practitioners of the burgeoning phenomenon of family history. Read More
30 April 2018 – Jim McGrath
Five years ago I was watching the Boston Marathon in Coolidge Corner with my brother Brian. He had recently moved to the city and had never experienced a Marathon Monday, so the lively spectators and runners in Brookline—combined with the perfect spring weather—seemed like a fine introduction to this Boston tradition. Read More