Author’s Note: This post was written in consultation with members of the NCPH Governance Committee.
In April 2024, the Board of the National Council on Public History formally adopted a statement of shared values for the organization. This statement of Shared Values and Ethical Commitments of Public Historians articulates a set of values amongst members of the National Council on Public History.Read More
If we learned anything from the 2018–2022 Long Range Plan, it’s that imagining the events of the next five years—let alone planning for them—requires a great deal of creativity. Over many months of focus groups, drafts, and revisions, the Long Range Planning Committee has worked to develop a flexible framework for a set of ambitious, but attainable, goals that build on and mutually reinforce one another. Read More
The idea for the National Council on Public History began, in part, as a way to advocate for our field. In recent years the advocacy committee and NCPH leadership have responded to calls from the membership to expand the organization’s advocacy. Read More
“Practice,” is one of the five pillars of the NCPH’s Long Range Plan. This pillar consists of creating tangible resources and new programming that will better equip the organization to support the needs of the public history practitioners who are putting history to work in the world. Read More
A key focus of the NCPH’s Long Range Plan (LRP) will be to continue the organization’s commitment toward creating an inclusive and diverse organization. We commit towards reshaping the power structures of the field of public history in order to increase career access and equity for marginalized participants in the field. Read More
The Community pillar of the new Long Range Plan (LRP) calls upon NCPH to develop, engage, and connect a public history community. In reviewing feedback from both members and nonmembers, two central themes stood out: a desire for more programming beyond the annual meeting and opportunities for mentoring. Read More
In June 2023, the NCPH Board approved a new Long Range Plan for 2023-2028. This new plan is the product of several years of work from the Long Range Planning Committee and reflects feedback and input from stakeholders, including members, committee chairs, past and present leadership, and others. Read More
Job precarity has become a defining feature of the public history field in recent years as workers grind through extractive cycles of unstable, part-time, and temporary work. A 2017 survey on Public History Education and Employment compiled by NCPH, AASLH, AHA, and OAH reported that “respondents noted that contract work has become more common, permanent positions less numerous, and part-time and term employment ubiquitous.” Read More
Editors’ Note: As of September 9, 2020, all positions listed on the NCPH jobs page must include a salary, salary range, hourly rate, salary code, or some other measure of compensation. In this essay, NCPH graduate assistant Hannah Jane Smith and board member Suzanne Fischer cover some of the reasons why the Board made this change.Read More
Authors’ Note: As you may be aware, the status of the NCPH annual meeting has changed. The sessions will not take place as described below, but the activities of the committee continue.
As we look forward to our annual meeting in Atlanta, members of the National Council on Public History (NCPH) board-led Subcommittee on Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment wanted to share an update on our recent activities.Read More
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