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professional opportunities

Request for Proposals: NCPH Seeks to Fund Virtual Projects and Programming

02 July 2020 – and

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Editors’ Note: This is one of two posts about the National Council on Public History’s finances and plans for programming.

The National Council on Public History (NCPH) is a membership and professional organization, and so we are only as strong as our members; we are only as healthy as the field of public history is. Read More

(Re)Active Public History: NCPH Twitter Mini-Con

23 August 2018 –

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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

On unpaid internships, professional ethical standards, and the NCPH jobs page

04 December 2017 – 5

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In the last month, our jobs page has garnered nearly 20,000 page views, making it one of the most-visited pages on the NCPH website. We don’t limit access to the page to NCPH members and we don’t charge employers to post jobs, because we think it benefits everyone in the field to connect qualified job-searchers with as many public history job opportunities as possible. Read More

Professional opportunities Jan. 19, 2016

20 January 2016 –

newspaper-in-fieldFrom around the field this week: Conference calls for nursing/healthcare history, African-American museums and genealogy, the future of urban preservationism, plus awards for archivists and their advocates.

NOTE: This weekly listing of items of possible interest to practicing public historians will now appear as a regular blog post on History@Work rather than in the “News” sidebar as previously. Read More

Professional Opportunities Jan. 13, 2016

13 January 2016 – 1

newspaper-in-fieldFrom around the field this week: extended deadline for international award for technology exhibits, a chance to weigh in on women’s history scholarship at the U.S. National Women’s History Museum, and more.

NOTE: This weekly listing of items of possible interest to practicing public historians will now appear as a regular blog post on History@Work rather than in the “News” sidebar as previously. Read More

Professional opportunities Jan. 6, 2016

06 January 2016 –

To submit an item for the News Feed, send an email to: news[at]publichistorycommons.org

CFP: “Oral Narratives and the Politics of History Making” International Oral History Conference – Dec. 6-8, 2016, Jerusalem, Israel
DEADLINE: March 15, 2016

EDU: The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) welcomes applications for the 2016 Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents – July 31-August 4, 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Read More