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16 January 2019 – James F. Brooks
TPH 40.4, public history theory, international, The Public Historian, public history, Editor's Corner
Editor’s note: We publish “The Public Historian” editor James F. Brooks’s introduction to the November 2018 issue of TPH here. This is adapted from the print edition. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and to others with subscription access. Read More
04 January 2019 – editors
scholarship, trends, profession, race, conference, gender/sexuality, review, public history, digital media, methods, digital history
2018 has drawn to a close, and the History@Work editors would be remiss if we deprived our readers of that beloved tradition: the year-end redux. We want to give you a sense of the most widely read, discussed, shared, and impactful posts of the year, but we find ourselves faced with the perennial problem of digital analysis: how do we assess impact? Read More
09 March 2018 – Denise Meringolo
As the number of public history programs continues to grow, public history educators compete for students, grants, and partners. We flood cultural organizations with interns and redundant projects. Budgetary uncertainty forces educators working in state systems to make competing claims of primacy and excellence, pitting our programs against one another. Read More
09 March 2015 – Rob Townsend
The past of public history can be traced along many different paths, but at least one runs though the American Historical Association. My interest in this question was first shaped at a lunch for the National Council on Public History at the AHA’s 1997 meeting. Read More