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The making of James Madison’s Montpelier’s “The Mere Distinction of Colour” Q&A: Part 4

15 February 2019 – editors

The Public Historian, slavery, methods, public engagement, community history, sense of place, collaboration, TPH 40.4, museums, MDOC Q&A, scholarship, Montpelier, race

Editor’s Note: Want to know more about what it takes to develop an award-winning exhibition about the lives of enslaved people at a founding father’s historic site? We did, too! In this series, we will learn more about what went into the new permanent exhibition The Mere Distinction of Colour (MDOC) at James Madison’s Montpelier (JMM) in Virginia. Read More

The making of James Madison’s Montpelier’s “The Mere Distinction of Colour” Q&A: Part 3

08 February 2019 – editors

museums, MDOC Q&A, scholarship, Montpelier, race, The Public Historian, slavery, methods, public engagement, community history, sense of place, collaboration, TPH 40.4

The making of James Madison’s Montpelier’s “The Mere Distinction of Colour” Q&A: Part 2

01 February 2019 – editors

community history, sense of place, TPH 40.4, collaboration, MDOC Q&A, museums, Montpelier, scholarship, race, The Public Historian, slavery, methods, public engagement

The making of James Madison’s Montpelier’s “The Mere Distinction of Colour” Q&A: Part 1

25 January 2019 – editors

slavery, methods, public engagement, community history, sense of place, TPH 40.4, collaboration, MDOC Q&A, museums, Montpelier, scholarship, race, The Public Historian

Editor’s Note: Want to know more about what it takes to develop an award-winning exhibition about the lives of enslaved people at a founding father’s historic site? We did, too! In this series, we will learn more about what went into the new permanent exhibition “The Mere Distinction of Colour” (MDOC) at James Madison’s Montpelier (JMM) in Virginia. Read More

Project Showcase: (In)Visible Princeton

08 January 2019 – Abby Klionsky

campus, social justice, digital history, religion, sense of place, race, gender, ethnicity

As an institution older than the nation itself, Princeton University and its history often reflect social and political trends of the broader United States, as well as its patterns of exclusion and erasure. A new digital project, called (In)Visible Princeton, is one step toward confronting some of these historical injustices and helping Princeton reconcile the values of its past with the ones it embodies today. Read More

Highlights of History@Work in 2018

04 January 2019 – editors

profession, race, conference, gender/sexuality, review, public history, digital media, methods, digital history, scholarship, trends

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

A different “birthright”: Exploring immigrant history in the birthplace of “America’s Immigrant Problem”

01 January 2019 – Andrew Lang 2

social justice, community history, sense of place, politics, race, Immigration

In recent years, the debate over immigration and migration to the United States has been especially pronounced, with calls to end “invasions” of “illegal immigrants” from Latin America, build a border wall, institute a “Muslim travel ban,” refuse refugees seeking asylum, and rescind birthright citizenship. Read More

Hidden in plain sight: Cemeteries and civil rights

15 October 2018 – Mimi Eisen 1

cemetery, projects, digital history, memory, race

In 1849, a community of black Philadelphians secured a plot of land devoted to preserving the rights of their dead kin—from dignified burial, to peaceful rest, to honorable remembrance. Lebanon Cemetery was an answer to the city’s expansive white-only cemeteries and a sanctuary from persistent racial terror and civil rights violations. Read More

A long journey to the Washington Mall

09 August 2018 – James F. Brooks

TPH 40.3, National Museum of African American History and Culture, AAAM, collaboration, museums, race, The Public Historian

Editor’s note: We publish TPH editor James F. Brooks’s introduction to the August 2018 issue of The Public Historian. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members.

On October 28, 2016, the editorial team of The Public Historian waited in a crisp windy dawn for the doors of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to open. Read More

Editors’ conversation on interpreting immigration, Part 2

26 July 2018 – Adina Langer

advocacy, social justice, collaboration, human rights, politics, race, Immigration

Editors’ Note: This is the second part of a two-part editorial conversation on interpreting immigration in public history. Part 1 is available here.

AJL: How can public historians effectively take an intersectional approach to interpreting immigration? How can we bring different audiences and stakeholders together? Read More

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