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NCPH calls for reinstatement of LGBTQ history exhibit

Early last week, the exhibit Making History: Kansas City and the Rise of Gay Rights, produced by students in the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s public history program in 2016 and the recipient of NCPH’s 2018 Student Project Award, went up in the Missouri State Museum on the first floor of the Capitol building in Jefferson City. Read More

RFP – WWII Home Front Working Group

Deadline Extended to Friday, September 10, 2021

Via our cooperative agreement with the National Park Service (NPS), the National Council on Public History seeks two historians with subject matter expertise on the World War II home front or 20th century U.S. Read More

RFP: GDSH Survey Analysis

NCPH and the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) are looking for someone to analyze the data collected from our 2020 Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment (GDSH) Survey. With this data, we intend to issue reports to the field about how gender discrimination and sexual harassment take place, who is most vulnerable, and whether current workplace and professional association policies are failing our efforts at diversity, equity, and inclusion. Read More

Request for Letters of Interest – WWII Heritage Cities

Via our cooperative agreement with the National Park Service (NPS), the National Council on Public History seeks subject matter experts in the history of the World War II home front or mid-twentieth century American history to research the Congressionally-established criteria for the American World War II Heritage City program and develop historic context for these criteria that can be used to aid the National Park Service in the evaluation of Heritage City nominations. Read More

Request for Letters of Interest – NPS Admin History

Via our cooperative agreement with the National Park Service, the National Council on Public History seeks a qualified historian (or team of historians) to research and write a monograph-length narrative about the Southwestern National Monuments group, 1923-1957, using primary and secondary source research and working closely with the NPS Western Archeological and Conservation Center and the legacy Intermountain Regional Office. Read More

Comment on NCPH 2022 Topic Proposals

We received 30 topic proposals from people looking for feedback or possible co-presenters for next March’s annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in advance of the final proposal deadline of July 15. We’re asking the NCPH community to explore the topic proposals and leave feedback by July 1! Read More