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29 October 2025 – Monica Berg
Join colleagues from around the country for a 45-minute conversation to share stories and build connections with fellow public history professors on November 19 at 4:00 pm Eastern. Feel free to come share your stories, struggles, and successes and maybe make some friends in the process. Read More
23 October 2025 – Monica Berg
For many years NCPH has allowed potential presenters to submit early topic proposals for feedback before the final submission date. This year, we received 42 topic proposals. Their proposers are seeking feedback and offers of collaboration to fill out complete sessions, which will be submitted by the final proposal deadline of December 1, 2025. Read More
16 October 2025 – Monica Berg
We’re trying something new this year for our joint conference with the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)! Proposals will go through an initial round of blind review, and we’re hoping to put together the most diverse possible pool of reviewers for this first round. Read More
08 October 2025 – Monica Berg
For the last several years, NCPH has worked with the National Park Service and a team of researchers (Caitlin DeAngelis, Carla D. Martin, Rayshauna C. Gray, Aabid Allibhai, and Eshe Sherley) on a Special History Study (SHS) of Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters Historic Site examining the lives of the early Black residents of the site. Read More
24 September 2025 – Monica Berg
Increased deployment of National Guard units, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) forces are impacting public history sites—including museums, universities, and cultural organizations—across the country. Following military escalations in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, the arrival of a large border patrol presence in Chicago coincides with the start of Hispanic Heritage Month and may also affect public sites in midwestern states sharing the Lake Michigan border. Read More
16 September 2025 – Meghan Hillman
The History@Work Editorial Committee is seeking to add volunteer Affiliate Editors to our team! Affiliate Editors collaborate with authors, editors, and NCPH staff to publish short essays on the NCPH blog that engage with a variety of issues in public history. Read More
04 September 2025 – Monica Berg
Three-fifths of Team NCPH (Executive Director Stephanie Rowe, Program Manager Meghan Hillman, and Graduate Assistant Monica Berg) will be at AASLH 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio, from September 10-13! To prepare for the joint NCPH-AASLH 2026 conference, we’ll have a table near AASLH registration where you can stop by and chat. Read More
27 August 2025 – Monica Berg
Via our cooperative agreement with the National Park Service (NPS), we’re looking to contract with an individual or team to serve as a Tribal Engagement Specialist in the first phase of two upcoming administrative histories, both in New Mexico: Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Petroglyphs National Monument. Read More
19 August 2025 – Monica Berg
As cultural workers navigate layoffs, funding loss, and efforts to erase their labor, it is important for us to stand united. Higher Ground Society launched the Culture Keeper Mutual Aid Network—a bold effort to unite and support the cultural community through collective action and mutual aid. Read More
14 August 2025 – Monica Berg
A decade ago, NCPH’s New Professional and Student Committee (NPSC) published The Public History Navigator, our guide to navigating public history graduate school. Now we’re excited to announce that our NPSC has completed an updated version, The Graduate Student Handbook: Choosing and Thriving in a Public History Program. Read More