National Council on Public History

Realizing the Power of History: Past, Present, and Future Strategies

Register by May 13, 2026!

Washington, DC

May 27, 2026

Ethics, AI, and the Public Humanities Speaker Series

Register for this four-part speaker series on gen AI and the public humanities, organized by NCPH and the American Conservation Experience.

Zoom

January through March, 2026

2025 Grad Fair

Virtual

October 9-10, 2025

CampingCon 2024

Mimbres, New Mexico

October 10-12, 2024

Condition Report: The State of Public History in the South

Lafayette, Louisiana

October 5-6, 2024

2022 Lincoln Home NHS Symposium

Sponsored by the National Park Service and the University of Illinois Springfield

Springfield, Illinois

October 21-22, 2022

Organizing Your History Workplace

Organizing Your History Workplace

Virtual

August 6, 2022

2021 Careers in History Symposium

Co-hosted by NCPH and IUPUI

Virtual

November 12, 2021

Indiana History Relevance Workshop: An NCPH Mini-Con

Hosted by Conner Prairie

Indianapolis, Indiana

November 8, 2019

NCPH After Work with Louisville DAM

Join NCPH and Louisville DAM for networking event after work!

Louisville, Kentucky

October 12, 2019

#CampingCon2019: Public History Outdoors

Organized by Eastern Washington University and the National Park Service

San Juan Island National Historical Park, San Juan Island, Washington

September 20-21, 2019

NCPH After Work with SHFG

Join NCPH and SHFG for networking event after work!

Washington, DC

September 10, 2019

Federal History as Public History

In collaboration with the Society for History in the Federal Government's 2019 Annual Meeting

Washington, DC

April 25-26, 2019

2018 Careers in History Symposium

Hosted by IUPUI

Indianapolis, IN

November 3, 2018

2018 Twitter Mini-Con

(Re)Active Public History

Online

October 18-19, 2018

History Relevance Workshop

Hosted by the Kentucky Museum and Heritage Alliance at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill

Harrodsburg, Kentucky

March 17, 2018

2017 Canada’s History Forum – “Making History Relevant”

Hosted by Canada's History Society and the National Council on Public History

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

November 21, 2017

North American Labor History Conference

Hosted by Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

October 19-21, 2017

2016 Careers in History Symposium

Hosted by IUPUI

Indianapolis, IN

November 12, 2016

Camping Con: Outside Public History

Sponsored by North Carolina State University

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN

October 7-9, 2016

Connecting Your Past and Future: Charting a Career in History

Hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Washington, DC

October 30, 2015

Immigration, Migration, and Memory in Public History

Hosted by Texas State University - San Marcos

San Marcos, TX

October 10, 2015

New Directions in Active History

Hosted by Active History

London, Ontario

October 2-4, 2015

2014 Careers in History Symposium

Hosted by IUPUI

Indianapolis, IN

December 5, 2014

Oral History, Social Movements, and Social Justice

Hosted by the Chicago History Museum

Chicago, IL

April 5, 2014