Oral histories challenge silences in the memorialization of the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide. This post examines private memories, public memorials, and the struggle for recognition of mass atrocity victims.

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14.01.2025

Advocacy is not a choice | National Council on Public History

During this past election year there was a predictable uptick in the number of opinion pieces regarding historians’ work as public intellectuals, particularly as political commentators.

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16.01.2025

Around the Field – January 15, 2025 | National Council on Public History

From Around the Field this week: The University of Michigan William L. Clements Library wraps up applications for 2025-2026 research fellowships; The American Historical Association calls for proposals for their 2026 Annual Meeting in Chicago; The Indiana Association of Historians extends their call for proposals to February 1, 2025, for their 2025 conference in Hanover. […]

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23.01.2025

Short Film: The Power of Art for Reparative History | National Council on Public History

Something remarkable is happening in rural Alabama: a former plantation is being reimagined as a place for truth and reconciliation. But what’s most notable is who is behind it. A group of Black descendants of the formerly enslaved, and white descendants of the enslavers, have together formed the Wallace Center for Arts and Reconciliation, a […]

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Advocacy is not a choice | National Council on Public History

Around the Field – January 15, 2025 | National Council on Public History

Short Film: The Power of Art for Reparative History | National Council on Public History

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