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Around the Field – December 11, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: Nominations for two American Association for State and Local History awards open; The undNational Park Service wraps up applications for its Save America’s Treasures grant program. AWARDS AND FUNDING The National Park Service is now accepting applications to its Save America’s Treasures grant program through December 12, 2024 The […]
Around the Field - November 27, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: The National Humanities Alliance introduces the new Humanities for All Compendium; The National Trust for Historic Preservation will host a webinar. ANNOUNCEMENTS The National Humanities Alliance has recently published a new resource, Humanities for All: Documenting the Public Humanities in Higher Education, 2017–2023, which compiles four essays, 62 in-depth […]
Final report: Exploring the World War II home front with an NCPH working group | National Council on Public History
What do cherry blossoms and nuclear reactors have in common? They were among the many topics discussed by the National Council on Public History (NCPH) World War II Home Front Working Group, a three-year collaboration between NCPH and the National Park Service (NPS) that brought together practitioners and scholars working on World War II home front history to make connections and learn from each other.
Around the Field - November 13, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: Cambridge University Press launches the open-access Public Humanities; the National Humanities Conference Making Waves, Navigating Currents of Change is happening in Providence, Rhode Island; The National Trust hosts equity-based preservation planning webinar. ANNOUNCEMENTS Registration has now opened for the National Archives Foundation’s space-themed “History, Heroes, & Treasures: Sleepover at the […]
Around the Field October 30, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: NPS is now accepting grant applications for Save America’s Treasures; the NEH seeks to fund free Juneteenth events; the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission calls for proposals from authors who wish to contribute to a study on The Negro Travelers’ Green Book. ANNOUNCEMENTS The Mellon Foundation has awarded a […]
Around the Field October 16, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: Two announcements of new fellowship programs seeking applicants; the Society for History in the Federal Government and the American Association for State and Local History are now accepting proposals for their 2025 annual meetings. ANNOUNCEMENTS The National Humanities Alliance is hosting a webinar to launch their new report Attracting Students […]
Around the Field October 2, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: Columbia University’s History Lab announces a conference on archival data and historical research funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission opens proposals for their annual conference, and Latino public history is given a spotlight in John Lequizamo’s PBS documentary series. ANNOUNCEMENTS […]
“History and tradition:” judicial engagement with public histories of homelessness | National Council on Public History
Editor’s Note: Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan is the 2024 winner of the G. Wesley Johnson Award, which recognizes the most outstanding article appearing in the The Public Historian during the previous volume year, for her article “‘People First’: Interpreting and Commemorating Houselessness and Poverty,” The Public Historian Vol 45, No 1. This post considers our series featuring […]
Around the Field September 18, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: The National Trust for Historic Preservation opens nominations for the 2025 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, the Center for Civil Rights History and Research announces October conference, and Emma Dennison seeks Christian-identified museum workers for a master’s thesis survey. ANNOUNCEMENTS The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) […]
The Impact of Public History Projects on High School Communities | National Council on Public History
In the Fall of 2023, the Museum Club at East High School in Denver, Colorado began working with students at the University of Colorado Denver to expand the high school’s museum to better represent their current community. This collaboration highlights the value of incorporating public history in high school curricula. The co-authors of this article […]
Around the Field September 4, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: The Midwest Archives Conference extends its proposal deadline to September 6, 2024, the Daughters of the American Revolution announce a symposium on textile history, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund will hold a webinar on Black Modernism, architecture, and identity. ANNOUNCEMENTS Imagining […]
“Arab American Labor" digital humanities project | National Council on Public History
As part of its mission to share the history of the Lebanese diaspora in the United States and beyond, the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies (KCLDS), based at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, is dedicated to researching, preserving, and promoting the history and culture of Lebanese immigrants and their descendants worldwide. […]
Around the Field August 21, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: Imagining America begins searching for their next home institution, the National Humanities Center opens residential fellowship applications, and the Lepage Center is now accepting applicants for the Labor in Historical Perspective Grant. ANNOUNCEMENTS Imagining America: Artists & Scholars in Public Life has begun a two-year long search for their […]
Around the Field August 7, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: Multiple publications, including Public Humanities’ “How-To Issue” and the Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies, call for paper submissions and registration opens for the 2024 National Humanities Conference in Rhode Island, US. ANNOUNCEMENTS Opportunity for Comment: The National Archives requests feedback for their updated bulletin on security […]
Editor's Corner: Time, Space and Place | National Council on Public History
Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the August 2024 issue of The Public Historian here. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and to others with subscription access. The three articles in this issue all grapple with interpreting a particular place over multiple time periods, often in conversation with each other, […]
Around the Field July 24, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: The American Association for State and Local History opens registration for their virtual summit on models of history and museum interpretation, the Organization of American Historians accepts submissions for the 2025 award cycle, and the American Council of Learned Societies launches award competition honoring open access publishing. AWARDS AND […]
National Council on Public History adopts statement of shared values | National Council on Public History
Author’s Note: This post was written in consultation with members of the NCPH Governance Committee. In April 2024, the Board of the National Council on Public History formally adopted a statement of shared values for the organization. This statement of Shared Values and Ethical Commitments of Public Historians articulates a set of values amongst members […]
Around the Field July 10, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: Youth250 calls upon Gen Z to participate in Imagine + Incubate Workshops on America’s founding across the United States and the National Trust for Historic Preservation opens registration to their conference in New Orleans. AWARDS AND FUNDING Nominations for the Disability History Association’s Disability Public History Award are due […]
Around the Field June 18, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: Juneteenth is celebrated throughout the United States, the National Endowment for the Humanities hosts an informational webinar for the Climate Smart Humanities Organizations Grant Program, and nominations open for the Disability Public History Award. AWARDS AND FUNDING The American Association for State and Local History is accepting applications for their […]
Mobile Roots: The Case for Trailer Park Preservation | National Council on Public History
In 1997, my hometown of Fort Collins, Colorado, was ravaged by a flood. During the deluge, the Johnson Center Mobile Home Park was completely destroyed. As a young child, I walked through the empty lot where the homes used to sit and wondered about the community that had been erased. According to the U.S. Census, […]
Around the Field June 5, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: The Ohio Valley History Conference announces dates in early October, the AHA challenges participants to a Summer Reading Challenge, AASLH calls for poster proposals, and the Utah Historical Society hosts a webinar on statewide markers and monuments. ANNOUNCEMENTS The National Trust for Historic Preservation announces their “Welcome to America’s Chinatown” project The […]
Around the Field May 22, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: The National Trust for Historic Preservation accepts applications for their grant program; the Midwestern History Association hosts their annual conference; NCPH hosts a virtual workshop; Radical History Review ends their call for article abstracts ANNOUNCEMENTS The National Trust for Historic Preservation announces their “Welcome to America’s Chinatown” project The American Historical […]
"Bearing Witness": Reflection, Community, and Building Support for Memorial Museum Workers | National Council on Public History
Spend an afternoon at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, a lynching memorial, or a Holocaust museum, and you might emerge exhausted, the heaviness of your visit weighing on your consciousness. Staff at memorial museums that teach about mass trauma experience similar effects, but they are also tasked with protecting the history, memory, and […]
Around the Field May 8, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: The American Historical Association closes applications for multiple awards; the American Alliance of Museums hosts their annual conference; the American Association for State and Local History hosts a webinar; Radical History Review ends call for article abstracts ANNOUNCEMENTS NCPH’s Curriculum and Training Committee launch their Handbook for Public Historians in Academia With May […]
A period room for all seasons: Action Comics #1 in the DAR Museum | National Council on Public History
The goal of the education department at the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum is to diversify conversations in the period rooms beyond craft and collecting to include more American history and culture. In that pursuit, we added an additional interpretive layer to the Indiana Period Room with objects of distinct cultural and popular culture […]
Editor's Corner: Philanthropy and public history | National Council on Public History
Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the May 2024 issue of The Public Historian here. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and to others with subscription access. How can material objects help us better understand the complex, contested, and sometimes contradictory history of philanthropy? This question guides our special issue, “Material […]
Long Range Plan: Stewardship | National Council on Public History
Over the past few weeks, members of the committee have shared posts exploring four of the new plan’s five pillars: Community, Advocacy, Diversity, and Practice. This post looks at the final pillar, Stewardship and Sustainability, which ties the other four together and works to make NCPH a more resilient organization.
Beyond descendant outreach: authentic engagement through increased accessibility in the Kith + Kin project | National Council on Public History
The past decade has seen big shifts in the interpretation of slavery and enslaved people. Descendant engagement has become a standard of practice at places like Montpelier, the Whitney Plantation, and the University of Virginia. Other institutions, like Duke University and Clemson University, have established archival collections centered on documenting enslaved people. Organizations, like the […]
Around the Field April 24, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: The Organization and NCPH host our joint virtual conference; the National Park Service hosts a webinar; the American Association for State and Local History announces a new book series ANNOUNCEMENTS The American Association for State and Local History provide email templates to contact your senator for America 250 funding in a […]
Long Range Plan: Advocacy | National Council on Public History
In recent years the advocacy committee and NCPH leadership have responded to calls from the membership to expand the organization’s advocacy. Examples of this include both taking actions, like changes to the jobs board, and responding publicly to current events. With the new Long Range Plan (LRP), we recognized that our notion of advocacy needed to further evolve.
Long Range Plan: Practice | National Council on Public History
“Practice,” is one of the five pillars of the NCPH’s Long Range Plan. This pillar consists of creating tangible resources and new programming that will better equip the organization to support the needs of the Public History practitioners who are putting history to work in the world.
Long Range Plan: Diversity | National Council on Public History
A key focus of the NCPH’s Long Range Plan (LRP) will be to continue the organization’s commitment toward creating an inclusive and diverse organization. We commit towards reshaping the power structures of the field of public history in order to increase career access and equity for marginalized participants in the field. %
Around the Field April 3, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: NCPH hosts our joint conference with the Utah Historical Society; the Oral History Association accepts applications for a research fund; the Learning Disabilities Association of America hosts a history webinar ANNOUNCEMENTS During NCPH’s 2024 annual meeting in Salt Lake City join WWII camp survivors on an one-day visit to Topaz, […]
Long Range Plan: Community | National Council on Public History
The Community Pillar of the new Long Range Plan (LRP) calls upon NCPH to develop, engage, and connect a public history community. In reviewing feedback from both members and nonmembers, two central themes stood out: a desire for more programming beyond the Annual Meeting and opportunities for mentoring. Though the Annual Meeting remains a critical […]
Long Range Plan: Overview | National Council on Public History
In June 2023, the NCPH Board approved a new Long Range Plan for 2023-2028. This new plan is the product of several years of work from the Long Range Planning Committee and reflects feedback and input from stakeholders, including members, committee chairs, past and present leadership, and others. The purpose of the plan is to […]
Around the Field March 20, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: The National Trust for Historic Preservation accepts applications for a grant program; the American Alliance of Museums hosts a webinar; the Oral History Review calls for proposals for a special issue ANNOUNCEMENTS During NCPH’s 2024 annual meeting in Salt Lake City join WWII camp survivors on an one-day visit to Topaz, Utah […]
Around the Field March 6, 2024 | National Council on Public History
From Around the Field this week: National History Day invites participants for their alumni survey; the Society of US Intellectual History accept applicants for their 2024 scholars program; the National Council for History Education hosts their annual meeting; the Society of Civil War Historians Graduate Connections Meeting hosts a webinar ANNOUNCEMENTS During NCPH’s 2024 annual meeting […]
Black History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Placement at York University" | National Council on Public History
Credible sources are essential to improving both the reliability and credibility of Wikipedia as an academic resource. During the Wiki Edit-a-Thon at York University, we worked under the supervision of Data Visualization and Analytics Librarian Alexandra Wong as placement students in HIST 4840 Public History, taught by Professor Jennifer Bonnell.