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. Read More The post Around the Field – January 15, 2025 appeared first on National Council on Public History ..read more

Editor’s note: This post was published in Volume 44 Number 4 of Public History News, NCPH’s quarterly newsletter. It is cross-posted here in response to History@Work‘s current Special Call for posts on “advocacy in the field.”  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. Read More The post Advocacy is not a choice appeared first on National Council on Public History ..read more

As part of my dissertation research on the memorialization of the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide, I have encountered silences in related memorials and in the archives. These silences have led me to ask: What role might oral testimonies play in remedying the silences that surround official attempts to memorialize mass atrocity crimes? Read More The post Private memories, public memorials: the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide appeared first on National Council on Public History ..read more

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 Society for History in the Federal Government is accepting 2025 award nominations through December 15, 2024 The 2025 Society for History in the Federal Government Awards are now open for submissions until December 15, 2024 The Fitch F ..read more

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 project profiles, and 15 exemplary posts from the Humanities for All blog, into a durable publication.  Read More The post Around the Field – November 27, 2024 appeared first on National Council on ..read more

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. Read More The post Final report: Exploring the World War II home front with an NCPH working group appeared first on National Council on Public History ..read more

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 National Archives” in Washington DC, on February 1, 2025 The National Archives is putting together a focus group for feedback on the redesign of Archives ..read more

Despite their profound cultural and historical importance, civic leaders often neglect the preservation of African American churches in the South in favor of saving buildings that promise economic benefits or contribute to the development of private or public communities. Yet, these churches have always been central to African American communities, serving as places of worship, centers of civil rights activism, and sacred spaces for social and moral support. Read More The post Saving sacred spaces: History@Work to preserve African American churches in the South appeared first on National Coun ..read more

Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the November 2024 issue of The Public Historian here. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and others with subscription access. This issue begins with a unique take on the National Council on Public History (NCPH) presidential address, presented at the March 2024 Annual Meeting (held jointly with the Utah Historical Society) in Salt Lake City, Utah. Read More The post Editor’s corner: collaboration and belonging appeared first on National Council on Public History ..read more

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. Read More The post Around the Field October 30, 2024 appeared first on National Council on Public History ..read more