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History@Work is the peer-edited, multi-interest blog of the National Council on Public History (NCPH). NCPH established the blog to create an online venue where people from around the field of public history could share ideas and news. The blog aims to blend scholarly, professional, and civic discussion arising from the practice of presenting history in public.
National Council on Public History
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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 to the Liberal Arts through Integrative Curricula, October 24, 2024
The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for its new Community Deep Mapping Institute through November 22, 2024.
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National Council on Public History
1M ago
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. Read More
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National Council on Public History
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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. Read More
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National Council on Public History
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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. Read More
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National Council on Public History
2M ago
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. Read More
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National Council on Public History
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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. Read More
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National Council on Public History
2M ago
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 next campus home, institutions are called to submit a letter of interest by January 15, 2025
The Council of State Archivists has announced the winners of several awards for the 2024 season, who will be thanked at ..read more
National Council on Public History
3M ago
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 classification metadata and transference, originally published in 2015.
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National Council on Public History
3M ago
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, and the insights that doing so can provide historians and the public. Read More
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National Council on Public History
3M ago
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 FUNDING
The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for their Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant until July 16, 2024
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