How can material objects help us better understand the complex, contested, and sometimes contradictory history of philanthropy? This question guides the new special issue of The Public Historian, “Material Culture as a …
Read More >This year’s annual conference of the National Council on Public History (NCPH) is being hosted jointly with the Utah Historical Society from April 10-14, 2024, in Salt Lake City, UT. We are …
Read More >NCPH 2023, with the theme “To Be Determined,” was held in Atlanta, Georgia, April 12-15, 2023. In conjunction with the conference, the editors of The Public Historian curated a list of previously …
Read More >Timed to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising in New York City, “Queering Public History,” a special issue of The Public Historian, guest-edited by Melinda Marie Jetté, assesses the state …
Read More >There will be no Barack Obama Presidential Library. Think about that for a moment. Let it sink in. The nation’s first African American president will not have a presidential library administered by …
Read More >For the past few months, articles from The Public Historian (TPH) have been featured in a blog series by the National Council on Public History showcasing how TPH articles have been used effectively in the classroom. With the American …
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