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Considering the Revolution: A Virtual Issue of "The Public Historian"
Jun 30 2026
"The Public Historian" commemorates the Semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence with a special virtual issue.
On Presidential Libraries
Jun 19 2026
As the Obama Presidential Center opens to the public, learn more about the history of presidential libraries.
From the UC Press Journals Archives: Remembrances of the Vietnam War
Apr 30 2025
The pages of UC Press’s journals have examined the War from a myriad of angles, from all sides of the conflict–its global economic and political impact, the role of student activism, memory in small-town America, and more.
Public History in the South
Oct 04 2024
Enjoy a paywall-free selection of recent articles from The Public Historian in celebration of NCPH’s mini-conference on the State of Public History in the South.
Q&A with Amanda Moniz, guest editor of The Public Historian‘s special issue, “Material Culture as a Methodology for the History of Philanthropy”
May 14 2024
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 Methodology for the History of Philanthropy,” guest edited by Amanda Moniz. Moniz
Reckoning with Our Past: California State Parks and the Dark Side of the Conservation Movement
Aug 22 2023
by David G. McIntosh with Rena M. HeinrichTPH's cover shows the removal of the boulder and plaque memorializing eugenicist Madison Grant.The Public Historian's new special issue “Reckoning with Our Past: California State Parks and the Dark Side of the Conservation Movement,” examines a colla
#NCPH2023: Reckoning with the Legacy of Slavery at Universities, Examining Historic Districts, and More Reflections on Public History from The Public Historian
Apr 11 2023
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 published articles that focus in some way on the Gate City or on Georgia. The articles below include res
Free Content Offer from UC Press History Journals for #AHA20
Jan 03 2020
We're celebrating the 134th annual meeting of the American Historical Association, which is being held from January 3-6, 2020, in New York City, with a special offer from our UC Press history journals. Read recent issues of UC Press history journals for free online for a limited time. Click on the l
Queering Public History
Jun 25 2019
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 of the field of queer public history. The twelve essays Jetté has gathered tell a stor