- States of Incarceration Explores Roots of National Issue in Local Communities
- Cross Ties
This comprehensive public history project aims to serve as a national public reckoning with mass incarceration by viewing the issue through local communities. Read More
- MARCH Sponsors New Certificate Program in Historic Preservation
- Tamara Gaskell
An innovative new program offers participants a unique opportunity to learn the processes and techniques of historic preservation. Read More
- University of Maryland and Archaeology in Annapolis Collaborate in Research at Wye House
- Cross Ties
Recent excavations at Wye House, where Frederick Douglass was enslaved, demonstrate how archaeology is both contributing to new scholarly understandings of the African American experience and becoming a more public enterprise. Read More
- The Museum of Chinese in America: Continuity and Change
- Cross Ties
In its 37-year history, the Museum of Chinese in America has evolved from activist-inspired community organization to major cultural institution, even as its staff has maintained the museum's original vision and core values. Read More
- The (Uncertain) Fate of Baltimore’s Confederate Monuments
- Cross Ties
Over the last year, a commission in Baltimore has wrestled with the presence of Confederate monuments in the city. In this month's feature, Elizabeth Nix (pictured above with the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument) reflects on her service on the commission. Read More
Public Humanities News
- Writing Fellowships Available at the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience
- MARCH Contributor September 20, 2017
The Starr Center at Washington College has fellowship opportunities available for scholars and writers of American history. Read More
- Historic Preservation Advocate Joyce Matz Dies at 92
- MARCH Contributor September 20, 2017
Matz's successful campaigns include the 1978 landmark designation of the interior of Town Hall in New York's theatre district and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church. Read More
- Preserving New York History by Dry Cleaning Its Oldest Maps
- MARCH Contributor September 20, 2017
A group of workers at the Municipal Archives in Manhattan have set about the urgent task of preserving the city's oldest treasures. Read More
- AASLH 2017 Award of Distinction, Leadership in History Award Winners
- MARCH Contributor September 13, 2017
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) presented historian, author, curator, and educator Lonnie G. Bunch, III, with the AASLH Award of Distinction on September 8 at the association’s annual meeting in Austin, TX. Bunch is the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. In this position, he promotes the museum’s mission… Read More
- Civic Conversation about Monuments Begins in Philadelphia with Monument Lab
- Mariam Williams September 12, 2017
The public art and history project aims to engage artists and the public in a conversation about monuments. Read More
