The Starr Center at Washington College has fellowship opportunities available for scholars and writers of American history.
Category: News in Public Humanities
Historic Preservation Advocate Joyce Matz Dies at 92
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.
Preserving New York History by Dry Cleaning Its Oldest Maps
A group of workers at the Municipal Archives in Manhattan have set about the urgent task of preserving the city’s oldest treasures.
AASLH 2017 Award of Distinction, Leadership in History Award Winners
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…
Civic Conversation about Monuments Begins in Philadelphia with Monument Lab
The public art and history project aims to engage artists and the public in a conversation about monuments.
Posted in News in Public Humanities, Slider Tagged with: monuments, Mural Arts, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts
Multistoried Places the Focus of August Issue of The Public Historian
The essays in the August 2017 issue of The Public Historian all deal with the diverse historical narratives that reside in any historical site or event.
Posted in News in Public Humanities, Slider, Uncategorized Tagged with: National Council on Public HIstory, public history, The Public Historian
Camden County History Alliance Wins State Grant to Begin Work on Heritage Tourism Plan
Camden County History Alliance selected by the NJHT forDiscover New Jersey History License Plate grant to develop a heritage tourism plan.
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