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Registration for the 2015 Miller Lecture is Now Open
The registration page for the 2015 Frederic M. Miller Lecture featuring Katherine Ott, a public historian and curator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, is now open....
View ArticleNJCH to Host Grant Workshops
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities is hosting three grant workshops in New Jersey. They will be held at the Cape May County Culture and Heritage Commission on March 27, the Willingboro Public...
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Three Events Coming This April
Crossing the Painted Road Which Extends East From The Philadelphia Museum of Art, August 1973; Courtesy: U.S. National Archives This April, MARCH and OHMAR (Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region)...
View ArticleCelebrate 275 Years of Morris Township
In conjunction with the Mayor and Township Committee of Morris Township and The Historic Preservation Commission of Morris Township, The Morristown and Morris Township Library is hosting an exhibit...
View ArticleMAAM Call for Proposals
MAAM, the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums, represents current and emerging museum professionals, organizations, institutions and museum service providers via a collective forum in order to enhance...
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Lt. Governor Guadagno Announces Tourism Tuesday Challenge in NJ
New Jersey residents are encouraged to come together on social media to share their travel and tourism experiences as part of a new interactive campaign created by Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno. During the...
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Female Art Museum Directors Hold the Power in D.C.
“When I started at the Kreeger in 1994, I felt I was entering an old-boy network,” said Judy Greenberg, who helped set up Washington’s Kreeger Museum and was appointed its first director. “Now I feel...
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2015 Fredric Miller Lecture
Katherine Ott speaking at the 2015 Miller Lecture. Photograph by Anthony Jaskolka. The ways we understand disability informs much of what know, although we do not realize it, according to Katherine...
View Article2015 DC Historic Preservation Awards Registration
Registration is now open to attend the 2015 District of Columbia Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation. This year’s program will be held on Wednesday, May 6 at the historic DAR Constitution...
View ArticleCall for Proposals for NCPH/SHFG Joint Meeting
The National Council on Public History and Society for History in the Federal Government will meet jointly in Baltimore, Maryland from March 16-19, 2016, and they need your ideas to make the meeting a...
View ArticleCall for Local Historians and Authors of PA
The History Press is looking for local historians and writers who are interested in publishing accessible histories of the various communities throughout the state of Pennsylvania. The company is a...
View ArticleMapping Segregation in DC
This public history project is using GIS mapping software to document the historic segregation of DC’s housing, schools, recreation facilities, and other public venues. The project’s new online story...
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Controversy in Public History … Can We Move Beyond Relativism?
Public historians took a battering 20 years ago through highly public struggles over two Smithsonian exhibits, The West as America at the National Museum of American Art (1991) and the Enola Gay at the...
View ArticleAmerican Philosophical Society Library in PA
An eminent scholarly organization of international reputation, the American Philosophical Society promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research,...
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Author Interview: Interpreting LGBT History
Susan Ferentinos. Photograph by Matthew Hicks, courtesy of Susan Ferentinos. Susan Ferentinos, author of Interpreting LGBT History at Museums and Historic Sites, is interviewed below by CrossTies...
View ArticleTCNJ Keeps Sandy History from Disappearing
Matthew Bender, professor of history at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), has compiled a virtual library of personal accounts from Superstorm Sandy. These accounts range from first responders to...
View ArticleSixty Recipients Receive Highest Honor from AASLH
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) recently announced the winners of the 70th annual Leadership in History Awards, the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the...
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Vergara’s Harlem: The Capital of Black America in Transition
Written by Howard Gillette In the twenty years since his landmark book, The New American Ghetto, appeared, the New York-based photographer Camilo Jose Vergara’s role in bringing the face of inner city...
View ArticleNominations for Roger McDonough Award
Nominations are now open for the Roger McDonough Award given to a librarian or archivist for exemplary long service in New Jersey. The deadline is September 1, 2015. The award will be presented on...
View ArticleNJ Studies Journal Debuts Online
The New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC; a division of the New Jersey Department of State) and Rutgers University Libraries (RUL), in partnership with Monmouth University, announce a new journal...
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