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NCPH advances the field of public history, promoting professionalism among history practitioners and encouraging historians' engagement with the public.
The #WWII and the Home Front Series kicks off on Jan. 22, 2026 with “Two Hearts, One Flag.” Jim Belcher, Jr. will share the WWII survival stories and life lessons of James Belcher, RMC USN Ret and Toyoko Inoue, his parents. https://community.ncph.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?alias=WWIIWebinars2026
December 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The #WWII and the Home Front Series kicks off on Jan. 22, 2026 with “Two Hearts, One Flag.” Jim Belcher, Jr. will share the WWII survival stories and life lessons of James Belcher, RMC USN Ret and Toyoko Inoue, his parents. https://community.ncph.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?alias=WWIIWebinars2026
On Jan. 21, two historians hired to write a #LegislativeHistory of National Heritage Areas will share knowledge that can help inform future management decisions for these nationally important landscapes. #NPS Register at: https://community.ncph.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2021677&group=
December 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
On Jan. 21, two historians hired to write a #LegislativeHistory of National Heritage Areas will share knowledge that can help inform future management decisions for these nationally important landscapes. #NPS Register at: https://community.ncph.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2021677&group=
Heads up! The NCPH office will be closed December 22-January 2 as our staff unplugs to rest and enjoy the holiday season with family and friends.
December 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Heads up! The NCPH office will be closed December 22-January 2 as our staff unplugs to rest and enjoy the holiday season with family and friends.
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🚨 Stop the national park sell-off! Tell your Senator to vote NO on Lee Amendment #3972 to Interior Appropriations.
Call now: npca.org/dial.
Call now: npca.org/dial.
December 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🚨 Stop the national park sell-off! Tell your Senator to vote NO on Lee Amendment #3972 to Interior Appropriations.
Call now: npca.org/dial.
Call now: npca.org/dial.
New on History@Work. Cristóbal López presents a case study on how #advocacy efforts helped establish a #NPS site, and now, how advocacy must be used to protect it. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/building-a-national-park-through-advocacy-blackwell-school-national-historic-site/
Building a national park through advocacy: the Blackwell School National Historic Site | National Council on Public History
The Blackwell School National Historic Site shows how direct and indirect advocacy can be a vital tool for protecting national historic sites after they are established.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
New on History@Work. Cristóbal López presents a case study on how #advocacy efforts helped establish a #NPS site, and now, how advocacy must be used to protect it. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/building-a-national-park-through-advocacy-blackwell-school-national-historic-site/
We’re pleased to share the newest version of "Best Practices for MA Programs in #PublicHistory," updated by NCPH's Curriculum and Training Committee. We hope you’ll share this #resource widely! https://ncph.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/NCPH-Best-Practices-for-MA-Programs-in-Public-History.pdf
December 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We’re pleased to share the newest version of "Best Practices for MA Programs in #PublicHistory," updated by NCPH's Curriculum and Training Committee. We hope you’ll share this #resource widely! https://ncph.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/NCPH-Best-Practices-for-MA-Programs-in-Public-History.pdf
In the season of #giving, we ask those who are able to consider donating to the NCPH annual fund. Your support allow us to serve the #PublicHistory community in challenging times. https://ncph.org/giving/annual-fund-2
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In the season of #giving, we ask those who are able to consider donating to the NCPH annual fund. Your support allow us to serve the #PublicHistory community in challenging times. https://ncph.org/giving/annual-fund-2
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The Investigative Project on Race and Equity hosted a virtual training this fall on “Investigating History for Reparative Storytelling.”
The session gave reporters tools to weave history into accountability reporting and to uncover how systemic racism shapes today’s news.
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The session gave reporters tools to weave history into accountability reporting and to uncover how systemic racism shapes today’s news.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Investigative Project on Race and Equity hosted a virtual training this fall on “Investigating History for Reparative Storytelling.”
The session gave reporters tools to weave history into accountability reporting and to uncover how systemic racism shapes today’s news.
✍🏼 tinyurl.com/4mebwzm9
The session gave reporters tools to weave history into accountability reporting and to uncover how systemic racism shapes today’s news.
✍🏼 tinyurl.com/4mebwzm9
Before we ring in the New Year, help us plan for the future by casting your #vote in the NCPH election! Check your email for the link to your personal ballot from SurveyMonkey, and choose from a batch of exceptionally qualified candidates.
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Before we ring in the New Year, help us plan for the future by casting your #vote in the NCPH election! Check your email for the link to your personal ballot from SurveyMonkey, and choose from a batch of exceptionally qualified candidates.
New on History@Work. In a time of historical erasure, why should we focus on protecting digital encyclopedias? #PublicHistorian Emma Wiley makes “an argument for the basics.” #blog https://ncph.org/history-at-work/argument-for-the-basics-advocating-for-reference-projects-in-this-time-of-erasure/
An argument for the basics: advocating for reference projects in this time of erasure | National Council on Public History
In this time of erasure and censorship, basic historical reference resources remain crucial—yet often overlooked—tools in providing accessible and inclusive historical knowledge to the public.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
New on History@Work. In a time of historical erasure, why should we focus on protecting digital encyclopedias? #PublicHistorian Emma Wiley makes “an argument for the basics.” #blog https://ncph.org/history-at-work/argument-for-the-basics-advocating-for-reference-projects-in-this-time-of-erasure/
NCPH and @usaconservation.bsky.social Mellon Humanities Program designed a series to help #PublicHistorians and #PublicHumanitarians get our heads around #genAI technology and its impact on our work. https://ncph.org/conference/ethics-ai-and-the-public-humanities/
December 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NCPH and @usaconservation.bsky.social Mellon Humanities Program designed a series to help #PublicHistorians and #PublicHumanitarians get our heads around #genAI technology and its impact on our work. https://ncph.org/conference/ethics-ai-and-the-public-humanities/
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Museums across the country have scrambled to react—and in many cases, comply—to the Trump administration’s attacks on DEI programs and policies.
The Japanese American National Museum, a relatively small institution in downtown Los Angeles, chose a different path.
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The Japanese American National Museum, a relatively small institution in downtown Los Angeles, chose a different path.
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This L.A. Museum Is Standing Up to Trump’s Whitewashing, Vowing to ‘Scrub Nothing’
The Japanese American National Museum stands out among cultural institutions by refusing to bend to President Trump’s attacks on diversity, history and the truth.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Museums across the country have scrambled to react—and in many cases, comply—to the Trump administration’s attacks on DEI programs and policies.
The Japanese American National Museum, a relatively small institution in downtown Los Angeles, chose a different path.
capitalandmain.com/this-l-a-mus...
The Japanese American National Museum, a relatively small institution in downtown Los Angeles, chose a different path.
capitalandmain.com/this-l-a-mus...
Looking for a last minute #gift for the #PublicHistorian in your life? We offer gift memberships! Pick the appropriate membership tier and purchase it. Then, we work with you to get the membership set up in the name of your giftee. https://community.ncph.org/store/ListProducts.aspx?catid=890408&ftr=
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Looking for a last minute #gift for the #PublicHistorian in your life? We offer gift memberships! Pick the appropriate membership tier and purchase it. Then, we work with you to get the membership set up in the name of your giftee. https://community.ncph.org/store/ListProducts.aspx?catid=890408&ftr=
The webinar series previously postponed due to the government shutdown has been rescheduled! Four presenters will share new scholarship on the #history of the American #WWII home front and its legacies. Find the full schedule and register at: https://community.ncph.org/event/WWIIWebinars2026
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The webinar series previously postponed due to the government shutdown has been rescheduled! Four presenters will share new scholarship on the #history of the American #WWII home front and its legacies. Find the full schedule and register at: https://community.ncph.org/event/WWIIWebinars2026
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Newly uncovered photos of the Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks taken during the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march have been release to the Rosa Park Museum.
Newly released photos show Rosa Parks at the Selma-to-Montgomery march in 1965
Newly uncovered photos of the Civil Rights icon taken during the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march have been release to the Rosa Park Museum.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Newly uncovered photos of the Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks taken during the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march have been release to the Rosa Park Museum.
Join the NCPH #Advocacy Committee and @oah.org tonight at 6pm ET for a write-in! Register for free or make an optional donation to NCPH, and receive a set of #PublicHistory-themed postcards. https://community.ncph.org/event/postcard-writing-dec-2025
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Join the NCPH #Advocacy Committee and @oah.org tonight at 6pm ET for a write-in! Register for free or make an optional donation to NCPH, and receive a set of #PublicHistory-themed postcards. https://community.ncph.org/event/postcard-writing-dec-2025
NCPH-AASLH 2026 #conference proposals are due today! If you’ve been editing a draft on @aaslh.org’s Submittable platform, don't forget to actually click “submit” before midnight tonight. https://loom.ly/ixDV318 #WorkOfRevolution
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
NCPH-AASLH 2026 #conference proposals are due today! If you’ve been editing a draft on @aaslh.org’s Submittable platform, don't forget to actually click “submit” before midnight tonight. https://loom.ly/ixDV318 #WorkOfRevolution
New on History@Work. Public Historian Victoria Villaseñor covers the Trump administration’s attacks on #NPS, including effects felt by staff and community members at her local park. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/trumps-attacks-on-national-parks-is-an-attack-on-public-history/
Trump’s Attacks on National Parks is an Attack on Public History | National Council on Public History
Within the first few months of Donald Trump’s second presidential term, he and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) waged a war on national parks. Through massive staff layoffs, drastic funding cuts, and attempts to censor interpretation, this administration is undermining public access to our lands and our nation’s diverse histories. As a public historian, …
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December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New on History@Work. Public Historian Victoria Villaseñor covers the Trump administration’s attacks on #NPS, including effects felt by staff and community members at her local park. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/trumps-attacks-on-national-parks-is-an-attack-on-public-history/
Ready. Set. Go submit your NCPH-AASLH conference proposal! Use @aaslh.org's Submittable platform to turn in your proposal by this Friday, December 5. https://aaslh.submittable.com/submit/333312/2026-aaslh-ncph-joint-conference-call-for-proposals #WorkOfRevolution
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Ready. Set. Go submit your NCPH-AASLH conference proposal! Use @aaslh.org's Submittable platform to turn in your proposal by this Friday, December 5. https://aaslh.submittable.com/submit/333312/2026-aaslh-ncph-joint-conference-call-for-proposals #WorkOfRevolution
Are you or a public historian you know due to renew a NCPH membership but need help covering the cost? The Membership Support Fund covers the costs of memberships for those experiencing financial insecurity. Visit: https://ncph.org/funding-need-self-reporting-form/ #CommunitySupport #PublicHistory
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Are you or a public historian you know due to renew a NCPH membership but need help covering the cost? The Membership Support Fund covers the costs of memberships for those experiencing financial insecurity. Visit: https://ncph.org/funding-need-self-reporting-form/ #CommunitySupport #PublicHistory
Nominate your candidate for the Robert Kelley Memorial Award today! Help us honor a person or org who has made #history relevant to people outside of academia. The #award recipient will receive $500 and will be recognized at NCPH-AASLH 2026. #PublicHistory https://ncph.org/about/awards/kelley-award/
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Nominate your candidate for the Robert Kelley Memorial Award today! Help us honor a person or org who has made #history relevant to people outside of academia. The #award recipient will receive $500 and will be recognized at NCPH-AASLH 2026. #PublicHistory https://ncph.org/about/awards/kelley-award/
If you put history to work in the world (and for the world), we are #thankful for you—all days, but especially today. Public historians are advocating for just and equitable workplaces, cultural institutions, and stories about our past and our present, and we see you. #PublicHistory #Community
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If you put history to work in the world (and for the world), we are #thankful for you—all days, but especially today. Public historians are advocating for just and equitable workplaces, cultural institutions, and stories about our past and our present, and we see you. #PublicHistory #Community
The original final conference proposal Dec. 1 deadline falls on the Monday after a holiday weekend, so we’ve extended it to Friday, Dec. 5! https://aaslh.submittable.com/submit/333312/2026-aaslh-ncph-joint-conference-call-for-proposals @aaslh.org #WorkOfRevolution
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The original final conference proposal Dec. 1 deadline falls on the Monday after a holiday weekend, so we’ve extended it to Friday, Dec. 5! https://aaslh.submittable.com/submit/333312/2026-aaslh-ncph-joint-conference-call-for-proposals @aaslh.org #WorkOfRevolution
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ALA celebrates today's ruling in federal court in RI permanently blocking the Administration's actions to dismantle IMLS.
ALA Pres. Sam Helmick: "This victory belongs to all of us, and we build the future of our libraries together." Read our full statement & take action: www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
ALA Pres. Sam Helmick: "This victory belongs to all of us, and we build the future of our libraries together." Read our full statement & take action: www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
ALA celebrates today's ruling in federal court in RI permanently blocking the Administration's actions to dismantle IMLS.
ALA Pres. Sam Helmick: "This victory belongs to all of us, and we build the future of our libraries together." Read our full statement & take action: www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
ALA Pres. Sam Helmick: "This victory belongs to all of us, and we build the future of our libraries together." Read our full statement & take action: www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
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The Coalition has sent a letter to Sec. Burgum raising serious concerns about actions that undermine the National Park Service’s historic mission and threaten the integrity of America’s cultural heritage, including the East Wing demolition.
Read the full letter → protectnps.org/2025/11/19/c...
Read the full letter → protectnps.org/2025/11/19/c...
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Coalition has sent a letter to Sec. Burgum raising serious concerns about actions that undermine the National Park Service’s historic mission and threaten the integrity of America’s cultural heritage, including the East Wing demolition.
Read the full letter → protectnps.org/2025/11/19/c...
Read the full letter → protectnps.org/2025/11/19/c...