National Council on Public History
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NCPH advances the field of public history, promoting professionalism among history practitioners and encouraging historians' engagement with the public.
The #PublicHistory Educator’s Meet Up is an informal, 45-minute zoom gathering, centered on an organizing question or theme. For our first meeting of the semester, join us for a "therapy session" on November 19 at 4 pm Eastern! Register at: https://community.ncph.org/event/educator-therapy.
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The #PublicHistory Educator’s Meet Up is an informal, 45-minute zoom gathering, centered on an organizing question or theme. For our first meeting of the semester, join us for a "therapy session" on November 19 at 4 pm Eastern! Register at: https://community.ncph.org/event/educator-therapy.
Leave feedback on optional early topic proposals for our conference with @aaslh.org by Nov. 15! Proposers are seeking feedback and offers of collaboration. Leave comments or reach out via email. #WorkOfRevolution https://ncph.org/phc/2026-topic-proposals/
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Leave feedback on optional early topic proposals for our conference with @aaslh.org by Nov. 15! Proposers are seeking feedback and offers of collaboration. Leave comments or reach out via email. #WorkOfRevolution https://ncph.org/phc/2026-topic-proposals/
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"The histories they interpret compelled them to speak out and put into practice the mantra that history matters."
Mary Rizzo explores how LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations:
Mary Rizzo explores how LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations:
No Going Back
Mary Rizzo examines how four LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"The histories they interpret compelled them to speak out and put into practice the mantra that history matters."
Mary Rizzo explores how LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations:
Mary Rizzo explores how LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations:
Join the NCPH #Advocacy Committee and @oah.org on Dec. 8! We will write our concerns to representatives and commiserate with folks doing #PublicHistory in our nuanced and not uncommon political spheres. https://community.ncph.org/event/postcard-writing-dec-2025
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Join the NCPH #Advocacy Committee and @oah.org on Dec. 8! We will write our concerns to representatives and commiserate with folks doing #PublicHistory in our nuanced and not uncommon political spheres. https://community.ncph.org/event/postcard-writing-dec-2025
New on History@Work! Jonathan H. Schwartz covered how the Michigan-based Holocaust Art Recovery Initiative turned “dormant records into tools for justice and remembrance” with the help of #AI. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/reactivating-forgotten-records-holocaust-art-recovery-in-hungary/
Reactivating Forgotten Records: Holocaust Art Recovery in Hungary | National Council on Public History
In 1944, the Hungarian government carried out two operations simultaneously. More than 430,000 Jews were deported to Auschwitz in just eight weeks, while at the same time state officials—commissioners, police, and museum staff—systematically confiscated their art collections. The records of this bureaucratized looting survived on microfilm, largely untouched for decades. Today, the Michigan-based Holocaust Art …
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November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New on History@Work! Jonathan H. Schwartz covered how the Michigan-based Holocaust Art Recovery Initiative turned “dormant records into tools for justice and remembrance” with the help of #AI. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/reactivating-forgotten-records-holocaust-art-recovery-in-hungary/
Join the NCPH IDEA and Advocacy Committees for an evening of #community and exploring what helps us ignite or reclaim a sense of power. Register at: https://community.ncph.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?alias=FeelingPowerful #PublicHistory #CommunityCare
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Join the NCPH IDEA and Advocacy Committees for an evening of #community and exploring what helps us ignite or reclaim a sense of power. Register at: https://community.ncph.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?alias=FeelingPowerful #PublicHistory #CommunityCare
The NCPH #AAPI Working Group fosters collaboration, identifies issues, and advocates for the AAPI community. Promote yourself or an organization, and join 60 connections in the AAPI #PublicHistory directories! Individuals, join: https://bit.ly/AAPI-PH-Form. Orgs, join: https://bit.ly/AAPI-PHOrgForm.
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The NCPH #AAPI Working Group fosters collaboration, identifies issues, and advocates for the AAPI community. Promote yourself or an organization, and join 60 connections in the AAPI #PublicHistory directories! Individuals, join: https://bit.ly/AAPI-PH-Form. Orgs, join: https://bit.ly/AAPI-PHOrgForm.
Choose from a batch of exceptionally qualified candidates in the NCPH election! We’re electing a vice-president/president-elect and treasurer of the Board; 3 board members at large; and 2 members of our Nominating Committee. You should have received a link to your personal ballot via SurveyMonkey!
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Choose from a batch of exceptionally qualified candidates in the NCPH election! We’re electing a vice-president/president-elect and treasurer of the Board; 3 board members at large; and 2 members of our Nominating Committee. You should have received a link to your personal ballot via SurveyMonkey!
As Executive Order No. 14253 and DOI Secretary Order No. 3431 seek to remove truths about our nation’s history from #NPS sites, remember that “national parks belong to the American people.” Call for an honest approach to our history through this feedback form: https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/eo14253.htm
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
As Executive Order No. 14253 and DOI Secretary Order No. 3431 seek to remove truths about our nation’s history from #NPS sites, remember that “national parks belong to the American people.” Call for an honest approach to our history through this feedback form: https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/eo14253.htm
New on H@W–a #Halloween special. In “I didn't make him for you!”, museum professional Kevin Lukacs reflects on “developing horror-themed programming and strategic marketing to have conversations about queer history,” one approach to expanding #museum audiences. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/
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October 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New on H@W–a #Halloween special. In “I didn't make him for you!”, museum professional Kevin Lukacs reflects on “developing horror-themed programming and strategic marketing to have conversations about queer history,” one approach to expanding #museum audiences. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/
Due to the ongoing gov't shutdown, NCPH must postpone our upcoming webinar series on the WWII Home Front. Planned in partnership w/ our colleagues at NPS, the programs were designed with federal historians as a key audience & we don't want to proceed without them. We'll reschedule in the new year.
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Due to the ongoing gov't shutdown, NCPH must postpone our upcoming webinar series on the WWII Home Front. Planned in partnership w/ our colleagues at NPS, the programs were designed with federal historians as a key audience & we don't want to proceed without them. We'll reschedule in the new year.
Calling all #PublicHistory professors! It’s time for Educator “Therapy”. Share stories and stay connected with #educators from across the country in this 45-minute conversation on November 19 at 4 pm Eastern. Register at: https://community.ncph.org/event/educator-therapy.
October 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Calling all #PublicHistory professors! It’s time for Educator “Therapy”. Share stories and stay connected with #educators from across the country in this 45-minute conversation on November 19 at 4 pm Eastern. Register at: https://community.ncph.org/event/educator-therapy.
New on History@Work–Paul Montjoy Forti interviewed Américo Mendoza-Mori, a Quechua scholar at Harvard University. Madison Haines spoke with Julia Perratore, a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Cloisters. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/
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Two posts added to the Advocacy series, based on Rutgers University student interviews with practicing public historians.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New on History@Work–Paul Montjoy Forti interviewed Américo Mendoza-Mori, a Quechua scholar at Harvard University. Madison Haines spoke with Julia Perratore, a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Cloisters. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/
Want to dip your toes into Program Committee work? Review proposals for our #conference with @aaslh.org! You’ll need 3-4 hours to read through about 30 proposals in December. Fill out this form by Nov. 1: https://ncph.org/program-committee-reviewer-volunteer-form/
October 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Want to dip your toes into Program Committee work? Review proposals for our #conference with @aaslh.org! You’ll need 3-4 hours to read through about 30 proposals in December. Fill out this form by Nov. 1: https://ncph.org/program-committee-reviewer-volunteer-form/
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A few months ago, I started to hear from history teachers that the curriculum materials they’d used for years were being pulled from the market, or they were not being allowed to use them because of political pressures. My investigation of this trend published today: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught
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October 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A few months ago, I started to hear from history teachers that the curriculum materials they’d used for years were being pulled from the market, or they were not being allowed to use them because of political pressures. My investigation of this trend published today: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
Next week—Tim Campbell presents “Remembering African American Service a Different Way” on Nov. 4. Clarissa Ceglio presents “A Cultural Arsenal for Democracy: The WWII Work of US Museums” on Nov. 6. Both start at 2 pm ET! #AmericanHistory #WWII https://community.ncph.org/event/WWIIWebinars2025.
October 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Next week—Tim Campbell presents “Remembering African American Service a Different Way” on Nov. 4. Clarissa Ceglio presents “A Cultural Arsenal for Democracy: The WWII Work of US Museums” on Nov. 6. Both start at 2 pm ET! #AmericanHistory #WWII https://community.ncph.org/event/WWIIWebinars2025.
Know an individual or organization you'd like to recognize for their achievements and contributions to #PublicHistory? Nominate them for the Robert Kelley Memorial Award by Nov. 1! The award winner will receive $500 and will be honored at NCPH-AASLH 2026. https://ncph.org/about/awards/kelley-award/
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Know an individual or organization you'd like to recognize for their achievements and contributions to #PublicHistory? Nominate them for the Robert Kelley Memorial Award by Nov. 1! The award winner will receive $500 and will be honored at NCPH-AASLH 2026. https://ncph.org/about/awards/kelley-award/
NCPH signed on @wakasamemorial.bsky.social's Open Letter. A group of survivors and descendants of the Topaz concentration camp, other members of the Japanese American community, and allies have 5 proposals. Read and consider signing. https://loom.ly/m3bxnD8
Open Letter on the Wakasa Memorial Stone and Site (sign on and share by October 31st)
We, the Wakasa Memorial Committee, are issuing this public call to action and cooperation, with the goal of having the community move forward to protect and preserve the Wakasa sacred site and its memorial stone, the most significant artifact discovered in any of the WWII Japanese American concentration camps. Four years ago, the Topaz Museum, in Delta, Utah, whose mission is to preserve the Topaz concentration camp, forcibly removed the murder memorial from its site and relocated it to the g...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
NCPH signed on @wakasamemorial.bsky.social's Open Letter. A group of survivors and descendants of the Topaz concentration camp, other members of the Japanese American community, and allies have 5 proposals. Read and consider signing. https://loom.ly/m3bxnD8
New on H@W! James Bleecker interviewed contractor Nina Perdomo for “Artifacts and care: beneath the surface at the Smithsonian collections.” Ánh Adams spoke with Dan Berger, co-curator of the Washington Prison History Project, for “Collaboration is the heart of It.” https://ncph.org/history-at-work/
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October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New on H@W! James Bleecker interviewed contractor Nina Perdomo for “Artifacts and care: beneath the surface at the Smithsonian collections.” Ánh Adams spoke with Dan Berger, co-curator of the Washington Prison History Project, for “Collaboration is the heart of It.” https://ncph.org/history-at-work/
We received 42 optional, early topic proposals for our #conference with @aaslh.org! Provide feedback or offer to collaborate on a session before the Dec. 1 final submission. Leave comments or email submitters by Nov. 15! https://ncph.org/phc/2026-topic-proposals/
October 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We received 42 optional, early topic proposals for our #conference with @aaslh.org! Provide feedback or offer to collaborate on a session before the Dec. 1 final submission. Leave comments or email submitters by Nov. 15! https://ncph.org/phc/2026-topic-proposals/
Ready to advocate for history but aren’t sure where to start? Check out our #PublicHistory #advocacy resources page! And if you come across a resource that you think we could add to the list, send it to us at ncph@iu.edu. https://ncph.org/what-is-public-history/advocacy/advocacy-resources/
October 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Ready to advocate for history but aren’t sure where to start? Check out our #PublicHistory #advocacy resources page! And if you come across a resource that you think we could add to the list, send it to us at ncph@iu.edu. https://ncph.org/what-is-public-history/advocacy/advocacy-resources/
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Museum heists have changed. Why the Louvre robbery is a worrying escalation.
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Museum heists have changed. Why the Louvre robbery is a worrying escalation | CNN
Cultural institutions are seen as “soft targets,” experts say, as thieves shift from stealing prized paintings, to artifacts that can be dismantled, stripped or melted down for their expensive parts.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Museum heists have changed. Why the Louvre robbery is a worrying escalation.
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Most NCPH awards recognizing the best in #PublicHistory for 2026 are due February 1, 2026, but don't forget that submissions for the #BookAward and Robert Kelley Memorial Award are due November 1, 2025! https://ncph.org/about/awards/
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Most NCPH awards recognizing the best in #PublicHistory for 2026 are due February 1, 2026, but don't forget that submissions for the #BookAward and Robert Kelley Memorial Award are due November 1, 2025! https://ncph.org/about/awards/
NCPH and @aaslh.org are hoping to assemble a diverse pool of reviewers for the 2026 joint conference proposals. If you'll have 3-4 hours to read about 30 proposals in Dec., fill out this form by Nov. 1: https://ncph.org/program-committee-reviewer-volunteer-form/
October 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
NCPH and @aaslh.org are hoping to assemble a diverse pool of reviewers for the 2026 joint conference proposals. If you'll have 3-4 hours to read about 30 proposals in Dec., fill out this form by Nov. 1: https://ncph.org/program-committee-reviewer-volunteer-form/