Students as Authors of the Past
Earlier this month, I had one of those moments. A noted scholar asked for a copy of my undergraduate honors thesis […]
digital history
Call for MARCH Bloggers
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) at Rutgers-Camden seeks bloggers on issues and trends in public humanities.
Summer Institute at Columbia
Columbia University, in New York City, is hosting their 2015 Summer Institute, “Narrating Population Health: Oral History, Disparity, and Social Change.”
An Auxiliary Nurse's Armistice Day
In November of 1920 Alma Adelaide Clarke had been home from the Great War for over year, but her tireless work on behalf of the Red Cross had yet to end. In recognition of her contribution, she, along with hundreds of other New York Red Cross workers received an invitation to participate in a parade on the second Armistice Day.
Halloween Post: An App for Exploring an Historic Cemetery
This past Halloween weekend the exhibition Sylvan Cemetery: Architecture, Art and Landscape at Woodlawn Cemetery closed at the Wallach Gallery at Columbia […]
Summer Fruits of the Humanities
Recent observances around the on-going 150th anniversary of the Civil War have highlighted the great popular interest in how war affected the lives of everyday people. New Jersey now has a window into everyday lives during the American Revolution, thanks to the good work of the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area.
Pinterest for Public History
Pinterest is a virtual bulletin board to which users “pin” images. With 25 million users and the ability to drive more clicks than any other social media site, including Facebook, Pinterest is an alluring platform for public history. In June I offered a workshop at MARCH aimed at small- to medium-sized organizations with new users who have limited time to devote to social media.
Rutgers Launches New Digital Project on NJ and the Civil War
The Special Collections and University Archives at the Rutgers University Libraries announced last week that it has launched a new digital exhibition, Struggle Without End: New Jersey and the Civil War.
5 steps to a successful digital history project
In a recent post for Public History Commons, Lara Kelland highlighted “the potential for the democratization of historical knowledge made […]
Online exhibit, Voices of the Vigil focuses on DC's Soviet Jewry Movement
From H-DC: The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington (JHSGW), Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum has launched an online […]