Commemoration & the Public Historian
The June 2012 issue of Public History News begins with an interview of James A. Banner, historian and author of the new book Being a Historian. Banner believes that the work of historians includes a...
View ArticleWho Are You?
The philosophical ramifications of the title question are profound. For memorial or commemoration committees, the question is deeply pragmatic. Is a person the sum of their achievements? Should they...
View ArticleCall for Participants: Roundtable on Revisionist Public History
The Public History Committee of the Loyola University Chicago History Graduate Student Association presents: A Roundtable on Revisionist Public History Saturday, November 3, 2012 In Conjunction with...
View ArticleReview: The Wright Brothers National Memorial
Over Thanksgiving break, I visited North Carolina’s Outer Banks, home of sprawling vacation homes, wild horses, and the site of the humankind’s first flight on December 17, 1903. On that day, Orville...
View ArticleFour Views on the Shutdown and the National Park Service
Cross-posted at dvhunter.com An unexpected media and political discourse has emerged as the Federal government nears a second week of being ‘shutdown.’ Access to sites under the watch of the National...
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