While there is no assigned reading for today, you should think about the role of historians in the community, broadly speaking. Drawing on everything we’ve learned this semester, we will discuss the role that historians should play in community history-making efforts: To what extent should they lead the public? To what extent should they give [...]
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September 21: Controversy in Public History
Read the following short articles about controversial public history endeavors:
Julia M. Klein, “1 Part History, 2 Parts Shrine,” New York Times, March 17, 2009.
Julia M. Klein, “A Slavery Museum Negotiates the Treacherous Route to Funding,” New York Times, March 12, 2008.
Edward Rothstein, “Drawing Battle Lines in Museum View of War,” New York Times, November 11, [...]
September 9: The Public Side of Public History
Visit and evaluate The Presence of the Past Questionnaire, including the questionnaire itself, the statistical tables, and the authors’ reflections on the insights gathered in the survey. In class we will spend some time thinking about the public side of public history. Public history has become a major area of growth within university history departments, [...]
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