This seminar will go behind the scenes of the production and communication of history in settings such as museums, historic sites, and archives, and in the digital realm. We will learn from controversies such as the display of the Enola Gay at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., and the creation of … Continue reading Fall 2016: Issues in Public History (updated book list and assignment for first class)…
Courses and Other News
NEH Teacher Institute: Cultures of Independence
Applications are now being accepted for this new teacher workshop funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Cultures of Independence: Perspectives on Independence Hall and the Meaning of Freedom will raise awareness of how Independence Hall has been involved in the ongoing process of creating a nation and civic life, not just in the … Continue reading NEH Teacher Institute: Cultures of Independence…
Spring 2015: World’s Fairs and Empire
World’s fairs, the enormously popular spectacles that began in the middle of the nineteenth century and continue in lesser forms today, provide a rich body of evidence for investigating the cultures and ideologies of their times. This course will reach beyond the popular veneer of world’s fairs – the Ferris wheel, the ice cream cone, … Continue reading Spring 2015: World’s Fairs and Empire…
Book List Added: Fall 2014, Issues in Public History (Graduate)
Course description: Historians play a vital role in creating an engaged and informed citizenry. This seminar provides an in-depth examination of the issues and controversies that arise for historians and the public in settings such as historic sites and museums. The seminar also serves as an introduction to research in public history, a field of … Continue reading Book List Added: Fall 2014, Issues in Public History (Graduate)…
Spring 2014: Cities and Suburbs (512:364)
The following books for this course have been ordered through the University District Bookstore: American Urban Form (2013), by Sam Bass Warner and Andrew Whittemore Crabgrass Frontier (1987), by Kenneth Jackson American Urban Reader (2010), by Steven H. Corey and Lisa Krissoff Boehm (Companion website: https://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415803984/)
Independence Hall in American Memory, Paperback Edition
Independence Hall in American MemoryPaperback Edition, December 2013ISBN 978-0-8122-2282-1 New companion website with teaching guides, documents, and more: https://www.independencehall-americanmemory.com/ University of Pennsylvania Press Amazon Table of Contents