Working Groups and the Poster Session—Milwaukee 2012 If you missed out on a session proposal for the next NCPH annual meeting, never fear, there are more opportunities to participate. On September 15, we will issue the call for Working Groups and one for the Poster Session. There will be 11 Working Groups at the conference; the general description is here… http://ncph.org/cms/conferences/working-groups/
2012 Awards Call is Open NCPH has upped the prize amount for the Excellence in Consulting Award and revamped the guidelines for others. Submissions for most NCPH awards <http://ncph.org/cms/awards/> are due December 1; submissions for the book prize are due November 1. Why not nominate your work or a colleague's today? NCPH Civil War Session at AASLH NCPH has organized a special session for the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Association for State and Local History, 8:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 16, in Richmond, VA: “Secession and the Confederacy: Issues for Local History Sites.” Panelists include NCPH President Marty Blatt, former chief historian of NPS Dwight Pitcaithley, author Jim Loewen, and John Coski from the Museum of the Confederacy. http://www.aaslh.org/am2011.htm New Posts on Off the Wall NCPH’s blog for critical reviews of exhibit practice…http://ncphoffthewall.blogspot.com/ - Ice Wars: The Rebirth of the Winnipeg Jets - Fear and Loathing at the Coliseum - Teddy Roosevelt's Rocks Objects and Memory PBS will be broadcasting Objects and Memory—a moving documentary shown at the 2009 NCPH Annual Meeting in Louisville—nationally in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of 9/11. It's on the national schedule for Sunday, September 11, at 4pm, but as each station sets its schedule, please check local listings. Public History Bibliographies from NCPH NCPH’s Curriculum & Training Committee has compiled the first three annotated bibliographies in the series, Recommended Readings for Public History Courses. http://ncph.org/cms/education/graduate-and-undergraduate/ www.ncph.org Putting history to work in the world
