Public History
Starting a list of folks who work in, teach about, or are committed to the field of public history. Institutions, organizations, and individuals all welcome. Feel free to share recommendations.
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@cdc29.bsky.social
@willtchak.bsky.social
public historian amplifying HBCU radio voices http://wyso.org/hbcuradioproject // Anacostia Community Museum contributor https://anacostia.si.edu/dcwomenspeak // writing on police power & resistance, the carceral state & institutional memory // HTX-based
@wstoutamire.bsky.social
Public historian | Associate Professor of History at the University of Nebraska at Kearney | Writes on the Antiquities Act, heritage, museums, & community history | Current Project -- Stealing Antiquity: Looting and Protecting the Past in Northern Arizona
@lwieck.bsky.social
Historian of 20th and 21st cities, US West, race and culture. Associate Professor and Director of Public History at St. Mary's Univ. Lover of books, coffee, and flowers.
@legg.bsky.social
Scholar of Indigenous & Public History 📖 PhD, George Mason. Researching Eastern Dakota mobility, diplomacy, and resistance in the Civil War era. Book Review Editor H-CivWar. Engaged in #DigitalPublicHistory. https://www.johnlegg.org
@mjrp.bsky.social
a historian(ish) currently writing a book about how visitors, newcomers, and outsiders came to dominate Washington, DC and another book about how we do history now. https://linktr.ee/comingtowashington
@jasonhiggins.bsky.social
Digital Scholarship Coordinator/Assistant Prof at Virginia Tech. Author of Prisoners after War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration (UMass Press). Editor. Oral historian. I teach the Vietnam War and African American history. https://shorturl.at/HpPO7
@kappiah.bsky.social
Libraries, archives, African American history, public humanities. She/her
@abbygateau.bsky.social
public historian/history professor with adhd. into old buildings, Star Trek, and Zelda. horse girl and aspiring golden girl. she/her.
@larrycebula.bsky.social
"The Lightning Rod of Weirdness." Public historian, bicyclist, noted bon vivant. Taking a break from politics so if I unfollow you that's why.
@aaslh.bsky.social
AASLH provides leadership and resources to help the history community thrive and make history more meaningful to all people. Join us at aaslh.org.
@historianhope.bsky.social
Marketing and engagement manager @historians.org | US history & public history PhD | Slow cyclist, lover of maps and cities, outdoorsy. thepipsqueakery.org/donate.
@sheilaabrennan.bsky.social
digital public humanist, public servant, pop culture consumer, outdoorsy, eater and maker of tasty foods
@sarahpmyers.bsky.social
Historian of gender, war, oral and public history. Assoc Prof in PA. Former museum curator. #NEH grant. #F1 fan. 'Earning Their Wings' (UNC Press, 2023).
@priyastoric.bsky.social
Public Historian, Storyteller, and #kidlit Author of "From the Stars to the Moon" and "The Heart of the River. www.theheartoftheriver.com.
@christyscoleman.bsky.social
#Museum CEO tackling US History & Culture w/ scholarship, innovation, passion & a little irreverence. Pop culture fan girl, script consultant, screenwriter and so much more! Come along for the ride.
@stephfrowe.bsky.social
NCPH executive director, public historian, AuDHD, mom, lover of cats, she/her. (tweets reflect personal, not institutional perspective)
@laurenfturek.bsky.social
Historian of U.S. foreign relations, human rights, & religion. Associate Professor of History & Director of Museum Studies at Trinity University. Musician and sci fi fan.
@rebeccawingo.bsky.social
Settler Scholar Assoc. Prof & Director of #PublicHistory University of Cincinnati Western & Indigenous History Current Research: Photography, Apsáalooke, Wyandot(te), Rondo, Digital Archives http://pronoun.is/she
@dbfenthusiast.bsky.social
DBF but in a preservation sort of way. Maritime historian and museum professional. Talks a lot about submarines. Views my own.
@clmcwhirter.bsky.social
Historical Consultant. Public historian and museum veteran. Historian of 19th Century culture and memory. Lincoln guy. Pop culture obsessive.
@nicksacco55.bsky.social
Public Historian, Musician, Colorization Artist, Collector of Old Photographs, Avid Reader, Family Man with an Amazing Wife and Daughter, Two Cats, and a Dog.
@maryrizzo.bsky.social
History prof at Rutgers-Newark. Author of Come and Be Shocked: Baltimore Beyond John Waters and The Wire and Class Acts: Young Men and the Rise of Lifestyle. Anti-ICE activist in NJ. Diehard sewist.
@themuseumguy.bsky.social
Museum professional, working primarily with small history museums. Social media and evaluation / audience research / analytics nerd. Stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦 Views my own.
@stwajda.bsky.social
Historian, curator, knitter of the American experience, daughter & granddaughter of immigrants, waiting for Lefty & CLE World Series win. American material & visual culture, museum studies, craftivism, women's history, everyday life. Too many projects.
@sierravrd.bsky.social
she/her. real museum educator of nj. edu @ the met. fun(eral) director @deaddreamsclub. #ShowTheSalary & #PayAllInterns. all thoughts are my own.
@law6pubhist.bsky.social
Public Historian | planner of Teen Museum program, interpretative guide, enjoyer of X-Men and Bob Burgers | Very interested in museum labor and public history advocacy | Alum of UMBC & UNCG | We protect each other
@lynnecalamia.bsky.social
Philadelphia-based public historian, museum worker, and historic preservationist. She/her. 🏭 Executive Director of Roebling Museum where we tell stories about a steel mill and the surrounding company town
@sarageorgini.bsky.social
Historian & Series Editor, The Adams Papers, MHS. PhD.📚Household Gods, Our Library in Paris, Oxford Handbook of Family History & Genealogy, Americans in Revolution. President, @susih.bsky.social. Views mine, history for all.
@apiper626.bsky.social
Public historian//arts administrator//Chief of Staff in Washington, D.C., currently working in arts & humanities policy ✨ (actual location: in a museum somewhere)
@richcondon.bsky.social
| Historian | Researcher | Writer | Yinzer | | Civil War and Reconstruction Era | *Opinions shared here are my own*
@katiemcclurkin.bsky.social
Public History PhD. Historian of Modern Ireland. Material Culture. Attempting to positively contribute to the field. Speaking only for myself. she/her
@demantowsky.bsky.social
Professor of Public History at University of Vienna @pubhistvienna.bsky.social https://fakzen-thks.univie.ac.at/ueber-uns/public-history/
@sienriquez.bsky.social
Mujer de la Frontera | Mex-Tex in the Midwest | Assoc. Prof. of Chicanx, Urban, & Public History @ UMKC | Angry feminist |
@laraly.bsky.social
plays well with others, but runs with scissors. feminist AF. race traitor. queer. public historian, scholar of collective memory, US social movements, puerto rico, digital humanities. long covid survivor. eater of GF cookies. drinker of coffee.
@k10death.bsky.social
i’m in the us south, an assoc prof, into public history, preservation, digital history, archaeology, & pedagogy; also into pop culture, star trek, happy endings fic, cats— still figuring it all out
@kathleenconti.bsky.social
Asst. prof of public history and historic preservation at Florida State University. Writing on race and representation at US historic sites.
@thomascauvin.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public history at C2DH at University of Luxembourg. International Federation for Public History. Co-production, citizen science. #publichistory #Citizenscience https://www.uni.lu/en/person/NTAwMzk5NTZfX1Rob21hcyBDQVVWSU4=/
@ddmeringolo.bsky.social
President of NCPH. Professor of Public History. Baseball Mom. Dog Lover. Anxious Extrovert. Proud of my organization & my employer, but not representing them here. She/Her.
@dphochfelder.bsky.social
Author of The Telegraph in America (JHUP 2012). Now working on a digital/public history of urban renewal in New York State and beyond. Check out some of our (Ann Pfau, Stacy Sewell, and me) work at https://considerthesourceny.org/access/topic/urban-renewal
@cjceglio.bsky.social
Lives at intersection of public history, museum studies & digital humanities. Assoc. Director of Research for Greenhouse Studios at UConn and Associate Professor.
@dariusjohnson.bsky.social
Public History | Digital Humanities | Cultural Landscapes Director of Chesapeake Heartland: An African American Humanities Project at Washington College’s Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience Chesapeake Bay 📍 *Views are my own*
@raepitkin.bsky.social
History PhDing @ CUNY GC: State & Local History, Settler Colonialism, Public History & Historical Memory (20th Century U.S.) • Managing Editor: Gotham Center for NYC History • Programs: Humanities NY (State Council, NEH) • Brooklyn ↔️ Buffalo 💨
@gillianobrien.bsky.social
Professor of Public History. Author of 'The Darkness Echoing'. Public History/Museums/Heritage/Memory/Death/Dark Tourism/Spies/Nuns/ Board member Irish Museums Association
@dpla.bsky.social
The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives and museums, and makes them freely available to all.
@ncph.bsky.social
NCPH advances the field of public history, promoting professionalism among history practitioners and encouraging historians' engagement with the public.
@cdc29.bsky.social
Religious History | Public History | Digital History Assistant Professor of History | Loyola University Chicago https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/profiles/cantwellchristopher.shtml