STUDENT BLOGS

A Work in Progress...
Historical ramblings of Steven
Thoughts of an Uppity Grad
Wynds and Ways
To Preserve and Protect
adventures in public history
Paul's Public History Blog
Burning Rambles
Managing History, via Blog
Geo's Logic

INTERNS

Timothy Horning (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
Sara Dyson (Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks)

ALUMNI

Dana Dorman
Susan Anderson
Lee Arnold
More soon...

NEWS AND EVENTS

October 29:Classes explore city history beyond the Liberty Bell. Two-hour bus tour demonstrates challenges of Germantown's treasures.

September 9:Five-million piece Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center collection opens at Temple Libraries.

August 31:We've unveiled a revised graduate introduction to public history this semester. You can follow along here.

June 18: Temple U Board of Trustees approves optional concentration in Public History for the MA in History.

April 22: Bill Turkel (U Western Ontario), "Public History and the Infinite Archive," Paley Library Lecture Hall, 3:30.

March 23: Congratulations to David Young and Cliveden of the National Trust for securing a Pew Heritage Philadelphia grant to support its "Germantown Works" initiative.

Public History Coordinator
Dr. Seth C. Bruggeman
(215) 204-9744
scbrug@temple.edu
web | blog

History Department Chair
Dr. William I. Hitchcock
(215) 204-9745
william.hitchcock@temple.edu

Master's Program Coordinator
Dr. Richard H. Immerman
(215) 204-7466
richard.immerman@temple.edu

AFFILIATED FACULTY

Dr. James Hilty
20th-Century U.S., Public History

Dr. Martin L. Levitt
American Philosophical Society, Public History and Archives

COURSES

Managing History: Introduction to Public History

FRIENDS / RESOURCES

CENTER FOR PUBLIC HISTORY

The Temple University Center for Public History is housed within the History Department and serves as a nexus for all public history programming at Temple including graduate study, speaking events and workshops, and community and regional project development and coordination.

Media Archive

Dr. Bill Turkel, "Public History and the Infinite Archive" (22 April 2009) [watch | listen]

Using twitter to evaluate visitor response in historic Germantown (Fall 2009) [watch]

Student Projects

Rethinking the Past at Cliveden of the National Trust, Museums and American Culture (Fall 2009) [watch]

Welcome to the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Managing History: Introduction to Public History (Fall 2009) [watch]

Do You Have Any Idea What's In There?, Managing History: Introduction to Public History (Fall 2009) [watch]