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Susan Anderson NEWS AND EVENTS Anne Parsons and Kelley George discuss their exhibit concerning haunted history at the Temple Gallery on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 at 6 PM. Prof. Dale's Winling's digital history students explore Temple's place in North Philadelphia in new collaborative online project. Center for Public History co-hosts first annual Philadelphia Public History Community Forum on April 29, 2011. Read all about it in the Public History News. THATCamp Philly coming to Chemical Heritage Foundation 9/23-9/24/2011. Center for Public History supports preservation of USS Olympia by documenting summit convened to identify new steward. Public History graduate students collaborate with First Person Museum. Want to work for the National Park Service? Find out how to become a ranger with Temple's new ProRanger Program. |
| CONTACT Department of History Temple University 908 Gladfelter Hall (025-24) 1115 West Berks Street Philadelphia, PA 19122-6089 Public History Coordinator History Department Chair Director of Graduate Studies AFFILIATED FACULTY Dr. Martin L. Levitt COURSES Managing History: Introduction to Public History Public History and Digital Media Studies in American Material Culture FRIENDS / RESOURCES
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THE M.A. IN PUBLIC HISTORY Public History is a rapidly growing field within and beyond the academy. Its purpose is to ensure that decisions made about the management of historical resources (e.g. historic districts, landscapes, viewsheds, buildings, manuscripts, artifacts, visual media) are undertaken with care and integrity. Public historians work in a variety of settings, from government offices to museums, and are particularly concerned about the protection of community history. Philadelphia, one of America's leading centers of culture, history, and scholarship, boasts a wide variety of world-class historical and cultural institutions. Temple's Public History program utilizes this extraordinary assemblage of museums, archives, libraries, learned societies, and historical sites as teaching and learning laboratories for developing the professional competencies of our students in interpreting America's past to the general public. Our Public History program combines a solid grounding in American social, cultural, and political history with practical training in historical memory, historic resource management, material culture, and archival methods. Students may take internships in the shadow of Independence Hall, learn archival skills in one of more than 100 regional depositories, interpret American diversity at one of dozens of museums, or learn heritage management at some of the most historically significant sites in the United States. Click here to apply on-line. Applications are accepted for fall admission only and must be submitted by February 15. |
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