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    • Valerio Massimo Felix [poster] 

      Michelazzi, Marika; Salvini, Arabella (M. Michelazzi, A. Salvini, "Valerio Massimo Felix", in Metti la storia al lavoro! Seconda conferenza italiana di Public History. Pisa, 11-15 giugno 2018, 2019)
      Per raccontare Felix abbiamo unito varie competenze (illustrazione e sceneggiatura) alla ricerca storica e alla comunicazione. Abbiamo creato il (fittizio) diario di viaggio di un giovane legionario al seguito di Giulio ...

    • Viaggiare nel tempo e nello spazio a partire dalle periferie dei libri antichi. Saggio sulle ‘provenienze’ dalla collezione di incunaboli delle Biblioteche Riunite “Civica e A. Ursino Recupero” di Catania [poster] 

      Aiello, Francesca; Inserra, Simona; Di Mauro, Corrado; Formica, Marianna; Marullo, Irene; Palma, Marco; Saraniti, Rosaria; Tripodi, Silvia (F. Aiello et al., "Viaggiare nel tempo e nello spazio a partire dalle periferie dei libri antichi. Saggio sulle ‘provenienze’ dalla collezione di incunaboli delle Biblioteche Riunite “Civica e A. Ursino Recupero” di Catania", in Metti la storia al lavoro! Seconda conferenza italiana di Public History. Pisa, 11-15 giugno 2018, 2020)
      Il poster illustra una possibile modalità di narrazione e divulgazione della storia condotta attraverso lo studio di un fondo di libri antichi conservato in una biblioteca storica. A partire dalla catalogazione degli ...

    • Decolonizing Through Public History – Introduction 

      Cauvin, Thomas <University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg> (T. Cauvin, Decolonizing Through Public History – Introduction, «International Public History», 1 (2024), pp. 1-4, 2024)
      Decolonization is the subject of an abundant literature, both as a historical event and as a contemporary process. In relations with the past, debates have risen about issues such as colonial monuments, museum collections, ...

    • Public History and Emancipatory Politics in Transition: From the Anti-Apartheid Struggle to Democracy in South Africa 

      Nieftagodien, Noor <University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg), Johannesburg, South Africa> (N. Nieftagodien, Public History and Emancipatory Politics in Transition: From the Anti-Apartheid Struggle to Democracy in South Africa, «International Public History», 1 (2024), pp. 5-15, 2024)
      The expansion of public history in the context of the ‘decolonial turn’ has generated conversations about the potential productive and mutually constitutive relations between the two. While recognizing that there is no ...

    • Decolonizing Canadian Archival Practice Through a Public History Lens 

      McCracken, Krista <Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada> (K. McCracken, Decolonizing Canadian Archival Practice Through a Public History Lens, «International Public History», 1 (2024), pp. 17-26, 2024)
      This article is situated at the intersection of public history practice, archival work, and decolonization in Canadian archives. It discusses the colonial structures that are often tied to archival practice and the role ...

    • History Education and Public History – Introduction 

      Wojdon, Joanna <University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland> (J. Wojdon, History Education and Public History – Introduction, «International Public History», 1 (2023), pp. 1-1, 2023)
      The articles in this section of International Public History prove that the issues arising from a dialogue between public history and history education need to go far beyond the cooperation between school teachers and ...

    • Public Debates, Public History, and School History Curricula: The Greek Case 

      Gatsotis, Panayotis <Education Advisor, Directorate of Secondary Education A’ Athens, Athens, Greece; Scientific Associate of the University of Western Macedonia, Greece> (P. Gatsotis, Public Debates, Public History, and School History Curricula: The Greek Case, «International Public History», 1 (2023), pp. 3-14, 2023)
      Public debates about school history curricula meet the interests of public historians and educators in many different ways because they raise questions such as: “What history or whose history do we teach in schools?” “How ...

    • The Public History Turn in History Education Seen Through the Lens of the Polish–German History Textbook 

      Wojdon, Joanna <University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland> (J. Wojdon, The Public History Turn in History Education Seen Through the Lens of the Polish–German History Textbook, «International Public History», 1 (2023), pp. 15-24, 2023)
      This article presents the changes in history education that bring school history closer to public history and discusses the potential of a textbook as a tool for fostering public history. The analysis of the chapters dealing ...

    • The Death of “Woke” Culture: How Florida’s Attack on Progressive Policies has Created a History Curriculum that Indoctrinates the Youth 

      Thurlow, Katherine <University of Central Florida, USA> (K. Thurlow, The Death of “Woke” Culture: How Florida’s Attack on Progressive Policies has Created a History Curriculum that Indoctrinates the Youth, «International Public History», 1 (2023), pp. 25-29, 2023)
      In the United States, state governments determine laws and policies regarding public education, creating disparities in content and standards across the country. Several conservative states, including Florida, have moved ...

    • Spatial Histories: Geography, Memory, and Alternative Narratives of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 

      Masoumi, Azar <Carleton University, Canada>; Ghorbani, Ronak <York University, Canada> (A. Masoumi, R. Ghorbani, Spatial Histories: Geography, Memory, and Alternative Narratives of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, «International Public History», 1 (2023), pp. 31-41, 2023)
      In distinction from the overwhelming tendency to conceive history primarily in terms of its temporal chronologies, this paper considers the spatiality of history and historical memory. Engaging with seven Oral History ...

    • Combining Historical Narrative Forms and the Immersion of Exhibition Visitors. Approaches and Experiences from the Luxembourg “Remix” Project 

      Tschacher, Werner <Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Germany> (W. Tschacher, Combining Historical Narrative Forms and the Immersion of Exhibition Visitors. Approaches and Experiences from the Luxembourg “Remix” Project, «International Public History», 1 (2023), pp. 43-54, 2023)
      The paper describes and analyzes the experiences of the Luxembourg-based research project “Remixing Industrial Pasts in the Digital Age” (2019–2024) and its four individual component projects. Combining different forms of ...

    • Counter-Colonial Aspects in and Through Public History in Brazil: Participatory Research, Oral History and Corporeality – Embodied Ways of Storytelling 

      Rabêlo de Almeida, Juniele <Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil> (J. Rabêlo de Almeida, Counter-Colonial Aspects in and Through Public History in Brazil: Participatory Research, Oral History and Corporeality – Embodied Ways of Storytelling, «International Public History», 1 (2024), pp. 27-34, 2024)
      Based on the counter-colonial thought formulated by the Brazilian quilombola activist Nêgo Bispo (1959–2023), this article offers reflections on participatory research, social memory, and corporeality through discussions ...

    • Stories from a Dusty Basement: A Conversation with Richard Conyngham on All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa (1910–1948) – A Graphic History 

      Etges, Andreas <IPH Editor, Germany> (A. Etges, Stories from a Dusty Basement: A Conversation with Richard Conyngham on All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa (1910–1948) – A Graphic History, «International Public History», 1 (2023), pp. 55-71, 2023)
      While the story of apartheid in South Africa is quite well known, the pre-apartheid “Union years” have been much less researched. All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa (1910–1948) – A Graphic History brings ...

    • Memoryscapes: The Evolution of Sri Lanka’s Aragala Bhoomiya as a People’s Space of Protest 

      Hettiarachchi, Radhika <Independent Researcher, Sri Lanka>; Hemachandra, Samal Vimukthi <University of Colombo, Sri Lanka> (2023)
      The ‘aragalaya’ or the ‘people’s struggle’ was perhaps one of the most important and successful movements of Sri Lanka’s long history of democracy. In 2015, democracy prevailed, unexpectedly and against all odds, when Sri ...

    • Where is the Seeker Who Searches for Another? Decolonial Approaches to Digital Public History 

      Maina, Chao Tayiana <Museum of British Colonialism, Nairobi, Kenya> (C.T. Maina, Where is the Seeker Who Searches for Another? Decolonial Approaches to Digital Public History, «International Public History», 1 (2024), pp. 35-44, 2024)
      This article delves into the role of public history within the context of suppressed and erased colonial pasts, underscoring the importance of individuals in actively shaping, uncovering, documenting and disseminating ...

    • Partnerships with Public Institutions: Reflecting on Applied History and Social Justice Principles 

      Wynant, Julie <State Archives Belgium and KU Leuven, Belgium> (J. Wynant, Partnerships with Public Institutions: Reflecting on Applied History and Social Justice Principles, «International Public History», 2 (2023), pp. 91-101, 2023)
      This article emphasizes that social justice – as both a process and a goal – should be put forward as guiding principle for applied historians who want to engage in partnerships with public institutions. While ethical ...

    • Public History in Digital Spaces: Public Interpretations of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Its Implications for History Teaching 

      Sosu, Edmund S. <Excelsia College, Australia>; Boadu, Gideon <RMIT University, Australia>; Boateng, Emmanuel B. <University of Wollongong, Australia>; Appiah-Thompson, Christopher <University of Newcastle, Australia> (E. S. Sosu, G. Boadu, E. B. Boateng, C. Appiah-Thompson, Public History in Digital Spaces: Public Interpretations of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Its Implications for History Teaching, «International Public History», 2 (2023), pp. 117-127, 2023)
      The Transatlantic Slave Trade was one of the cruelest events in human history, with its effects spanning several centuries. Slave monuments are visible representations of the memory of the slave trade and avenues for public ...

    • Doing History at the Edge of the Map: The “Digital Thrace” Research Project 

      Palikidis, Angelos <Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece> (A. Palikidis, Doing History at the Edge of the Map: The “Digital Thrace” Research Project, «International Public History», 1 (2024), pp. 53-65, 2024)
      Digital Thrace: Mapping the History and Culture to Enhance the Tourist Economy” is a three-year (2021–2023) research project conducted by the Democritus University of Thrace. “Thrace,” a geographical rather than a regional ...

    • A Reflection on and a Conversation about History, Memory, and Education at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial 

      Etges, Andreas <IPH Editor, Germany> (A. Etges, A Reflection on and a Conversation about History, Memory, and Education at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial, «International Public History», 2 (2023), pp. 129-142, 2023)
      Dachau concentration camp was set up in March 1933. During the twelve years of its existence, more than 200,000 prisoners from over 40 nations were imprisoned here and in its sub-camps. At least 41,500 people died there ...

    • Sarah Abel: Permanent Markers 

      de Groot, Jerome <University of Manchester, UK> (J. de Groot, rec. a Sarah Abel: Permanent Markers, «International Public History», 2 (2023), pp. 143-144, 2023)
      Genetic ancestry testing has become increasingly familiar in the past decade. The expansion from small companies investigating particular communities to huge multinational biotech organizations, such as 23andme and Ancestry, ...