• Public History as Graphic History 

  Gundermann, Christine <Department of History, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany>; Wright, Amie <Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada> (C. Gundermann, A. Wright, Public History as Graphic History, «Public History Review», 2 (2024), pp. 67-78, 2024)

  Graphic History – the telling, teaching and understanding of history through comics – has been growing in classrooms and university spaces for more than two decades. However, in the discipline of history the engagement ...
• The Graphic Anne: Anne Frank Comics as Transnational Lieu de Mémoire 

  Gundermann, Christine <Department of History, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany> (C. Gundermann, The Graphic Anne: Anne Frank Comics as Transnational Lieu de Mémoire, «Public History Review», 2 (2024), pp. 69-78, 2024)

  In this essay, I discuss the transformation of Anne Frank’s diary into various forms of media, particularly focusing on comics and graphic novels as transnational lieu de mémoire. The research is based on a private Anne ...
• Illustrating History: April 25th in Portuguese Comics 

  Lourenço Dias, Alexandra <King’s College London, London, UK> (A. Lourenço Dias, Illustrating History: April 25th in Portuguese Comics «Public History Review», 2 (2024), pp. 79-88, 2024)

  This essay offers a comprehensive analysis of Portuguese comics, with a specific focus on those that depict the April 25th Revolution of 1974. It traces the historical evolution of these comics, examining how they have ...
• Teaching History Through Comic Books: Opportunities for Public & Visual History 

  Wright, Amie <Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada> (A. Wright, Teaching History Through Comic Books: Opportunities for Public & Visual History, «Public History Review», 2 (2024), pp. 89-100, 2024)

  Of the many and diverse ways public history is put to work in the world, visual history is one of largest including museum exhibits, video games, monuments, zines, films, art installations, digital collections, graphic ...
• When Comics Become Part of a Thesis Project 

  Gandanger, Aliénor <University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; University of Caen, Caen, France> (A. Gandanger, When Comics Become Part of a Thesis Project, «Public History Review», 2 (2024), pp. 101-108, 2024)

  This article outlines my doctoral thesis project that began in October 2021. Given the interdisciplinary nature of this hybrid doctoral project, the challenge is twofold. First, bridging the gap between a historical analysis ...
• Making the Invisible and Private, Seen and Public: Roundtable Conversation on the Potentials of Graphic Medicine for Public History 

  Noe, Matthew <Countway Library, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA>; Bayoumi, Soha <Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA>; Garcia Amor, Eugenia <SEMGRAF/Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain>; McMullin, Juliet <University of California, Irvine, CA, USA>; Williams, Ian <International University of Andalusia and Physician, Brighton, UK> (M. Noe, S. Bayoumi, E. Garcia Amor, J. McMullin, I. Williams, Making the Invisible and Private, Seen and Public: Roundtable Conversation on the Potentials of Graphic Medicine for Public History, «Public History Review», 2 (2024), pp. 125-141, 2024)

  This roundtable, recorded at the 2024 Graphic Medicine Conference in Ireland, explores “Graphic History as Pedagogy.” The participants Matthew Noe (Boston, USA), Ian Williams (Brighton, UK), Juliet McMullin (Irvine, USA), ...
• Graphic Collections and Resources 

  Gundermann, Christine <Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada> (C. Gundermann, A. Wright, Graphic Collections and Resources, «Public History Review», 2 (2024), pp. 119-123, 2024)

  The first special section of International Public History to focus on Graphic History as Pedagogy includes the Graphic Collections profiles the following collections: Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and ...
• The Tenses of Historical Consciousness: The Impact of Memory Work Within the Colombian Education Community 

  Rinke, Stefan <Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany>; Contreras Saiz, Mónika <Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany>; Louis, Tatjana <Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia> (T. Louis, M. Contreras Saiz, S. Rinke, The Tenses of Historical Consciousness: The Impact of Memory Work Within the Colombian Education Community, «Public History Review», 2 (2024), pp. 125-141, 2024)

  The confrontation with the recent past has been a central component of the Colombian transitional panorama for almost 20 years. Since the Colombian state recognized its duty of remembrance, the National Center for Historical ...
• Decolonizing Through Public History – Introduction 

  Cauvin, Thomas <University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg> (T. Cauvin, Decolonizing Through Public History – Introduction, «Public History Review», 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 Noor Nieftagodien EMAIL logo 

  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, «Public History Review», 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, «Public History Review», 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[1] 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, «Public History Review», 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 ...
• Zavadski, Andrei, Dubina, Vera: Vse v proshlom: teoriya i praktika publichnoi istorii [All Things Past: Theory and Practice of Public History] 

  Makhotina, Katja <Universität Bonn, Germany> (K. Makhotina, rec. a Zavadski, Andrei, Dubina, Vera: Vse v proshlom: teoriya i praktika publichnoi istorii [All Things Past: Theory and Practice of Public History], «International Public History», 1 (2023), pp. 73-74, 2023)

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