• "Yes, We're Open." International Public History Goes Open Access 

  Dean, David <Department of History and Centre for Public History, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada>; Etges, Andreas <Amerika-Institut, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany> (D. Dean, A. Etges, "Yes, We're Open." International Public History Goes Open Access, «International Public History», 1 (2025), pp. 1-2, 2025)

  The co-editors of International Public History discuss two major innovations in the history of the journal: that from Volume 8, Issue 1 (May 2025) it will be fully open-access and, for the first time, articles will appear ...
• In Slavery's Wake: Making a Globally Collaborative Exhibition 

  Morrison, Aaryan <, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC, USA>; McMahon, Kate <Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC, USA> (A. Morrison, K. McMahon, In Slavery's Wake: Making a Globally Collaborative Exhibition, «International Public History», 1 (2025), pp. 3-18, 2025)

  In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World is a first-of-its-kind exhibition developed by a group of international curators, historians, and cultural practitioners, and is the product of a multi-year collective ...
• The Sensational Museum's Art of Multisensory Storytelling 

  Vohra, Sophie <University of Leicester, Leicester, UK>; Slark, Charlotte <University of Westminster, London, UK>; Hunt, J. J. <Toronto, Canada>; Dziekan, Vince <Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia> (S. Vohra et al., The Sensational Museum's Art of Multisensory Storytelling, «International Public History», 1 (2025), pp. 19-28, 2025)

  The Sensational Museum, a UK-based, multiinstitution research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), aims to challenge ableist biases in heritage sectors. The project explores how the potential ...
• Public History from the Global South: Dialogues Between Latin American and African Public Historians 

  Vargas Álvarez, Sebastián <School of Human Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia> (S. Vargas Álvarez, Public History from the Global South: Dialogues Between Latin American and African Public Historians, «International Public History», 1 (2025), pp. 29-53, 2025)

  Thirteen public historians from Africa and Latin America consider the question: What does the internationalization of public history mean from the perspective of the Global South? The question guided a conversation that ...
• Public History from the Global South: Contributions to the Dialogue from South and Southeast Asian Public Historians 

  Dean, David < Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada> (D. Dean, Public History from the Global South: Contributions to the Dialogue from South and Southeast Asian Public Historians, «International Public History», 1 (2025), pp. 55-65, 2025)

  Three public historians from South and Southeast Asia consider the questions posed by the organizers of the Dialogue between African and Latin American public historians that feature also in this issue of the journal. ...
• Review of Berber Bevernage and Lutz Raphael (eds.), Professional Historians in Public. Old and New Roles Revisited (De Gruyter, 2023) 

  Apostolopoulos, Petros <Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), University of Luxembourg, Belval, Luxembourg> (P. Apostolopoulos, Review of Berber Bevernage and Lutz Raphael (eds.), Professional Historians in Public. Old and New Roles Revisited (De Gruyter, 2023), «International Public History», 1 (2025), pp. 67-68, 2025)
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  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, «International Public History», 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 ...
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  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, «International Public History», 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 ...
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  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 «International Public History», 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 ...
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  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, «International Public History», 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 ...
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  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, «International Public History», 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 ...
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  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 et al., Making the Invisible and Private, Seen and Public: Roundtable Conversation on the Potentials of Graphic Medicine for Public History, «International Public History», 2 (2024), pp. 109-118, 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), ...
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  Graphic Collections and Resources 

  Gundermann, Christine <Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada> (C. Gundermann, A. Wright, Graphic Collections and Resources, «International Public History», 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 ...
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  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, «International Public History», 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 ...
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  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, ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...

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