• Thank you—No Offence Meant! The Humanities in Splendid Isolation 

      Teutsch, Katharina (K. Teutsch, Thank you—No Offence Meant! The Humanities in Splendid Isolation, «Public history weekly», 2, 2014, n. 20, 2014)
      “Thank you for your kind introduction,” “Many thanks for your stimulating comments,” “Thank you for those further references,” “Thank you, I shall happily take up your suggestions.”—Thank you, thank you very much, thank ...
    • The Background, Development and Problems of Public History in China Jiang Meng 

      Meng, Jiang <School of History, Renmin University of China, Haidian Qu, China> (J. Meng, The Background, Development and Problems of Public History in China, «International Public History», 1, 2018, n. 2, pp. 1-4, 2018)
      This article traces the origins and development of public history in China, from its roots in historical memory in pre-modern times, through its role in shaping the nation in the period of modernization, to the emergence ...
    • The birth of a new discipline of the past? : public history in Italy 

      Noiret, Serge <Istituto Universitario Europeo, Firenze> (S. Noiret, The birth of a new discipline of the past? Public history in Italy, «Ricerche storiche», XLIX, 2019, n. 3, pp. 131-166, (2019)
      This essay has been published ten years after Ricerche Storiche’s special issue on Media and History coordinated by Francesco Mineccia and Luigi Tomassini (2009) which engaged, for the first time in Italy, with Public History ...
    • The Circle of Life: Reinvigorating the Humanities with Undergraduate Public History Curriculum 

      Ress, Stella <University of Southern Indiana> (S. Ress, The Circle of Life: Reinvigorating the Humanities with Undergraduate Public History Curriculum, «International Public History», vol. 2, 1, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1515/iph-2019-0007, 2019)
    • The Commonalities of History, Public History, and History Education 

      Santhiago, Ricardo <Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil> (R. Santhiago, The Commonalities of History, Public History, and History Education, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2022, n. 1, pp. 65-69, 2022)
    • The Destruction of the Monument to Humanity: Historical Conflict and Monumentalization 

      Özbek, Egemen <Accademy in Exile, Germany> (E. Özbek, The Destruction of the Monument to Humanity: Historical Conflict and Monumentalization, «International Public History», 1, 2018, n. 2, pp. 1-5, 2018)
      The destruction of the Monument to Humanity caused a heated debate in Turkey about the relationship between political power and artistic freedom. However, parties in this debate failed, to a great extent, to address the ...
    • “The Genealogical sublime”: An Interview with Julie Creet 

      De Groot, Jerome <The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK> (J. de Groot, “The Genealogical sublime”: An Interview with Julie Creet, «International Public History», 2, 2019, n. 2, pp. 1-2, 2019)
    • The Geo-Politics of Public History: A Review Essay 

      Muñoz, Catalina <Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia> (C. Muñoz, The Geo-Politics of Public History: A Review Essay, «International Public History», 1, 2018, n. 1, pp. 1-4, 2018)
    • The Haunting Past of Colonialism in Belgium the Death of Patrice Lumumba in Public Memory 

      Verbeeck, Georgi <Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands; University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium> (G. Verbeeck, The Haunting Past of Colonialism in Belgium the Death of Patrice Lumumba in Public Memory, «International Public History», vol. 4, 2021, n. 2, pp. 89-98, 2021)
      The remembrance of the death of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of the Republic of the Congo in Belgium is indicative of a fundamental transformation in the latter country’s public memory of its former role as a colonizing ...
    • The Historian’s Role, Public History, and the National Truth Commission in Brazil 

      Viz Quadrat, Samantha <Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil> (S. Viz Quadrat, The Historian’s Role, Public History, and the National Truth Commission in Brazil, «International Public History», vol. 3, 2020, n. 2, 2020)
      In 2011, twenty-six years after the end of the military dictatorship, the Brazilian government took the initiative of implementing the right to memory and to the truth, as well as promoting national reconciliation. A ...
    • «The History Manifesto»: a discussion 

      Noiret, Serge <Istituto Universitario Europeo, Firenze>; Verreycken, Quentin; Arnesen, Eric (S. Noiret, R. Delafontaine, Q. Verreycken, E. Arnesen, 'The History Manifesto' : a discussion, introduction by Serge Noiret, with contributions by Ramses Delafontaine (editor), Quentin Verreycken, Eric Arnesen, «Memoria e Ricerca» 1, 2016, pp. 97-126, 2016)
    • The Holocaust Museum Guatemala: History and Contemporaneity 

      Del Valle, José Ángel <Director of the Holocaust Museum, Guatemala, USA> (J. A. del Valle, The Holocaust Museum Guatemala: History and Contemporaneity, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2021, n. 1, pp. 13-18, 2022)
      Of the six Latin American Holocaust Museums, the one in Guatemala deserves special attention. The other five in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica also remember the Jewish victims of WWII, but in Guatemala ...
    • The House of European History, Food for Thought and Reflection 

      Kesteloot, Chantal (C. Kesteloot, The House of European History, Food for Thought and Reflection, «International Public History», vol. 3, 2020, n. 1, https://doi.org/10.1515/iph-2020-2003, 2020)
      In May 2017, the House of European History opened its doors in Brussels. Long awaited, this new museum represents a small revolution in the museum landscape. It stands out both because of the scale of the project - the ...
    • The International Council of Museums and the Controversy about a New Museum Definition. A Conversation with Lauran Bonilla-Merchav, Bruno Brulon Soares, Lonnie G. Bunch III, Bernice Murphy, and Michèle Rivet, 

      Etges, Andreas <IPH editors, Munich, Germany>; Dean, David <IPH editors, Ottawa, Canada> (A. Etges, D. Dean, The International Council of Museums and the Controversy about a New Museum Definition – A Conversation with Lauran Bonilla-Merchav, Bruno Brulon Soares, Lonnie G. Bunch III, Bernice Murphy, and Michèle Rivet, «International Public History», vol. 5, 2021, n. 1, pp. 19-27, 2022)
      In 2019, an Extraordinary General Assembly International Council of Museums (ICOM) met in Kyoto, Japan to vote on a new museum definition. Among other things, the controversial proposal described museums as “democratising, ...
    • The Lehrplan 21 – Politics and History 

      Amsler, Christian (C. Amsler, The Lehrplan 21 – Politics and History, «Public history weekly», 1, 2013, n. 9, 2013)
      It is causing a stir among the wider public up and down the country. Currently subject to consultation, the much-debated and much-anticipated new curriculum (“Lehrplan 21”) serves to implement the mandate of the Swiss ...
    • The Limits of Iconoclasm: Soviet War Memorials since the End of Socialism 

      Gabowitsch, Mischa (M. Gabowitsch, The Limits of Iconoclasm: Soviet War Memorials since the End of Socialism, «International Public History», 1, 2018, n. 2, pp. 1-6, 2018)
      There is a widespread perception that the countries of the former Soviet bloc removed all or most communist-era public monuments soon after the end of socialism. Based on a number of heavily publicized instances of iconoclasm, ...
    • The Origins of "The Public Historian" and the National Council on Public History 

      Johnson, George Wesley (G. Wesley Johnson, The Origins of "The Public Historian" and the National Council on Public History, «The Public Historian», 1999, 21, 3, pp.167-179., 1999)
      I HAVE BEEN ASKED to provide a brief history of the founding of this journal, The Public Historian, and of its sponsor, the National Council on Public History. The journal celebrated its twentieth anniversary last year, ...
    • The rise of Public History: an international perspective 

      Cauvin, Thomas <Colorado State University, United States> (T. Cauvin, The Rise of Public History: an international perspective, «Historia Crítica» n. 68, 2018, pp. 3-26, (2018)
      This article explores the birth and development of public history and presents the different criteria of its internationalization from the 1970s to the more recent creation of the International Federation of Public History. ...
    • The Roles of Authenticity and Immediacy in Engaging Family Historians in Online Learning Designed to Advance Academic Skills 

      Harman, Kristyn <History & Classics, School of Humanities, University of Tasmania, Australia> (K. Harman, The Roles of Authenticity and Immediacy in Engaging Family Historians in Online Learning Designed to Advance Academic Skills, «International Public History», 2, 2019, n. 2, pp. 1-6, 2019)
      A rapid increase in the availability of digitized archival resources of relevance to family historians together with increasing individual fascination with genealogical research led to the University of Tasmania introducing ...
    • The science of history turns – even in school? 

      Sauer, Michael (M. Sauer, The science of history turns – even in school?, «Public history weekly», 2, 2014, n. 38, 2014)
      In the historical sciences, one turn follows another: from the rather old linguistic turn to the postcolonial or global turn, the visual or iconic turn to the spatial, acoustic, and material turn. But how does history ...