The Practice of Public History

Catalog description

This course provides an introduction to the field of public history. Throughout the course, students will explore this growing historical discipline loosely defined as history outside of the classroom, applied history, or history put to work in the world. In addition to completing course readings on various definitions, forms, and case studies of public history, students will engage in activities that give them opportunities to be a public historian. Throughout the semester, students will assess museums, digital humanities projects, monuments/memorials, historic preservation, and more within the framework of debates over the practices of ethical citizenship.