Foundations of Public History

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This course will introduce public history, also known as applied history. Topics covered (from history, to theory, to practical application) will include oral history, exhibiting history, preserving historic sites and spaces, managing archives and historical records, marking history, recording memory as history, digitizing history, practicing ethical history, and more. Each class session will include a mixture of lectures, class discussions, guest speakers from the field, and hand-on collaborative work.