Public History

Public history is historical work that is intended to reach, involve, and engage a public audience outside of academia. Libraries, archives and museums often provide platforms and best practices for public history work and facilitate publicengagement in public history processes and outputs. In this course, we will explore a variety of case studies from a number of public history’s ever-expanding footprint. The central assignment for this course will include fieldwork on a local public history project. Students will be required to work both individually and in groups on experiential and service-learning projects.

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