The Humanities: Public, Open, Applied & Engaged
Just back from my trip to the University of Glasgow. A delight to meet with faculty and students there and
Just back from my trip to the University of Glasgow. A delight to meet with faculty and students there and
Well, I enjoyed it. The audience was mostly RISD Museum staff – not much of a surprise, given the topic.
Can museums use museum history to think about the future? Can their past successes and failures guide them? How might
Back in April I gave a talk at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk, Connecticut. They’ve done a very nice
My reply to Mary Rizzo’s Jon Stewart, public historian?, and especially Erik Greenberg’s comment: Let’s think about a “big tent” definition
We’re submitting a planning grant to the NEH for a new program that will link Providence’s creative past with its
Most curatorial jobs do not require a Ph.D., but is it useful? Does it make one a better curator? The
Should you get an MA or Ph.D to work in a history museum? I talk to many students interested in
Friday was Workshop Day at THATCampNE, and Ian Russell and I talked to about 30 folks about your online persona.
Here’s the talk I gave as the keynote for the New England American Studies Association. Or, rather, here are four