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NCPH advances the field of public history, promoting professionalism among history practitioners and encouraging their engagement with the public. We are a membership association of consultants, museum professionals, government historians, professors & students, archivists, teachers, cultural resource managers, curators, film & media producers, historical interpreters, policy advisors, and many others. Members confer at the annual meeting each spring and share their expertise in our journal and newsletter, and in several online formats.
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 2010 Annual Meeting
Currents of ChangeMarch 10-14
Portland, Oregon
Proposals due June 30
(Image courtesy of Flickr.com user tiptoety.)
 From the April 2009 annual meeting in Providence to the March 2010 meeting in Portland, NCPH will be celebrating its 30th anniversary. See the conference blog, our YouTube and Facebook pages, and Public History News for coverage of our past and plans for the future.
 Chip Colwell- Chanthaphonh's Massacre at Camp Grant: Forgetting and Remembering Apache History is our 2009 Book Award winner.
Consulting Comments
Members providing historical services as consultants are welcome to submit news about their work to hmiller@hrassoc.com for a column in the NCPH newsletter.
See What You Saw, See What You Missed
The 2009 Annual Meeting keynote and 30th Anniversary session are on YouTube. (Thank you, Tim Roberts, Roy Oberto and the University of West Florida Public History Program!) Read more about the conference on the 2009 Annual Meeting Blog.
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Don't Miss Out on Portland
(Image courtesy of Mike Houck.) Conference proposals are due early this year...on June 30.
RFP to Host NCPH Office
NCPH will mark its thirtieth anniversary in 2009-2010. As we celebrate the organization’s accomplishments over the past three decades, we are actively charting a course for the 21st century. In May 2010, our current agreement for our institutional base will expire. To ensure that the selection of our executive office is an open process and that the executive office best supports the continued growth of our organization, the NCPH Board of Directors is circulating the following Request for Proposals. All public history programs and institutions are welcome to respond.
Public History News
-- June Issue
Important NCPH Dates
• June 30 - Proposals due for NCPH-ASEH joint 2010 Annual Meetings
• August 3 - Copy due for September issue of Public History News
• August 15 - Call for Participants for 2010 Working Groups closes
• November 2 - Copy due for December issue of Public History News• December 1 - Submissions due for NCPH Book AwardDecember 10 - Submissions due for all NCPH awards other than book award
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"Given the essential value of historical understanding, the NCPH promotes professionalism among history practitioners and their engagement with the public."
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