National Council on Public History

18 June 2026

On Friday, July 10, from 2:00-3:00 PM ET, NCPH’s Advocacy Committee is hosting a one hour comment-a-thon to help public historians leave public feedback on the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed new rule for federal grants which would require a political appointee review and ultimately approve federal grants. Read More

09 June 2026

Please join us in congratulating this year’s award winners in a number of public history formats, including public history project, book, The Public Historian article, grassroots public history, consulting, and more! This year’s Robert Kelley Memorial Award, honoring people or organizations who have succeeded in making history relevant to the public, goes to the Humanities Action Lab (HAL), which has collaborated to produce community-curated public humanities projects in forty cities and counting. Read More

11 May 2026

Registration for the first ever joint meeting of NCPH and the American Association for State and Local History is now open! Register by August 3 to get the Early Bird rate. To save on registration, become a member of NCPH to access the member rates (note that there may be up to 72 hours between the purchase of your membership and the availability of the member registration rate). Read More

07 May 2026

The NCPH community is invited to join the Advocacy Committee for an open virtual meeting to share what you need from public history advocacy efforts. While continuing to respond to threats against the field, we also want to create space to ask: what do we want public history to look like, and how do we advocate for that vision together? Read More

29 April 2026

We acknowledge that it’s strange to be in the midst of two conference cycles at once, but time marches on! Topic proposals for our St. Louis 2027 conference, “Holding the Line,” are due on Sunday, May 10 by 11:59 pm your local time. Read More

23 April 2026

With the change in leadership coming early next month, NCPH’s incoming Vice President, Priya Chhaya, will dive into appointing committee members to support our work. If you’ve ever wanted to serve on an NCPH committee, now’s the time to put your name forward. Read More