Last year Fazila Kabahita and I decided to nominate the Ambidexter Industrial and Normal Institute in Springfield, Illinois, to the… READ MORE
This post is part of a series from Loyola public historians attending NCPH 2014. I do not know if it was the… READ MORE
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Cross-posted at dvhunter.com An unexpected media and political discourse has emerged as the Federal government nears a second week of… READ MORE
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A recent online discussion among fellow environmental historians revealed a troubling development: the word “environment” carries negative connotations for a… READ MORE
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Over Thanksgiving break, I visited North Carolina’s Outer Banks, home of sprawling vacation homes, wild horses, and the site of… READ MORE
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“[It] is often forgotten that the concept of social death is a distillation from Patterson’s breathtaking survey – a theoretical abstraction that… READ MORE
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There has been no paucity of reactions to Hampton National Historic Site’s “Slave for a Day” event, which took place… READ MORE
While working at the St. Croix National Park Service I have had the opportunity to watch the park administration help… READ MORE
The Lakefront Historian is a group blog written by graduate students and scholars associated with the Loyola University Chicago Public History Program. Content includes reviews of historical sites and institutions, commentary on the public consumption of history, thoughts on public history theory and practice, and news about public history careers.