Last year Fazila Kabahita and I decided to nominate the Ambidexter Industrial and Normal Institute in Springfield, Illinois, to the… READ MORE
Many people are familiar with Andersonville, the notorious Confederate prisoner of war camp that held Union soldiers during the Civil… READ MORE
In October 2013, Loyola University Chicago public history graduate students launched Public History Lab, a student-driven effort to apply public… READ MORE
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Image of Meiji-Jingu forest on the outskirts of Tokyo Ninety years ago, citizens of Tokyo, Japan, asked their government for… READ MORE
This post is part of a series from Loyola public historians attending NCPH 2014. I am currently sitting in the Denver airport… READ MORE
Cross posted from From Auschwitz to Skokie where I discuss my recent trip to Poland to study Jewish history, heritage,… READ MORE
Anyone with the least amount of training or education related to the management of historical resources knows the importance of… READ MORE
Loyola Chicago Public History students at Historic Pullman, Chicago Photo by Greg Ruth What do public history grad students do… 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.