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Are you Smart Enough for High School History?
As the spring 2014 semester winds down for us Loyola history majors over the course of the next week, I… READ MORE
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Manufacturing Sustainability in the Postindustrial Age
Image of Meiji-Jingu forest on the outskirts of Tokyo Ninety years ago, citizens of Tokyo, Japan, asked their government for… READ MORE
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Upcoming Speaker: Liam Ford on his book Soldier Field: A Stadium and Its City
Friend of the Loyola Public History Lab, Liam Ford will be giving a talk on his book Soldier Field: A… READ MORE
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Public History as It Happens: Grant Writing for a Historical Society (Part 1)
Graduate students in public history at Loyola University recently launched “The Public History Lab,” an initiative to increase community interaction… READ MORE
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Situating the WPA, Ex-Slave Narratives in the Historiography of American Slavery
Between 1936 and 1938, approximately 2,194 ex-slaves living in the American south were interviewed by writers and journalists under the… READ MORE
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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.
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