Public and Digital History

Questions for Reflection:

• What readings from these syllabi look particularly useful for my own course?

• What types of projects are out there? What do I like? What would I never want to do in my course?

• History in Public, Bryn Mawr. Race, gender, campus history.
• Digital History Methods, Rice. Digital Humanities skills taught through runaway slave ads.
• Adventures in Digital History, University of Mary Washington. Social media, ePortfolios.
• The Practice of Public History, Harvard. Non-profit houses/historic sites-focus.
• Minecrafted History, Carleton University. An extreme but interesting course using cooperative online building. Scroll down for syllabus.

Why are students drawn to public, digital, and oral history? What are they hoping to get out of their programs? What types of career options are open to them? Hear from M.A. students and graduates from a range of programs.