This course combines traditional humanities and public humanities to explore the ways in which scholars have used visual tools to shape and present their work to each other and the public. The final project requires students to propose a humanistic question that can be answered using visual data, using the skills they learn during Data…
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Introduction to Public Humanities: Brown University Syllabus
This is the syllabus for the introductory course for Brown University’s MA in Public Humanities Program. Covering theory and practice, the course provides an excellent overview of the big questions that guide practices in public humanities work.
Methods in Public Humanities Syllabus
This course focuses on the work that public humanists do: techniques, concerns, and practical issues. It looks behind the scenes in museums and other cultural organizations in order to understand how public humanists make decisions about content, interpretation, and presentation. Its objective is to appreciate the challenges that public humanists face as well as to…
Columbia University: History in Action
Columbia University’s “History in Action” program is a pilot under the American Historical Association’s Career Diversity initiative. Among various projects, the Department of Anthropology hosts a series of workshops for graduate students who are interested in pursuing careers outside academia.
Columbia University History in Action Clinic Course, “The Politics of Historical Dialogue: Civil Society Advocacy”
This year-long course considers the role that memories of historical violence play in international conflicts. During winter break, students travel to their respective project sites which are developed with NGO partners. The projects are designed in dialogue with and to be of use to the NGO.
Georgetown University, Reinvent the PhD Course Development
Reinvent the PhD at Georgetown University is a program supported by the MLA’s Connected Academics. The Course Development Group is a space for faculty to come together to create or redesign graduate courses that prepare students for public engagement and non-academic intellectual work.
San Jose State and Stanford University Preparing Future Professors
This program provides mentoring to prepare graduate students to teach at comprehensive institutions, pairing Stanford doctoral students with faculty mentors at San Jose State University. The students shadow their respective mentors: they attend classes, discuss syllabus design, observe office hours, deliver lectures, and attend department meetings.
Syllabus: Public Histories of Slavery for the 21st Century
Lyra Monteiro, Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University, developed this syllabus on public histories of slavery. It is innovative both in its use of sources such as films and monuments as well as its final project assignment—a grant proposal for a public history project.