{"id":1170,"date":"2025-06-29T07:35:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T07:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veritas-et-caritas.com\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2025-06-29T07:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T07:35:06","slug":"the-value-role-of-public-historians-public-vs-professional-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veritas-et-caritas.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/the-value-role-of-public-historians-public-vs-professional-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The value & role of public historians | public vs professional history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is an interview with \u00a0\u2068@HistoricalDetour\u2069<\/a> on the value and role of public historian. What’s the difference between professional historians and public historians? Professional historians are typically academics in private organizations, paid to interpret and write history. Public historians may be academics or non-academics, who are paid or volunteer, to interpret and communicate history in public environments. If you’re unaware of the discipline of public history and what public historians do, this video may interest you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blakey, Michael L. \u201cArchaeology under the Blinding Light of Race.\u201d Current Anthropology<\/em> 61.S22 (2020): S183\u201397. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/710357<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brooks, James F. \u201cEditor\u2019s Corner: Full Spectrum.\u201d National Council on Public History<\/em>, 14 August 2019. https:\/\/ncph.org\/history-at-work\/editors-corner-full-spectrum\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cauvin, Thomas. \u201cThe Rise of Public History: An International Perspective.\u201d Historia Cr\u00edtica<\/em> 68 (2018): art. 68, pp. 3\u201326.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colavito, Jason. \u201cThe 1911 Controversy Over Whether a \u2018White\u2019 Atlantis Civilized Black Africans.\u201d JASON COLAVITO<\/em>, 14 September 2017. http:\/\/www.jasoncolavito.com\/1\/post\/2017\/09\/the-1911-controversy-over-whether-a-white-atlantis-civilized-black-africans.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cole, Stephanie, Kimberly Breuer, Scott W. Palmer, and Brandon Blakeslee. Becoming a Public Historian<\/em>. Mavis Open Press, 2022. https:\/\/uta.pressbooks.pub\/historicalresearch\/chapter\/becoming-a-public-historian\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daybell, Professor James. \u201cIs the Role of the Public Historian More Important than Ever?\u201d University of Plymouth<\/em>, n.d. https:\/\/www.plymouth.ac.uk\/news\/pr-opinion\/is-the-role-of-the-public-historian-more-important-than-ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dodge, Robert V. \u201cIndigenous Americans Became Red: Racism as Justification for Exploitation of Native Americans\u201d 10 (2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall-Patton, Joseph. \u201cJoseph Hall-Patton | Applied History Initiative | University of Colorado Boulder.\u201d University of Colorado Boulder<\/em>, n.d. https:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/initiative\/applied-history\/joseph-hall-patton<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Halmhofer, Stephanie. \u201cThe Harmful Pseudoarchaeology of Mythological Atlantis – WWAC %.\u201d WWAC<\/em>, 20 September 2019. https:\/\/womenwriteaboutcomics.com\/2019\/09\/the-harmful-pseudoarchaeology-of-mythological-atlantis\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamilton, Paula, and James B. Gardner, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Public History<\/em>. Oxford University Press, 2017. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/oxfordhb\/9780199766024.001.0001<\/a>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/oxfordhb\/9780199766024.001.0001<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heather, Evans Tanya, Sharp. \u201cPublic History in Australia – Public History Weekly – The Open Peer Review Journal.\u201d Public History Weekly<\/em>, 2 September 2021. https:\/\/public-history-weekly.degruyter.com\/9-2021-7\/public-history-in-australia\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

levdavidovic. \u201cIn Defence of Teaching History.\u201d Fintan O\u2019Mahony<\/em>, 1 May 2014. https:\/\/levdavidovic.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/01\/in-defence-of-teaching-history\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reece, Katherine. \u201cArchaeological Fantasies: How Pseudoarchaeology Misrepresents the Past and Misleads the Public.\u201d Hall of Ma\u2019at<\/em>, 3 May 2008. https:\/\/www.hallofmaat.com\/methodological\/archaeological-fantasies-how-pseudoarchaeology-misrepresents-the-past-and-misleads-the-public\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Relli, Sara. \u201cThe Black War: How Tasmania Was Born From the Ashes of the Black Line.\u201d TheCollector<\/em>, 22 January 2025. https:\/\/www.thecollector.com\/black-war-tasmania-born-black-line\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sydney, University of Technology. \u201cWhat Is Public History? | University of Technology Sydney.\u201d University of Technology Sydney<\/em>, n.d. https:\/\/www.uts.edu.au\/research\/centres\/australian-centre-public-history\/about-acph\/what-public-history<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cynical Historian. \u201cIssues Concerning Public History | The Diatribe.\u201d YouTube<\/em>, 27 April 2018. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JF7hk7SQj_4<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cScholarly vs. Public vs. Pop History | The Diatribe.\u201d YouTube<\/em>, 10 May 2019. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uBh3ID2KcVI&ab_channel=TheCynicalHistorian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vanderbyl, Nikita, Kat Ellinghaus, and Clare O\u2019Hanlon. Making Public Histories: Australian History Beyond the University<\/em>. La Trobe eBureau, 2023. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.26826\/1019<\/a>, https:\/\/oercollective.caul.edu.au\/making-public-histories\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weible, Robert. \u201cDefining Public History: Is It Possible? Is It Necessary? \u2013 AHA.\u201d Https:\/\/Www.Historians.Org\/<\/em>, n.d. https:\/\/www.historians.org\/perspectives-article\/defining-public-history-is-it-possible-is-it-necessary-march-2008\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArarat – Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre – South West – Outside Melbourne -.\u201d Melbourne Playgrounds<\/em>, n.d. https:\/\/www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au\/ararat-gum-san-chinese-heritage-centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAustralian Centre for Public History | University of Technology Sydney.\u201d University of Technology Sydney<\/em>, n.d. https:\/\/www.uts.edu.au\/research\/centres\/australian-centre-public-history<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGUM SAN CHINESE HERITAGE CENTRE.\u201d GUM SAN CHINESE HERITAGE CENTRE<\/em>, n.d. https:\/\/www.gumsan.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHome.\u201d Beamish<\/em>, n.d. https:\/\/www.beamish.org.uk\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Black Line.\u201d National Museum Australia<\/em>. National Museum of Australia; c=AU; o=Commonwealth of Australia; ou=National Museum of Australia, n.d. https:\/\/www.nma.gov.au\/defining-moments\/resources\/the-black-line<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe \u2018Black Line\u2019 | Australia\u2019s Defining Moments Digital Classroom | National Museum of Australia.\u201d National Museum Australia<\/em>, n.d. https:\/\/digital-classroom.nma.gov.au\/defining-moments\/black-line<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Mound Builder Myth.\u201d University of Oklahoma Press<\/em>, n.d. https:\/\/www.oupress.com\/9780806164618\/the-mound-builder-myth\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Public Historian.\u201d University of California Press<\/em>, n.d. https:\/\/online.ucpress.edu\/tph<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat Is Public History?\u201d University of Montana<\/em>, n.d. https:\/\/www.umt.edu\/history\/publichistory\/whatispublichistory.php<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy This Historic Home Saved from Demolition Could Hold the Key to a \u2018lost\u2019 Chinatown.\u201d SBS Language<\/em>, 1 January 2023. https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/language\/chinese\/en\/article\/why-this-historic-home-saved-from-demolition-could-hold-the-key-to-a-lost-chinatown\/oziwhlfja<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is an interview with \u00a0\u2068@HistoricalDetour\u2069 on the value and role of public historian. What’s the difference between professional historians and public historians? Professional historians are typically academics in private organizations, paid to interpret and write history. Public historians may be academics or non-academics, who are paid or volunteer, to interpret and communicate history in … <\/p>\n

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