History Public History - La Salle University

History Public History from La Salle University is a Campus Master History degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Program Overview Public History is history that is seen, heard, read, and interpreted by a popular audience. Public historians expand on the methods of academic history by emphasizing non-traditional evidence and presentation formats, reframing questions, and in the process creating a distinctive historical practice... Public history is also history that belongs to the public . By emphasizing the public context of scholarship, public history trains historians to transform their research to reach audiences outside the academy. ? New York University Public History Program A wide range of career opportunities are available to public historians in museums, archives, historical societies, public and private libraries, historical sites, national parks, audiovisual and digital arts media, corporations, and nonprofit agencies. Public historians also frequently collaborate with anthropologists, archaeologists, librarians, architects, and public officials. Jobs in the field of Public History are listed by, among others, the American Historical Association, the National Council on Public History , and the Public History Resource Center. Introductions to careers in Public History are afforded by student internships. The Philadelphia area offers a treasure trove of internship possibilities and careers in public history. Several institutions have agreed to partner with La Salle's Public History concentration for internship projects, including the Barnes Foundation, the Betsy Ross House, Cliveden of the National Trust, The Franklin Institute, Germantown Historical Society, the Library Company, and The National Park Service, including Independence National Historical Park and Valley Forge National Historical Park. View more details on La Salle University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related History courses.