Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies

Preservation Forsyth Internship – A Preservation/Public History Immersive Experience Looking for Spring 2021 intern, but willing to discuss Summer and Fall 2021 as well Preservation Forsyth is looking for an intern interested in a preservation/public history immersive experience. This will be a “hands on” internship incorporating historic research, National Register Historic District exploration, possible experience with a public history display, and assistance in creating online historic tours.Our intern will also interact with professional Preservationists while exploring the nonprofit world.  We…

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Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Summer Internships at Fallingwater (3 internships available)  – Mill Run, PA The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy offers short and long-term summer internship opportunities for college and graduate students interested in careers related to the Conservancy’s many departments. Interns complete hands-on projects relevant to their area of specialization while working closely with supervisors, colleagues and volunteers in their host department. Fallingwater, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is hailed internationally as a masterpiece of 20th century architecture. Fallingwater was also…

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Wake Forest Historical Museum African American History and Genealogy Internship – Remote Application Deadline:  Friday, January 15, 2021 Project Summary The Wake Forest Historical Museum is hiring a Wake Forest University student intern to assist museum staff with research related to the Slavery, Race, and Memory Project during the spring 2021 semester. Under the mentorship of museum professionals, the intern will conduct research to identify and learn more about African Americans connected to Wake Forest University’s original campus between 1820…

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Checkout the below list of Spring 2021 Core and Elective courses being offered that count toward the CHP minor.   CORE COURSES ANT 112 A1: Introduction to Archaeology  TR 9:30-10:45 Blended – Thacker (CRN 13887)ANT 112 A2: Introduction to Archaeology TR 9:30-10:45 Blended – Thacker (CRN 26883) ANT 112 B: Introduction to Archaeology MW 9:30-10:45 Online Synchronous – Hernandez (CRN 24890) MUS 109: Introduction to the Music of World Cultures T/Th 12:30-1:45pm Blended – Storhoff (CRN 22944 & 27541) ELECTIVES…

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In addition to teaching one of the CHP elective courses this fall (MUS 134 Music of Asia, already full), Prof. Clendinning will also be offering a special version of the course MUS 117: Balinese Gamelan Ensemble (1 credit hour). It is unfortunately logistically too hard to practice on the instruments and we’re not allowed to perform this fall, so we’re doing a semester of reading and listening–including reading Dr. Clendinning’s new book, a history/ethnography of gamelan and education in the…

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FILM Date: Sun, February 24, 2019Time: 2:00pmLOCATION: Reynolda House Museum of American ArtCOST: Free with Museum admission Tickets: Buy tickets Citizen Lane is an innovative mix of documentary and drama that delivers a vivid and compelling portrait of Hugh Lane, one of Europe’s most prolific collectors of modern art. The film follows the long-running campaign to recover thirty-nine great Impressionist paintings, including Monet, Renoir, and Manet, unwittingly left to the National Gallery London. Several historians help tell the story, including Morna O’Neill, an associate…

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Zara Anishanslin will be visiting campus on February 21 to talk about her new work on the domestication of American revolutionary material culture in the early republic. She is trained as an historian and art historian, and wrote a well received book on eighteenth-century silk production and portraiture in the British Atlantic. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300197051/portrait-woman-silk. Her talk is scheduled for 7PM that evening. 

The program was designed for working professionals in cultural resource management as well as students interested in entering and advancing in the CRM field. We hope you might share details on the program with the archaeological community at Wake Forest, and current/future students intending to pursue a career in CRM. The CHRM graduate program at UMD offers two degree options through an online distance learning platform:  Master of Professional Studies (36 credits) Graduate Certificate (18 credits) Website: https://anth.umd.edu/graduate/graduate-program-cultural-and-heritage-resource-management The Department of…

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UNC Greensboro offers  Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in History as well as a Master’s Degree Concentration in Museum Studies. Our graduates have a high rate of finding employment in both university and public history positions. We provide funding to most of our graduate students in the form of Teaching Assistantships, Graduate Assistantships, Fellowships, and full Tuition Waivers. For more information on our programs visit our website. UNC Greensboro History Programs pdf  

On September 14-15, MESDA will host a conference, “New Vistas: Painters and Paintings of the American South.” Speakers include Elizabeth Chew from Montpelier and Laura Pass Barry of Colonial Williamsburg.  The complete program is here: http://www.mesda.org/newvistas.