Centre For Public History, Belfast

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The Centre for Public History at Queen’s provides a lively hub for people engaged in researching, teaching, and practicing public history. It seeks to nurture excellent research, provide a forum for debate, and develop collaboration between academics, practitioners, and the public around issues relating to the practice of history in the public sphere. Research associated with the Centre focuses on a wide range of national and global contexts, historical periods, and disciplines, while the Centre's location in Northern Ireland provides a unique environment in which to explore many key issues around public engagement with, and consumption of, the past.

The Centre for Public History at Queen's hosts the monthly Last Fridays Seminar Series at which invited speakers from organisations and universities across the UK, Ireland, and globally share their latest research in the field of heritage and public history. The Centre also hosts regular one-off workshops and symposia which focus on specific themes.

Each December the Centre hosts an annual conference and the Annual Keith Jeffery Lecture in Public History, an event which is open to the public. Former speakers have included Jock Phillips, former Chief Historian to the New Zealand government and Conceptual Lead on the Te Papa Museum of New Zealand, and Deborah Mack, Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC.

The Centre also runs an MA in Public History which trains students in the theory and practice of how History is put to work in the public sphere. Each year students take placements with partners in the museums, arts and cultural sectors, heritage, archives and community.

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Queen's University Belfast
Belfast