Careers In History

Chelsea Paige Buffington
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History Resources

Internet resources for history minded individuals.

Service

Tenure usually includes three components. The previous two articles dealt with publishing and teaching. This article explores the service component.

Teaching and Tenure

Teaching is an important part of the tenure process. This article discusses teaching teachniques and resources.

Publishing Your Way to Tenure

Publications are an important component for tenure. What should you publish?

Getting Tenure

So, you have a tenure track position and you want to make it to the next step, actually getting tenure.

Meetings

Where can you find out about conferences in your fields of interest?

Museum Studies

In this article I address the types of employment opportunities at museums, programs in museum studies, and where to look for museum jobs.

Getting Involved

Being involved in historical organizations like the American Historical Association or historical socities on the international, national, regional, state, county, and city level should be an important aspect of your career in History. These organizations help keep you current and they allow you to work to make History accessible to the ...

Preserving History

Who are Archivists? How do you find employment as an archivist?

Public History--What Is It?

What is a Public Historian? What kinds of jobs do they do? What are the educational programs?

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