WSU Pullman Campus & Virginia City/Nevada City, Montana
The Department of History, Washington State University, will offer its public history field school May 7–23, 2008.
The field school will emphasize both academic and practical instruction to develop basic skills in public history subfields. This year 20 students from various parts of the United States will be admitted.
The field school is designated as History 529: Interpreting History through Material Culture. Enrolling in the course will provide students with 3 semester hours of graded graduate credit.
Students are required to check in by 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at the Virginia City site. Housing at the site, however, will be made available on Tuesday, May 6.
Activities at Virginia City will revolve around 2 work projects:
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Students will participate in a cultural resource assessment of the Virginia City site.
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Students will also focus on a variety of public history subfields and gain practical experience through work with Virginia City staff. Students will gain experience in the following subfields: historic preservation, material culture collections management, historic documents collections management, historic archaeology, cultural landscape studies, ethnographic and ethnohistorical research, and preparing displays and exhibits.
WSU's Public History Field School is a joint venture with the Montana Heritage Commission, which manages the Virginia City and Nevada City sites.
Specifics
Dates of Field School
May 7–23, 2008
Course
History 529 (3 semester graduate credits)
Course Fee
$314 – Covers food and lodging in Virginia City and lunches in Pullman.
Additional Costs
- Transportation to Virginia City, MT, and back to Pullman, WA, will be provided. Students will provide transportation to and from Pullman, WA.
- Graduate tuition: $1,059
- Housing in Pullman (dormitories): $110
- Spending money and extra meal money
Enrollment
Restricted enrollment, by application only. This is a graduate student field school.
Application
Available in .doc or .pdf
[Non-WSU students must also complete the Visiting Graduate Application.]
Application Deadline
Applications must be received by April 20, 2008. Candidate will be notified of acceptance by the end of March or sooner.
Inquiries for the 2008 field school should be directed to:
Dr. Robert McCoy
Codirector, Public History Field School
Department of History
Washington State University
P.O. Box 644030
Pullman, WA 99164-4030
Phone: 509-335-3985
Fax: 509-335-4171
E-mail: rmccoy@wsu.edu
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