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Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, Colonial Williamsburg, and the Chesapeake Region
Â鶹Æƽâ°æing Students in NIAHD’s Program in Public History & Material Culture can connect to historic resources and projects at Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, Williamsburg, and the Chesapeake Region.
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ’s Historic Campus includes the Wren Building, the country’s oldest academic building still in use, the Brafferton, the President’s House, and Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved.
Three collaborative projects at Â鶹Æƽâ°æ work to highlight the experiences of peoples who often are not part of the historic narrative. James Monroe's Highland, located in Charlottesville, Virginia, focuses on our country’s fifth president and the enslaved men, women, and children who built, labored, and lived on this plantation. Highland engages with descendants of those enslaved at Highland through its Council of Descendant Advisors.
Next, The Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation focuses on Â鶹Æƽâ°æ’s role in the institution of slavery and the legacy of racism on campus. Members of the Lemon Project also participate in .
Third, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ’s Anthropology Department includes the American Indian Resource Center. This group works to support Native communities, scholars, and students who focus on American Indian history and culture, and members of the public.
Located a short distance from campus, the is the world’s largest living history museum and the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg exhibits and preserves one of the world's finest collections of early American objects. Colonial Williamsburg’s curators, historians, archaeologists, and interpreters have wide-ranging interests and have a deep commitment to public education. Each semester students in NIAHD classes spend time studying and learning about history where it happened when they visit Colonial Williamsburg. NIAHD works with and , its liaisons at Colonial Williamsburg, to connect students to opportunities to engage with history in the Historic Area and to gain hands-on experience in Public History through internships.
In addition to Public History opportunities at Colonial Williamsburg, Â鶹Æƽâ°æing Students can connect to Public Historians who work at locations such as:
