The National Council on Public History is hosting its inaugural virtual Grad Fair on October 9 & 10, 2025. This two-day event will combine a career fair-style “Virtual Program Hall” experience with live and pre-recorded sessions for prospective grad students.
The goal is to demystify graduate school and everything surrounding it, while providing prospective students with time to meet “face to face” (via Zoom rooms) with grad program directors and faculty. In addition to the opportunity to go from virtual booth to virtual booth to collect information and network, they’ll be hosting live sessions geared at undergraduate students from 3:00 – 5:00 pm Eastern both days (four live sessions in total) in addition to a repository of pre-recorded sessions about the public history field from NCPH committees.
Prospective grad students can register now for FREE at https://community.ncph.org/event/GradFair2025. Prospective students should select the free prospective student ticket. High school teachers, undergraduate history professors and administrators not representing a grad program, and parents of prospective students should select the option that best applies, although all options are free.
In addition to the Grad Fair, NCPH also recently published The Graduate Student Handbook: Choosing and Thriving in a Public History Program. This free resource tackles every aspect of grad school, from choosing and applying to the right program (and paying for it) to succeeding in the program. We encourage you to share this resource with undergrads and grad students alike.
For any additional questions, please reach out to Meghan Hillman the Program Manager of NCPH at meghillm@iu.edu
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