Chapman Center Offers Workshops in the Digital Humanities

Learn to use research-enhancing photographs and videos and produce visually appealing images; add polish and gravity to your academic work. You are invited to participate in the following Workshops in Digital Humanities and Photography hosted by the Chapman Center for Rural Studies: Field Class: Photographic Approaches for Documenting Historic Sites for Preservation and Research, Friday,…

Pioneer Bluff Partnership Featured at Flavors of the Flint Hills

September. The month when autumn air cools the Flint Hills and the Kansas State Fair inspires and entertains. This year, it is also the month of Pioneer Bluff’s Flavors of the Flint Hills fundraiser which highlighted the unique Chapman Center for Rural Studies and Pioneer Bluffs partnership. “History is depicted in many ways…I can recite the heartfelt words of Henry Rogler,…

Exploring Public History

History matters From Roman aqueducts, the creation of NASA, and the recently renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba, history offers clues into a people’s motivations, priorities, and trends. If you’ve watched a Ken Burns’ documentary, encountered historical interpreters, or read any number of historically-sound popular books, then you’ve encountered the work of Public Historians. Public History connects academic resources to a…