The mission of the Center for Applied
Historical
Research (CAHR) is to promote the application of historical
scholarship
to projects outside the academy through partnerships that enable public historians to collaborate and pursue shared goals, including community service, continuing education, and the advancement of high-quality research, usable knowledge, and accessible technical assistance.
The
CAHR seeks funded projects to integrate these goals with the
research and management
needs of the National Park Service and other public historical agencies using
the expertise available from the faculty and students in the University at Albany
History Department, Albany, New York. The projects vary from national register
nominations and historic resource studies to workshops and conferences and to
the improved teaching and/or presentation of history in schools, with civic
organizations and in other public venues.
The main functions of the CAHR are:-
To facilitate individual and collaborative research in public history.
- To encourage the professional development of public historians.
- To create and maintain effective partnerships among agencies and the university to share resources and expertise.
- To deliver research and technical support that is useful to resource and project managers.
- To take full advantage of university resources while benefiting faculty and students.
- To organize conferences, activities, workshops, and lectures.
- To provide a means for students, faculty, and agency historians to seek funding for individual or collaborative research.
Promoting
collaborative research in Public History, Local
History, New York History
