Professor Olwen Purdue, Director of the Centre for Public History, has been elected as incoming President of the International Federation for Public History.

The Federation, an Internal Commission of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (CISH/ICHS), is a global professional association that promotes and supports research, teaching and practice in the field of public history. It facilitates comparative and cross-cultural research on how history is practiced and communicated to the public through a biennial international conference, regular online workshops, an online peer-reviewed journal International Public History, published by De Gruyter, and its active blog and news platform.

Speaking about her election Professor Purdue said

“I am honoured to have been elected to the leadership of such a dynamic organisation and look forward to working with its Steering Committee and members to grow and expand the vital work it is doing in supporting public historians globally over the next few years”

Professor Purdue is founding director of the Centre for Public History  and runs the MA in Public History at Queen’s University Belfast