Historians in public

Abstract

In the last issue of Intersections, the CHA President Adele Perry commended historians’ longstanding willingness to connect their research to the present and to speak to communities beyond the classroom. She supported Joy Parr’s contention in 2010 that historians should be attentive to contemporary concerns and engage with an active citizenry. Parr went even further in proposing that historians should not only involve themselves with the citizenry but should “engage in policy”.