The Life of a Historian
A Website for Historians
The Historian’s Job Search Database
The life of a historian is difficult, a historian’s job search should not be..
At The Life of a Historian , we know the job search as a historian is hard . And finding employment as a historian that checks all of our boxes is damn near impossible.
To worsen matters, there appears to be a scarcity of quality job search resources and/or databases available for historians. Consequently, the search for the ideal job is akin to finding the needle in the haystack.
If not the needle, what about the haystack?
Finding employment as a historian should not be an obstacle that prevents us from living and enjoying a life of history.
For this reason, The Life of a Historian created a Historian’s Job Search Database .
Our Historian’s Job Search Database connects you to history and history-related job postings/career opportunities, job boards, and job search resources from around the web. The database even includes links to employment or career opportunity webpages of private research companies and consulting firms.*
The Historian’s Job Search Database is a never ending project. And one, The Life of a Historian hopes to establish as the premier job search hub for historians looking for the job or career they desire and justly deserve.
How it all works: Navigating the Historian’s Job Search Database
The Historian’s Job Search Database currently has four sections; Academic , Government (Federal and State) , Non-Profit , For-Profit , and Fellowship, Internship, Volunteer, and National & International Service Opportunities . Within each section, you will find an alphabetized list of associations, organizations, state governments and federal agencies, academic institutions, and companies with a link to their respective employment webpage or job board.
For simplicity, the Historian’s Job Search Database uses either Job Postings/Career Opportunities or Job Board to illustrate what a particular association, organization, state government or federal agency, academic institution, or company offers on their website.
- Job Postings/Career Opportunities
Employment opportunities specifically for that association, organization, state government or federal agency, academic institution, or company
Listing of employment opportunities for multiple associations, organizations, state governments and/or federal agencies, academic institutions, and/or companies
Based on the prospective job listings and employment opportunities provided on a webpage, we categorized Job Postings/Career Opportunities and Job Boards as Academic , Government (Federal and State) , Non-Profit , and/or For-Profit .**
Instead of Job Postings/Career Opportunities and Job Board , the Fellowship, Internship, Volunteer, and National & International Service Opportunities section uses Fellowship Opportunities , Internship Opportunities , Volunteer Opportunities , and/or a combination of each as a descriptor.
Just click on the links below to access a Job Posting/Career Opportunity and/or Job Board .
From one historian to another, good luck finding the job you want and deserve!”
And please use the Historian’s Job Search Database often. It is here for you.
Academic Jobs/Careers
AcademicJobsOnline
African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS)
American Public University System (APUS)
Association of Midwest Museums (AMM)
Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU)
Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)
ChronicleVitae
City University of New York (CUNY) System
College System of Tennessee
Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH)
Five Colleges of Ohio
H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
HigherEdJobs
HigherEd360
Maine’s Public Universities – University of Maine System
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System (Minnesota State System)
Mississippi Public Universities
Montana University System (MUS)
National Council on Public History (NCPH)
New Jersey Higher Education
- Database of Links to Job Postings/Career Opportunities and Job Boards
Nebraska State College System (NSCS)
Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE)
North Dakota University System
Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC)
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education
Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (RILTR)
Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner (RIOPC)
Society of American Archivists
Society of Georgia Archivists
South Carolina Information Highway (SCIWAY)
South Dakota Board of Regents (SDBOR) – Public Universities & Special Schools
State University of New York (SUNY) System
Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA)
Texas State University System (TSUS)
University of Massachusetts System
University of Missouri System
University of North Carolina System
University System of New Hampshire (USNH)
University System of Maryland – Maryland’s Public System of Higher Education
University of Tennessee System
University of Vermont
University of Wisconsin System
University of Wyoming
- Job Postings/Career Opportunities
UniversityJobs.com
UnivJobs.com
Utah Library Association (ULA)
Vermont State Colleges System
Virginia Community College System (VCCS)
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (WVHEPC)
Working for Washington
Government Jobs/Careers
Federal government.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
National Park Service (NPS)
State Government
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Alabama Historical Commission – State Historic Preservation Office (AHC – SHPO)
American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
Arizona State Parks and Trails
Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM)
Association of South Dakota Museums (ASDM)
Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums (CWAM)
Connecticut
Department of Arkansas Heritage
History Colorado
History Nebraska (formerly Nebraska State Historical Society)
Idaho State Historical Society (ISHS)
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
Kentucky Historical Society (KHS)
Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Maryland Historical Trust (MHT)
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH)
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Missouri State Parks
Montana Historical Society
Mountain-Plains Museums Association (MPMA)
Museum Association of New York (MANY)
Nevada State Historic Preservation Office
Nevada State Parks
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources
New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
New York Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
North Carolina
North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
North Dakota
Ohio Museums Association
Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC)
PreservationDirectory.com
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
South Dakota State Historical Society – Archaeological Research Center
State Historical Society of Iowa
State Historical Society of North Dakota (SHSND)
Tennessee State Museum
Texas Historical Commission (THC)
Virginia Association of Museums (VAM)
West Virginia
Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources (SPCR)
Non-Profit Jobs/Careers
American Conservation Experience (ACE)
Anchorage Museum
Arizona Historical Society
California Historical Society
Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML)
Chicago History Museum
Connecticut Historical Society
Delaware Historical Society
Georgia Historical Society
Great Basin Institute
Historical Society of Michigan (HSM)
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP)
HistoriCorps
Illinois Association of Museums (IAM)
Indiana Historical Society (IHS)
Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum (JHHSM)
Maine Historical Society (MHS)
Maryland Historical Society (MdHS)
Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS)
Minnesota Association of Museums (MAM)
Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS)
Missouri Historical Society (MHS)
Museum of the City of New York (MCNY)
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Museums Alaska
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Nebraska Museums Association (NMA)
New England Museum Association (NEMA)
New Hampshire Historical Society
New Jersey Historical Society
New Mexico Association of Museums (NMAM)
New-York Historical Society (N-YHS)
Ohio History Connection (formerly Ohio Historical Society)
Ohio Local History Alliance (OLHA)
Oregon Historical Society
Oregon Museums Association
Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations (PA Museums)
Preservation Virginia
Rhode Island Historical Society (RIHS)
Small Museum Association
South Carolina Historical Society (SCHS)
State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO)
Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM)
Tennessee Historical Society (THS)
Texas Association of Museums (TAM)
Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)
The HistoryMakers
The National WWII Museum
Vermont Historical Society
Virginia Historical Society – Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Washington State Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society
For-Profit Jobs/Careers
Dovetail Cultural Resource Group
Environmental Corporation of America (ECA)
Historical Research Associates, Inc.
History Associates, Inc.
PreserveNet
The 106 Group
Fellowship, Internship, Volunteer, and National & International Service Opportunities
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Internship and Volunteer Opportunities
Alaska Historical Society
- Database of National and Community Service Opportunities
AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC)
AmeriCorps State and National
AmeriCorps Vista
- Apprenticeship and Internship Opportunities
- Fellowship and Internship Opportunities
- Internship Opportunities
Florida Historical Society
- Fellowship Opportunities
Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCU) & Minority Institutions of Higher Education (MIHE)
History Nebraska (Formerly Nebraska State Historical Society)
- Internship and Volunteer Opportunities Forum
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Montana State Parks
Museum of Mississippi History
National Archives and Record Administration (NARA)
National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE)
Nevada Historical Society (NHS)
- Fellowship, Internship, and Volunteer Opportunities
- Internship and AmeriCorps Opportunities
Peace Corps
- Database of International Service and Volunteer Opportunities
- Apprenticeship Opportunities
- Listings of Internship Opportunities on Job Board
Student Conservation Association (SCA)
- Database of Internship Opportunities
US Army Center of Military History
Utah Department of Heritage & Arts – Division of State History
Washington State Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society
*The Life of a Historian does not guarantee the factual and technical accuracy of the information accessed through the links below and/or contained on external websites. **Due to the vast number and wide variety of employment opportunities a J ob Board may promote or advertise, some Job Boards will appear within multiple categories.
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