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Head of University Public History and Robert Francis Engs Director of the Lemon Project

William & Mary Libraries seeks a Head of University Public History and Robert Francis Engs Director of the Lemon Project to lead The Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation, the university’s flagship research and reconciliation initiative on its history of slavery, segregation, and their legacies. The role also directs the Bray School Lab, William & Mary’s initiative, developed with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, to interpret the history of the Williamsburg Bray School, one of the oldest surviving schoolhouses for the education of enslaved and free Black children in North America. Reporting to the Director of the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC), the Head of University Public History serves as the principal steward and public face of both initiatives, connecting them into a coherent, university-wide program of inclusive historical interpretation.

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