 Applied history

Applied history is the effort to apply insights grounded in the study of the past to the challenges of the present, particularly in the area of policy-making.Applied history is closely associated with the field of public history, and the terms today are sometimes used interchangeably, though historically, public history has been a more encompassing term, engaging a broad range of audiences, subjects and methods, while applied history has been more narrowly focused on work associated with the development of domestic and foreign policy

The term "applied history" was coined in 1909 by political scientist and historian Benjamin Shambaugh (1871-1940).