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Laurie Arnold

The Presence and Persistence of Stories: An NCPH annual meeting call for proposals

08 June 2020 – Laurie Arnold and Leisl Carr Childers

CFP, Indigenous People, Utah, 2021 annual meeting, The West, social justice, sense of place

A long time ago, in fall 2019, before a global pandemic rearranged our world, we began drafting the 2021 National Council on Public History annual meeting theme and extending invitations to serve on the program committee. We were looking forward to bringing the conference back to the West, a West entirely distinct from both Las Vegas and Monterrey, and to building a conference around place and narrative. Read More

Native American Playwrights Practicing Public History: New Wave History Plays

31 March 2020 – Laurie Arnold

native americans, methods, manhattan, community history, cherokee, sense of place, lenape, public history, 2021 annual meeting, theater, Indigenous People

It’s been five years since Hamilton: An American Musical debuted at the Public Theatre in New York, a notable moment for numerous reasons, not least of which was the ensuing (and ongoing) clamor among Americans for tickets to see a musical about history. Read More

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Black History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Placement at York University
05 March 2024 – Leena Hussein and Alanna Brown
digital history, race, Canada, Black history
Editor’s Note: This is piece is written from two perspectives to reflect on a collaborative public history placement at York University in Toronto, Canada. The authors, Alanna Brown and Leena Hussein, are profiled at the end of the piece. Introduction: Credible sources are essential to improving both the reliability and credibility of Wikipedia as an academic resource. Read More