20 April 2012 – Cathy Stanton 1
We’re getting ready for our closeup (whoa…maybe not that close!). Join members of the History@Work editorial team for two “meet and greet” gatherings in the Public History Commons area of the Exhibit Hall today from 3:30 to 4:30 or tomorrow from noon to 1 p.m. Read More
19 April 2012 – editors
We have an ever-growing body of scholarship about how and why historic sites are created, but a panel today focuses on what happens when they close. Chaired by NPS Ranger Chuck Arning of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and featuring panelists Barbara Franco (Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum), Bob Beatty (American Association for State & Local History), Sheila Kirshbaum, Tsongas Industry History Center), and Bruce Beesley (Indiana State Museum & Historic Sites), the panel will offer ideas and best practices for making the best out of bad times. Read More
19 April 2012 – Cathy Stanton 1
The “unconference” movement is barely a decade old (Tom Scheinfeldt noted in our capstone session that the first one he attended was in Silicon Valley in 2004) but it’s clear that for many people–perhaps particularly for public historians–it offers a welcome alternative to more formal conference formats. Read More
18 April 2012 – Cathy Stanton 1
Historians, preservationists, government officials, and elected representatives stand at a frontier of possibility and hope, or anguish and betrayal as the nation enters the sesquicentennial years of the Civil War. This proposed roundtable, in cooperation with audience members, dares to imagine how our Civil War battlefields should be managed for the next 150 years. Read More
16 April 2012 – Cathy Stanton 1
We’re trying something new at this year’s NCPH/OAH conference, with due acknowledgement to Apple: a “genius bar” of experienced digital historians who will be available to answer questions on a wide range of topics, problems, and platforms. Our “Digital Drop-In” can be found in Exhibit Hall D Foyer, near the registration area, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Read More
16 April 2012 – Zachary McKiernan 1
advocacy, social justice, public engagement, memory, museums, human rights, international, politics, Letters from Chile
In Chile between 1973 and 1990, according to the 2004 National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture (The Valech Report), 1,132 sites were utilized as centers of detention, torture, and extermination. They ranged from hospitals and soccer stadiums to police precincts and private houses. Read More
16 April 2012 – Richard Anderson
Graduate students and new professionals headed to the NCPH/OAH Conference in Milwaukee–let’s get to know each other! Please join the NCPH New Professionals and Graduate Students Committee for a social outing at Milwaukee Ale House (233 North Water St., downtown Milwaukee, a short walk from the Frontier Airlines Center) on Thursday, April 19th, from 7:30 to 10:30pm. Read More
15 April 2012 – Cathy Stanton 2
As with digital history, environmental history and environmental issues are turning up across the 2012 conference program, part of the gradual but (I hope) increasing interest in finding ways to connect our historical work with the concern that many of us feel about climate change and all that relates to it. Read More
15 April 2012 – Darlene Roth 1
Each paragraph below presents a common public history work scenario that differs – a little or a lot – from traditional academy-based work. I am looking for comments, suggestions, alternative ideas, and specific examples of what is described. This was written as a centerpiece for a work session planned for the 2012 annual meeting, but is a topic that deserves widest possible exposure. Read More
14 April 2012 – Meghan Gelardi Holmes
What is the best way of conveying information to an audience? This question is a perennial favorite among academics, who regularly debate the efficacy of lectures as a teaching tool. It’s an increasingly common question in the museum setting too, as more museums embrace participatory projects and initiatives. Read More