On The Same Team: State Historical Societies and Local Museums

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Participants
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

This roundtable would, ideally, be a mix of representatives from state historical societies and local history museums discussing how they have collaborated to improve public history in their area. Read More

Revolutionary Displays? Museums, Violence, and the Struggle Against Indifference

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

On April 23, 2025, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute in Yerevan opened Documenting the Crime: Eyewitness Records of the Armenian Genocide, a temporary exhibition drawing on testimonies from diplomats, missionaries, journalists, and relief workers. Read More

Culture on the Coast: Flooding and History

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Preservation
ABSTRACT

The Committee of Environmental Sustainability (NCPH) and its counterpart with AASLH are interested in gathering a round table of organizations, local to Rhode Island or the region, to explore the impact of sea rise of historic resources and older neighborhoods, and more critically, what some resilience strategies might be. Read More

Collaborating in Crisis: Applied and Academic Public Historians in Conversation

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Memory
  • Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT

The current U.S. presidential administration is determined to usher in a “revolution” in historical thinking and presentation. Read More

Protests: Radium Girls Changing the Work Force

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Labor and Organizing
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

Women have historically been silenced in their efforts creating equality. A specific group of working class women fell victim to corporate greed and corruption and decided enough was enough. Read More

Organize the Stacks! Researching Union Action at New York Public Library

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Labor and Organizing
  • Place
ABSTRACT

Staff at New York Public Library first gained union benefits in 1917. Today, Local 1930 is part of public employee union DC37, serving 88 branches and three research libraries. Read More