Sports on Campus History: Sporting Traditions as Public Memory and History

Andrew McGregor, PhD Candidate, Purdue University

Proposal Type

Working Group

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Place
  • Memory
Abstract

Sports are an integral part of the college experience and dominate institutions’ public images. Mascots, fight songs, and game day traditions reflect the identity of cities, states, and regions and their citizens, highlighting larger histories of settlement, race, gender, politics, and more. Read More

Telling Histories of Radicalism in Less-Than Radical Places

Devin Hunter, Assistant Professor of US and Public History, University of Illinois Springfield

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Place
Abstract

This round table will discuss general practices and case studies regarding the interpretation of radical history in places that are today less-than radical. Read More

Rethinking Revitalization: Intersection of Preservation and Gentrification

Denise Gallagher, Graduate Research Assistant, MTSU Center for Historic Preservation

Proposal Type

TBD, looking for feedback

Seeking
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Preservation
  • Memory
Abstract

In my own research I am looking at how preservationists interpret the history of urban neighborhoods and how those methods overlook local communities. Read More

The Professional Historian and the Politics of Preservation

Joshua Pollarine, Research Historian, Historical Research Associates, Inc.

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Preservation
Abstract

The participants in this roundtable will discuss their experiences as professional historians participating in public debates about historic preservation and the complications that can arise. Read More

Hard Questions: When to Save a Museum and When to Let it Die?

Elyssa Ford, Assistant Professor of History, Northwest Missouri State University

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Museums/Exhibits
Abstract

The International Council of Museums defines a museum as “a non-profit-making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public….” Read More

In the Middle of Experiences and Outcomes: Storytelling in the Digital Age

Megan Harris, Senior Reference Specialist, Veterans History Project, Library of Congress

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Oral History
  • Place
  • Memory
  • Theory
  • Digital
Abstract

We propose a roundtable discussion to build upo n oral history-focused panels at previous NCPH conferences by examining a f ew recent case studies, but more importantly, by opening a dialogue with th e audience members in order to identify common challenges, brainstorm poten tial solutions, and offer thoughts on a way forward. Read More

Performance! Bringing Public History to the Stage: Why, What and How

Trudy Williams, Program Co-Creator and Artistic Director, The Red Skies Music Ensemble

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
Abstract

The goals of this panel are to bring awareness to the NCPH community about Public History performance models for making accessible the historical facts, interpretations, artifacts, archives, and cross-discipline connections that are not always available to the quotidian public; and to hopefully foster the seeds for a new community of interest focused on the practice of, and advocacy for, creating Public History performance models. Read More

Caught in the Middle: Public Historians, the Government, and the Public

Emily McEwen, Historic Resource Specialist, Orange County Parks

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Government historians
  • Preservation
Abstract

As public historians serving both the state and the public, we often feel “caught in the middle.” Read More

A Sense of Place

Doreen Uhas Sauer, Education Outreach Coordinator, Columbus Landmarks Foundation

Proposal Type

Pecha Kucha

Seeking
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Preservation
  • Place
  • Teaching
Abstract

Historic Preservation, Public History and the Public School – What do school kids thinks about being in “the Middle.” Read More

The Middle or the Edge?: Sustaining and Transitioning Community Public History Projects

Rachel Boyle, PhD Candidate, Loyola University Chicago

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Oral History
  • Preservation
Abstract

This roundtable brings together public historians to explore ways to make community history projects sustainable and worthwhile for stakeholders while laying the groundwork for transitioning full leadership into the hands of the community. Read More