Uncomfortable Histories and Advocating from Within: The Millennial Power Dynamic and Ethics at Public History Institutions

Kate Crosby, Graduate Student, University of South Carolina

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

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

Younger public history professionals have been trained not only in the methods of public history, but also in the ethics of the profession. Read More

Successes and Challenges of User-Generated Content

Monica M. Smith, Head of Exhibitions and Interpretation, Lemelson Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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

User or visitor-generated content has been a hot topic of discussion in many fields, including in history museums where we, “the experts,” often have concerns about sharing historical authority with members of the “general public” who come through our doors and visit our websites. Read More

“Other Duties as Assigned” or “They didn’t teach me that in grad school”

Anne Lindsay, Assistant Professor, California State University, Sacramento

Proposal Type

Pecha Kucha

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

This session explores the skills we can’t teach in the classroom and celebrates the realities of work in the field. Read More

Disability in Public: Creating Accessible and Community-Engaged Virtual and Physical Exhibits on the History of Disability

Beth Robertson, Research Associate / Sessional Lecturer, Carleton University

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
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  • Civic Engagement
  • Inclusion
  • Museums/Exhibits
Abstract

This roundtable seeks to stimulate dialogue between public historians, activists and academics invested in and with past experience in researching, designing and developing virtual and physical exhibits on the history of disability that are both accessible and built upon strong community engagement. Read More

Death and Display, Bodies and Boundaries

Katie Stringer Clary, Public History Instructor

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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

This roundtable explores the ethics, public reactions, and responsibilities of pubic historians in the display and exhibition of human remains. Read More

Relitigating Civil Rights: Social Justice, Public History, and the Law

Erin Devlin, Assistant Professor, University of Mary Washington

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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

A celebratory public history of the civil rights movement– which casts racial injustice as a relic of the past– has been deployed in federal courts to rollback oversight of school desegregation, voter registration, and to legitimize police brutality and mass incarceration. Read More

Making the Inaccessible Accessible

Jamie Melissa Wilms, Director of Education, Molly Brown House Museum

Proposal Type

Panel

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

The Molly Brown House Museum in Denver, CO is currently striving to make it’s 120+ year old home accessible to all.  Read More

History, Universities, and Community Relations

Patricia Mooney-Melvin, Associate Professor, Loyola University Chicago

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  •  Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Inclusion
  • Memory
Abstract

Universities intersect with multiple communities both within and outside of the physical space they occupy.  Students do not leave their concerns outside the institutional gates.  Read More