“Marching Forward”: A Film and Community Public History Project

ROBERT CASSANELLO, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Proposal Type

Film Screening and Discussion

Seeking

  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Oral History
  • Place
  • Social Justice
Abstract

“Marching Forward” is a film and public history project. This film (60 min) is a window into a moment of the civil rights movement in Orlando Florida as the city was transitioning from an old south outpost to a sunbelt city. Read More

Making the Private Public: Using Genealogical Research to Inform Museum Work

MEGAN CHURCHWELL, PUGET SOUND NAVY MUSEUM

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Government Historians
  • Museums/Exhibits
Abstract

Exploring the overlap between genealogical research and public history practice, Curator Megan Churchwell will present several case studies of genealogical research performed in a museum setting, with uses including: To inform museum exhibits incorporating Sailors’ stories; To research previously undocumented museum artifact collection;  To tell a more engaging story utilizing artifacts from a Sailor’s life

Description

Exploring the overlap between genealogical research and public history practice, Curator Megan Churchwell will present several case studies of genealogical research performed in a museum setting, with uses including:

  • To inform museum exhibits incorporating Sailors’ stories
  • To research undocumented museum artifact collections
  • To tell a more engaging story utilizing artifacts from a Sailor’s life

My goals for the session include discussing how to conduct genealogical research, when is it appropriate to conduct this kind of research in a museum setting, and some thoughts regarding privacy concerns. Read More

Interpreting the Historic Sites and Legal History of Slavery

WILLIAM KELLY, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Preservation
  • Public Engagement
Abstract

This paper examines the sequence of events that led to Charlotte Dupuy, an enslaved woman, suing outgoing Secretary of State Henry Clay while living at Decatur House in Washington, D.C Read More

Presenting Racial Histories at Predominately White Institutions

JILL FOUND, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Public Engagement
  • Reflections on the Field
Abstract

As more historically white and white-majority colleges and universities study their own racist histories, how do they present this past to the public? Read More

In Defense of Public History – 40 Years Later

PATRICE GREEN, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Advocacy
  • Public Engagement
  • Reflections on the Field
Abstract

Defining public history has been a challenge in the last forty years. Read More

Filmmaking and LGBTQ History

MEGAN CRUTCHER, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY

Proposal Type

Workshop

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Oral History
  • Social Justice
  • Film
Abstract

In general, filmmaking is an accessible, far-reaching, and interesting way to present history, especially LGBTQ history, for the public. Read More

Institutional Histories & the Construction of Memory

PAIGE MITCHELL, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Social Justice
Abstract

In the Fall of 2018, an exhibit called “A Campus Divided,” which opened at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, caused a stir on campus and in the larger Twin Cities community. Read More

The New Gentrification: A Thin Line Between Economic Development and Urban Displacement of Black People

ARI GREEN, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Place
  • Public Engagement
  • Social Justice
Abstract

When U.S. cities become so run down, the first response is to revitalize and redevelop. Read More

Implications of Monuments in Southern Communities

Alissa kane, middle tennessee state university

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Memory
  • Place
Abstract

This presentation will focus on southern commemorative landscapes and the implications of building dominant symbols of collective memory on the physical landscape of communities. Read More

Representing Subjugated Perspectives of Milwaukeeans through Oral History

paul newcomb, university of wisconsin-milwaukee

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Advocacy
  • Oral History
  • Social Justice
Abstract

Our project is a series of oral history interviews conducted with immigrant rights organizers and advocates in Milwaukee, Wisconsin such as Voces de la Frontera, Youth Empowered in the Struggle, Young People’s Resistance Committee, and other local organizations for immigrants, undocumented citizens, and refugees. Read More