University Museums, Unsavory History, & Proud Alumni
David Strittmatter, ohio northern university
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Material Culture
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT
A fellow history colleague and I will be teaching a special topics public history course at our institution this fall, and the subject matter is directly tied to the university’s sesquicentennial. Read More
Public History for the Public, by the Public: An Exploration of Government-funded Public History Programs
Brandi Burns, Boise City Dept. of Arts and History
PROPOSAL TYPE
Collaborative Conversation
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Government Historians
- Public Engagement
ABSTRACT
Government historians form a fascinating sphere of the public history field. Read More
Revolutionary Houses / Revolutionary Narratives: Working Towards America’s 250th Anniversary
Amy Speckart, independent scholar
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Material culture
- Memory
- Place
ABSTRACT
This panel will convene contemporary voices working to examine and change narratives about Revolutionary Era historic houses broadly conceived around the Atlantic world, circa 1750-1830. Read More
Who Uses Who Built America?: Utilizing Open Educational Resources Beyond the History Classroom
Peter Mabli, American Social History Project
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Teaching and training
- Public engagement
ABSTRACT
With our soon-to-be launched open educational resource (OER) Who Built America? as an example, we wish to discuss the benefits and challenges of OERs for history educators, and brainstorm best practices for presenting Who Built America? Read More
Reconciliation & Contested Commemoration
Taylor Chadwick Noakes, Duquesne University
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Contested commemoration
- Public engagement
ABSTRACT
Moving a commemorative stone on the McGill University campus was done in the spirit of reconciliation and meant to make Indigenous history more visible. Read More
Cursive Writing Disappearance Impact & Solutions
Paul C. Thistle, Langley Centennial Museum & National Exhibition Centre (retired)
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
Seeking
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Teaching and Training
- Archives
ABSTRACT
Given that a significant proportion of archival holdings accessioned to date are in cursive handwriting format, has anyone at all begun thinking about, or planning for, the disappearance of the ability of future researchers to read cursive handwriting—to say nothing about new generations of archives staff? Read More
Improving Sustainability of Public History Careers
Paul C. Thistle, Langley Centennial Museum & National Exhibition Centre (retired)
PROPOSAL TYPE
Working Group
Seeking
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Labor and Economy
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
Three major surveys 10 years apart of working Canadians with ‘knowledge worker’ characteristics similar to public historians found stress levels had increased and life satisfaction declined among the full-time employed. Read More
Digital Public History Lab
Megan Smeznik, College of Wooster and the NCPH Digital Media Group
PROPOSAL TYPE
Workshop
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Digital
- Teaching and training
ABSTRACT
The NCPH Digital Media Group is organizing the second annual Digital Public History Lab – a workshop that provides opportunities for collaborative learning and professional networking around digital resources, skills, and strategies for public historians and professionals working in adjacent fields (e.g. Read More
Teaching public and applied history on both sides of the Atlantic
Arnoud-Jan A. Bijsterveld, tilburg university
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
Seeking
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Digital
- Public engagement
- Teaching and training
ABSTRACT
In the fall of 2021, Margaret Rung (Roosevelt University, Chicago) and I (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) will jointly teach a 15 weeks online course for second year students of both universities on the way in which, on both sides of the Atlantic, specific audiences have dealt with historic events, periods, or developments considered to be collective or cultural traumas. Read More
Playing around with Interpretation
Meighen Katz, Lovell Chen (Architects and Heritage Consultants)
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Place
- Public engagement
- Reflections on the field
ABSTRACT
How might encouraging visitors to a museum or public history site to play become part of an interpretive strategy? Read More