Digital History and the Semiquincentennial: Bringing the Work of Revolution to the Digital Age
PROPOSAL TYPE
Lightning Round
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Data/Information Management
- Digital
ABSTRACT
The Center for Digital History at the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon (CDH) proposes a “Lightning Round” styled session to showcase scholarly digital projects around America’s 250th. Read More
Descendants Illuminate the Unfinished Work of Revolution
PROPOSAL TYPE
Experiential
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Public Engagement
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
As descendants of the family of William Whipple, a signer of the 1776 Declaration of Independence, and of Prince Whipple, an African he enslaved who co-signed the 1779 Petition for Freedom, we facilitate a juxtaposition of primary and secondary sources and spaces of our ancestors to illuminate both existing challenges and promising practices to strengthen public history. 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
Interpreter Professionalization: Public History’s Disenfranchised Front Line
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Labor and Organizing
- Reflections on the Field
- Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT
When the public visits museums and historic sites, their primary conduit is often an interpreter. 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
Out of the Archives: Innovative Methods for Sharing LGBTQIA+ Archives
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable or Lightning Round
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
ABSTRACT
This session aims to examine creative methods for sharing LGBTQIA+ history that utilizing growing networks of community and/or museum-based LGBTQIA+ archives. Read More
More Than a Field Trip: Building Interactive History Experiences that Spark Investigation
PROPOSAL TYPE
Nuts and Bolts
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Public Engagement
- Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT
How do we move beyond scripted tours to create revolutionary learning experiences? How do we engage with necessary but challenging topics like westward conquest in an inviting, engaging field trip? 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
What is Reenactment?
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Museums/Exhibits
- Reflections on the Field
- Theory in Practice
ABSTRACT
This proposal seeks to help answer the question ‘what is reenactment?’ It does this by investigating past meanings of the word. Read More
Starting with Stories: Building Exhibits in Reverse
PROPOSAL TYPE
Experiential
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Museums/Exhibits
- Oral History
- Public Engagement
ABSTRACT
Revolution reshapes societies, but how we document, preserve, and interpret its impact shapes collective memory. This presentation explores “reverse exhibit development,” using oral history as the foundation rather than the frame. Read More