Protests: Radium Girls Changing the Work Force
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Labor and Organizing
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
Women have historically been silenced in their efforts creating equality. A specific group of working class women fell victim to corporate greed and corruption and decided enough was enough. Read More
Nuclear Weapons in Our Midst — A Cold War Revolution
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Place
- Preservation
- Public Engagement
ABSTRACT
During the Cold War, 49 of the 50 states hosted nuclear weapons, often located very close to the citizens they were designed to protect. Read More
Anniversary as Eulogy
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT
Anniversaries are often an opportunity to celebrate key figures and moments in history and to reflect on their significance to our present. Read More
For the Next 50 years: Fostering the Next Generation of Voices in American History and Decorative Arts
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Material Culture
- Museums/Exhibits
- Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT
As the United States reflects on its 250th, small and local museums dedicated to American Decorative Arts and history face a pivotal moment: how to sustain their collections, engage new audiences, and cultivate the next generation of professionals. Read More
Los Charros: Changing Landscapes and Preserving Traditions
PROPOSAL TYPE
Open to Feedback
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
ABSTRACT
We’d like to present on our work on the history of the Asociación de Charros Los Costeños de Brentwood and their cultural home at Contra Loma Regional Park in Antioch, CA. Read More
Contested Heritage in the Era of Trumpism 2.0
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Museums/Exhibits
- Place
- Preservation
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
We invite scholars, practitioners, and community members to join a session exploring the politics of memory and public history amid escalating culture wars, censorship, and reactionary policymaking. Read More
Staging The Archive: Theatrical Methods for Presidential Library and Museum Engagement Through Betty Ford’s Legacy
PROPOSAL TYPE
Lightning Round
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Museums/Exhibits
- Public Engagement
ABSTRACT
This study explores how theatrical techniques can revitalize presidential libraries and museums, using Betty Ford as a case study. Combining expert interviews, fieldwork, and archival research, it argues that performance-based interpretation can bridge archival history and contemporary relevance. Read More
Emerging Methods & Methodologies in Public History Research
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Digital
- Reflections on the Field
- Theory in Practice
ABSTRACT
Public historians are on the cutting edge of research methods. This roundtable examines emerging methodologies in research, interpretation, and narrative construction. Read More
If Everyone’s A Historian
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
- Theory in Practice
ABSTRACT
A conversation (either a roundtable or maybe a working group or possible a weirder format in which we look examples together and discuss them?) Read More
From Regulation to Relevance: Historic Preservation in a Changing Public Sphere
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Place
- Preservation
- Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT
With the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act in 1966, the field of historic preservation was codified and formalized. Read More