COVID-19 and the urgency to capture its history
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Consulting
- Government Historians
- Oral History
RELATED TOPICS
I will present a paper on my consulting work in 2021-22 with a military retirement home in Washington, DC. The home wanted to capture its immediate history of fighting (their words) COVID-19. Read More
Go the Distance: Methods and Approaches to Nominations for the National Register
PROPOSAL TYPE
Workshop
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Consulting
- Government Historians
- Preservation
ABSTRACT
This workshop is aimed at both the beginner and mid-career public historian who wish to improve their understanding of nominations and their basic mechanics. Read More
The Holocaust and Genocide: Proving Atrocities
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Government Historians
- Memory
- Oral History
ABSTRACT
I would like to present on the historical urgency faced during and immediately after atrocities are committed, by focusing on the Holocaust specifically and other recent genocides more generally. Read More
Urgency to Preserve Collective Memory in National Parks
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Government Historians
- Memory
- Oral History
ABSTRACT
The diverse history of the National Parks is widely unappreciated due to the lack of documentation of primary sources. Over the course of the history of the National Parks, there have been integral stories from all different backgrounds and experiences that were not and have not been documented. Read More