Preservation or Demolition? It All Depends…

Michael binder, Air Force Declassification Office

Proposal Type

Open to discussion; perhaps Point-Counterpoint?

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Government Historians
  • Material Culture
  • Preservation
Abstract

Whether a historic building gets preserved or demolished often rests on the historic context on which its significance is evaluated.   Read More

Repairing National Register nominations: The Struggles and Challenges of Maintaining Accurate Documentation in a Changing World

jENNIFER bETSWORTH, New York State Historic Preservation Office

Proposal Type

Working Group

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Consulting
  • Government Historians
  • Preservation
Abstract

National Register nominations are often foundational documents in a community’s effort to preserve important sites or neighborhoods. Read More

Historical Precedents for Public History Overseas: The Power of Exporting History-Making Models

Joana Arruda, Independent Historian

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Government Historians
  • Preservation
Abstract

This panel will explore past and present examples of American cultural institutions that collaborated internationally in public historical contexts. In the post-World War II period, several governmental and nongovernmental organizations such as UNESCO, ICOMOS, and the National Park Service Division of International Affairs were formed to work together on the newly constructed idea of World Heritage and offered technical assistance overseas. Read More

Distinguishing “historic” from just plain “old”

Michael Binder, Technical Advisor, Air Force Declassification Office

Proposal Type

Open for discussion/debate

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Government Historians
  • Material Culture
  • Preservation
Abstract

Government historians cannot save everything, be it historical documents or an old building, but they are often called upon to separate the historic “wheat” from the just plain old “chaff.”  Read More

When History Isn’t Optional

Michael Binder, Technical Advisor, Air Force Declassification Office

Proposal Type

Open for discussion/debate

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest

Related Topics

  • Government Historians
Abstract

While Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches have documented their activities over centuries,  compiling their voluminous history is permissive and could be halted at any time.  Read More

Working in a Classified Environment

Michael Binder, Technical Advisor, Air Force Declassification Office

Proposal Type

Open for discussion/debate

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

In contrast with most public historians, government historians frequently find themselves working in one of a wide variety of classified environments.  Read More

New Directions for National Register Nominations

Steve Mark, Historian, National Park Service

Proposal Type

Workshop

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Government Historians
  • Material Culture
  • Preservation
Abstract

The National Register of Historic Places has served as the linchpin of cultural resources management in the Federal Government since the National Historic Preservation Act was passed by Congress in 1966.  Read More

The Irish Decade of Centenaries: Digital History and Commemoration

MIKE CRONIN, PROFESSOR, BOSTON COLLEGE

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Government Historians
  • Memory
Abstract

Between 2013 and 2023 the Irish State is commemorating various events from a century ago that led to the formation of the modern independent state. Read More

Caught in the Middle: Public Historians, the Government, and the Public

Emily McEwen, Historic Resource Specialist, Orange County Parks

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Government historians
  • Preservation
Abstract

As public historians serving both the state and the public, we often feel “caught in the middle.” Read More

Cryptologic Myths

Gregory Nedved, Historian, Center for Cryptologic History

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Government historians
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Teaching
Abstract

As a historian at the Center for Cryptologic History, I give presentations to the general public (my definition of the “middle”) all of the time. Read More