Visualizing Recovery from Cruel Pasts – using creative arts to relieve the pain
Julia Wells, Head, Isikhumbuzo Applied History Unit, Rhodes University
Proposal Type
Experiential
Seeking
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Inclusion
- Memory
- Place
Abstract
While painful events in the past cannot be changed, how we feel about them can. Our team demonstrates how the story of an unsung hero from the early days of colonial conquest in South Africa can inspire and uplift audiences. Read More
Death and Display, Bodies and Boundaries
Katie Stringer Clary, Public History Instructor
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Material Culture
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
Abstract
This roundtable explores the ethics, public reactions, and responsibilities of pubic historians in the display and exhibition of human remains. Read More
Relitigating Civil Rights: Social Justice, Public History, and the Law
Erin Devlin, Assistant Professor, University of Mary Washington
Proposal Type
Roundtable
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Consulting
- Memory
Abstract
A celebratory public history of the civil rights movement– which casts racial injustice as a relic of the past– has been deployed in federal courts to rollback oversight of school desegregation, voter registration, and to legitimize police brutality and mass incarceration. Read More
History, Universities, and Community Relations
Patricia Mooney-Melvin, Associate Professor, Loyola University Chicago
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Inclusion
- Memory
Abstract
Universities intersect with multiple communities both within and outside of the physical space they occupy. Students do not leave their concerns outside the institutional gates. Read More
Gender in Public History: Using Public History to tell Untold or Forgotten Stories
Sara Sanders, Student Member
Proposal Type
Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Inclusion
- Memory
- Theory
Abstract
In 1956 20,000 women of all races gathered in Pretoria to demand that Pass Laws not be extended to women. Read More