It’s More Than A Sign: Neighborhood Heritage Trails in Urban Spaces

Samantha Citarella, George Washington University

Proposal Type

Collaborative Conversation

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Oral History
  • Place
Abstract

My research is concerned with the use of public history in urban environments. Read More

You Can’t Handle the Truth!: Reconciling Painful Histories

Courtney Hobson, Maryland Lynching Memorial Project

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Public Engagement
  • Social Justice
Abstract

With the recent opening of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, as well as the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, in Montgomery, Alabama, there have been national discussions about confronting America’s history of racial violence. Read More

Theatre as Commemorative Space

Rebekah Bryer, Northwestern University

Proposal Type

Experiential

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Public Engagement
  • Reflections on the Field
Abstract

There has been a lot of discussion in the public history field on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, how it has captured the cultural imagination, and the impact it has had. Read More

Museums, Monuments, and the Memory of War

Greg waters, New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
Abstract

The Vietnam War has long been an open wound on the national psyche. The continuous flow of documentaries, books, academic papers, and other media confirms that our country has not yet made peace with the conflict in Vietnam. Read More

Black Public History in the Age of (Neo) Emancipation

Angela Tate, Northwestern University

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Place
  • Social Justice
Abstract

Black people have long turned to public history–museums, temporary exhibits, walking tours, publications, etc–to educate, remember, and empower. Read More

Remembering Camp Devens during World War I

Kara Fosey, Fort Devens Museum

Proposal Type

Collaborative Conversation

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
Abstract

The Fort Devens Museum, a private non-profit organization, collects, preserves, and shares historic photographs, documents, and artifacts that tell the histories of Camp Devens and Fort Devens from 1917 to the present. Read More

Food History & Foodways: Have your cake and think on it too

nicole orphanides, independent historian and National Library of Medicine

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Material Culture
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
Abstract

In an age of “stay-at-home dads,” dieting fads, and mobile ordering food delivery, how has the food industry changed over the years and what does this say about our lives? Read More

Beyond Granite: The Past and Future of Statues, Monuments and Plaques

Caroline Klibanoff, Northeastern University

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Memory
  • Place
Abstract

I propose a panel on re-envisioning memorials and monuments in the digital age. Given recent roiling debates about who and what should be commemorated, can we look beyond the limited, static, single-story nature of granite and bronze and leverage the digital to imagine a new future for this important form of public history? Read More

History in Theatre: A Delicate Balance

Lydia Nightingale, State University at Albany

Proposal Type

Film Screening and Discussion

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Oral History
  • Public Engagement
Abstract

History on stage is a hot commodity nowadays, as evidenced by the recent success of historically-inspired plays and musicals on Broadway and beyond like Hamilton. Read More

Advocacy from the Outside: Working for Community-based Organizations

Tanya Lane, Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Advocacy
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Oral History
  • Place
  • Public Engagement
  • Social Justice
Abstract

This proposal is inspired by the question: Who decides what is worth repairing? Read More