Transient Tapestries: Unraveling the Stories of Displaced Communities in Tennessee
DANIELLE SHELTON, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Place
- Social Justice
Abstract
This panel will explore how public history can tell the stories that have been rendered invisible due to displacement. Read More
Institutional Histories & the Construction of Memory
PAIGE MITCHELL, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES
Proposal Type
Traditional Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Social Justice
Abstract
In the Fall of 2018, an exhibit called “A Campus Divided,” which opened at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, caused a stir on campus and in the larger Twin Cities community. Read More
Implications of Monuments in Southern Communities
Alissa kane, middle tennessee state university
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Digital
- Memory
- Place
Abstract
This presentation will focus on southern commemorative landscapes and the implications of building dominant symbols of collective memory on the physical landscape of communities. Read More
Working in Good Faith: Public Historians and Religious Communities
emily Davis, loyola university of chicago
Proposal Type
Traditional Panel?
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Religion
Abstract
Religion remains an integral part of individuals’ identities and provides a basis to form communities. Faith groups pass on traditions to the next generation of believers and teach outsiders about their community’s past. Read More
Wade Hampton, III Monument and Its Legacy
Fritz hamer, SC Confederate Relic Room and MIlitary Museum
Proposal Type
Structured Conversation
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Public Engagement
- Social Justice
Abstract
Planter, General and Governor of South Carolina, Wade Hampton, III remains a hero in the minds of some South Carolinians epitomized by his grand statue erected on the State House grounds in 1906. Read More
9/11 and the New-York Historical Society Docent
RONALD BROWN, TOURO COLLEGE
Proposal Type
Traditional Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Government Historians
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
Abstract
Events following 9/11 unfolded with earth shattering speed. The New-York Historical Society immediately organized an ongoing 9/11 exhibit. Read More
Space Matters Alabama
Sharony Green, University of Alabama
Proposal Type
Experiential
Seeking
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Digital
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
Abstract
In Fall of 2018, students at the University of Alabama explored how even the lowliest person made claims to power in the antebellum period. Read More