Rethinking Revolutionary Memory: Pedagogy, Public History, and Politics
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Participants
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Preservation
- Public Engagement
ABSTRACT
As we near the American Revolution’s 250th anniversary, we are still grappling with how the memory of revolutionary figures like George Washington and other founding fathers, have been preserved and re-thought by public history professionals since the end of the Revolution. Read More
Descendants Illuminate the Unfinished Work of Revolution
PROPOSAL TYPE
Experiential
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Public Engagement
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
As descendants of the family of William Whipple, a signer of the 1776 Declaration of Independence, and of Prince Whipple, an African he enslaved who co-signed the 1779 Petition for Freedom, we facilitate a juxtaposition of primary and secondary sources and spaces of our ancestors to illuminate both existing challenges and promising practices to strengthen public history. Read More
Revolutionary Displays? Museums, Violence, and the Struggle Against Indifference
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
On April 23, 2025, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute in Yerevan opened Documenting the Crime: Eyewitness Records of the Armenian Genocide, a temporary exhibition drawing on testimonies from diplomats, missionaries, journalists, and relief workers. Read More
Out of the Archives: Innovative Methods for Sharing LGBTQIA+ Archives
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable or Lightning Round
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
ABSTRACT
This session aims to examine creative methods for sharing LGBTQIA+ history that utilizing growing networks of community and/or museum-based LGBTQIA+ archives. Read More
Collaborating in Crisis: Applied and Academic Public Historians in Conversation
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Memory
- Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT
The current U.S. presidential administration is determined to usher in a “revolution” in historical thinking and presentation. Read More
Anniversary as Eulogy
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT
Anniversaries are often an opportunity to celebrate key figures and moments in history and to reflect on their significance to our present. Read More
Los Charros: Changing Landscapes and Preserving Traditions
PROPOSAL TYPE
Open to Feedback
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
ABSTRACT
We’d like to present on our work on the history of the Asociación de Charros Los Costeños de Brentwood and their cultural home at Contra Loma Regional Park in Antioch, CA. Read More
From Regulation to Relevance: Historic Preservation in a Changing Public Sphere
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Place
- Preservation
- Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT
With the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act in 1966, the field of historic preservation was codified and formalized. Read More
One Family at a Time: The Revolutionary Power of Genealogy
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Reflections on the Field
- Genealogy
ABSTRACT
Genealogical methods enhance traditional historical research by refocusing our attention to microhistory. Uncovering the secrets of a family’s past is not only personal but is essential to understanding greater historical trends in intimate and complex ways. Read More
Amplifying the Field Trip Experience: Integrating Audio Recordings into On-Site and Classroom Learning
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Oral History
- Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT
Audio recordings offer powerful ways to connect students with history, deepen learning during field trips, and extend engagement into the classroom. Read More