And you may ask yourself “Where did religion go?”

Wendy Soltz, Ball State University

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Memory
  • Place
  • Preservation
  • Public Engagement
ABSTRACT

This proposal invites participants to engage in a presentation and conversation about the changing nature of religious landscapes and the effects of these changes on the local communities, the historical record, and the built environment. Read More

Reimagining Religious Heritage and Indigenous Visibility in the Great Lakes

Sean Jacobson, Loyola University Chicago

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Memory
  • Place
  • Preservation
ABSTRACT

The Great Lakes region holds rich resources in both Indigenous/First Nations history and North American religious heritage. Read More

Re-imagining Our Work: Sharing Authority & Better Public History

Mariaelena Dibenigno, william & mary’s highland

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Memory
  • Public Engagement
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

We plan to present on community-centered initiatives at historic sites facilitated and/or operated by colleges and universities. Read More

Difficult Histories

David strittmatter, ohio northern university

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Museums
  • Oral History
Abstract

The Kent State shooting is perhaps the most defining episode of the Vietnam War era that occurred on American soil. Narratives surrounding the tragedy understandably focus on the student protesters. Read More

Episcopal Diocese of New York Black Presence Project: the Development of a Public Space for Truth Telling

JEAN BALLARD TEREPKA, ST. MICHAEL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

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

This paper explores the on-going achievements and challenges of Episcopal Diocese of New York Black Presence Project, launched in February, 2018. Read More

Forgotten, Bloody Histories

CHRISTINE SAVOIE, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

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

In this panel, I would like to public historians to discuss bloody histories that are forgotten. Read More

Diasporic Desires: The Role of Public History in Queer API Community Building

GVGK TANG, INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

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

History is a lens through which we reflect on and conceptualize our own lives. Read More

Commemoration and the Act of Omission

TIMOTHY KNEELAND, NAZARETH COLLEGE

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Social Justice
Abstract

The public commemoration of key moments or eras in the past has often served as a tool to reinforce existing social hierarchies and to exclude or negate the history of marginalized groups.  Read More

Remembering American Girlhood

TIFFANY ISSELHARDT, GIRL MUSEUM

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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

Girlhood is a marginalized space in public history, often confined to bedrooms, nurseries, and courtships. While exceptions exist, they are seen as rare examples of defiance rather than well known expressions of a marginalized culture. Read More

Strengthening the Social Threads of Local History: People in Place

Michelle Mcclellan, university of michigan

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

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

This session addresses what local history might become during the 21st Century and how can we understand it better as an historical genre that has been a popular and durable form to chronicle the past. Read More