Documenting Sorrow: Condolence Projects in the Wake of Violence
Melissa Barthelemy, Doctoral Candidate Public History, UC Santa Barbara
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Panel
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- Archives
- Material Culture
- Memory
Abstract
This session aims to provide insight and guidance to librarians, archivists, and professors who must develop their own unique response to unanticipated and unthinkable tragedies, such as school shootings. Read More
Hidden Costs of History
Julie Hawks, Doctoral Student, American University
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Panel
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- Material Culture
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
Abstract
History museums that portray war tend to focus on brave soldiers and technology without problematizing battle scenarios or revealing how people and environments are adversely affected. Read More
Visualizing Recovery from Cruel Pasts – using creative arts to relieve the pain
Julia Wells, Head, Isikhumbuzo Applied History Unit, Rhodes University
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Experiential
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- 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
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Roundtable
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- 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
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Roundtable
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- 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
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Roundtable
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- 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
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Panel
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- 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
Sports on Campus History: Sporting Traditions as Public Memory and History
Andrew McGregor, PhD Candidate, Purdue University
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Working Group
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- General Feedback and Interest
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- Civic Engagement
- Place
- Memory
Abstract
Sports are an integral part of the college experience and dominate institutions’ public images. Mascots, fight songs, and game day traditions reflect the identity of cities, states, and regions and their citizens, highlighting larger histories of settlement, race, gender, politics, and more. Read More
Place, Memory, and the Challenges of Transformation
Pamela Curtin, Graduate Student – Public History, West Virginia University
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Working Group
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- Seeking Specific Expertise
- General Feedback and Interest
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- Place
- Memory
- Environment
Abstract
This working group or structured conversation aims to explore the power of place and public memory, the transformation of physical places, and the role of the public historian in the middle of this conversation. Read More
The Persistence of Feme Covert: Uncovering Women’s History at House Museums
Brian Whetstone, Student, Hastings College
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Panel
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- General Feedback and Interest
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- Museums/Exhibits
- Material Culture
- Place
- Memory
Abstract
At historic house museums across the United States, the lives of women remain covered in traditional interpretive narratives. Read More