Telling Histories of Radicalism in Less-Than Radical Places

Devin Hunter, Assistant Professor of US and Public History, University of Illinois Springfield

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Roundtable

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  • Civic Engagement
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Place
Abstract

This round table will discuss general practices and case studies regarding the interpretation of radical history in places that are today less-than radical. 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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  • 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

Making the Exclusive Past Part of the Middle: Establishing an Inclusive History

Constance Mandeville, PhD Student, University of South Carolina

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Panel

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  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Oral History
Abstract

In 2016 trans bathroom bills became the biggest political issue causing many trans lifelines to be overloaded with phone calls. Read More

Hard Questions: When to Save a Museum and When to Let it Die?

Elyssa Ford, Assistant Professor of History, Northwest Missouri State University

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

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  • General Feedback and Interest
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  • Civic Engagement
  • Museums/Exhibits
Abstract

The International Council of Museums defines a museum as “a non-profit-making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public….” Read More

Constructed Nature: Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Public History through Historical Research and Exhibit Design

Megan Kendrick, Adjunct Faculty, Woodbury University

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Panel

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  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Digital
  • Teaching
Abstract

This proposed panel will explore methodologies, challenges and outcomes of teaching public history in nontraditional settings. Read More

Interpreting the Body: Sex, Reproduction, and Reproductive Labors in Public History

Danielle Dulken, PhD Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

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  • General Feedback and Interest
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  • Material Culture
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Teaching
Abstract

Public historians have established the profession is tasked with interpreting celebratory histories as well as complicated, sometimes painful narratives that have contributed equally to our past. Read More

Unpaid Labor: A new perspective on American history and getting the history out that will change America

Clifton Berry, Member, Unpaid Labor LLC

Proposal Type

Working Group

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  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Material Culture
  • Teaching
Abstract

Our topic: 1) the indispensable contribution of the first 12 generations of Americans of African descent (1607-1865) to the U.S. Read More

Crowd Curating Workshop

Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, Professor, IUPUI

Proposal Type

Workshop

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  • Museums/Exhibits
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Abstract

Shared authority sounds great, but how do you actually curate exhibits with a shared or even distributed authority model? Read More

Cryptologic Myths

Gregory Nedved, Historian, Center for Cryptologic History

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

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  • General Feedback and Interest
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  • Government historians
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Teaching
Abstract

As a historian at the Center for Cryptologic History, I give presentations to the general public (my definition of the “middle”) all of the time. Read More

The Politics of the Middle

Tim Rives, Deputy Director, Eisenhower Presidential Library

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Civic Engagement
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Memory
Abstract

The panel will discuss the “politics of the middle.” President Dwight D. Eisenhower is a representative figure. Read More