Anniversary as Eulogy

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Roundtable

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  • 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

For the Next 50 years: Fostering the Next Generation of Voices in American History and Decorative Arts

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Roundtable

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  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Material Culture
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT

As the United States reflects on its 250th, small and local museums dedicated to American Decorative Arts and history face a pivotal moment: how to sustain their collections, engage new audiences, and cultivate the next generation of professionals. Read More

Los Charros: Changing Landscapes and Preserving Traditions

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Open to Feedback

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  • 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

Contested Heritage in the Era of Trumpism 2.0

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Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Place
  • Preservation
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

We invite scholars, practitioners, and community members to join a session exploring the politics of memory and public history amid escalating culture wars, censorship, and reactionary policymaking. Read More

Staging The Archive: Theatrical Methods for Presidential Library and Museum Engagement Through Betty Ford’s Legacy

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Lightning Round

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  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Archives
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
ABSTRACT

This study explores how theatrical techniques can revitalize presidential libraries and museums, using Betty Ford as a case study. Combining expert interviews, fieldwork, and archival research, it argues that performance-based interpretation can bridge archival history and contemporary relevance. Read More

From Regulation to Relevance: Historic Preservation in a Changing Public Sphere

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Roundtable

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  • 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

She Spies: The Importance of Female Espionage

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Experiential

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  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

I wish to discuss the female figures of the American Revolution that performed daring espionage activity and risked their lives to help the Continental Army win the conflict. Read More

Opening the Doors: Creating Opportunities for Teachers and Museums to Collaborate in Telling History

PROPOSAL TYPE

Experiential

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Preservation
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

As an experienced teacher, I see the importance of taking my students on field trips.  Many kids share the commonality of never leaving the radius of their neighborhood or school, and as a result, they often lack opportunities to try new things.   Read More

Angolans in Maine

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Roundtable

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  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Oral History
ABSTRACT

I wish to present about the Angolans in Maine Oral History Project. The project has two aims: a) to hear from Angolan immigrants about why they decided to emigrate to the U.S. Read More

The Alliance Colony: Jewish Farming in Southern New Jersey

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Individual

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  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Oral History
  • Public Engagement
ABSTRACT

The Alliance Colony, located in Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey, was an agricultural community formed by Jewish families fleeing oppression and violence in the Russian Empire. Read More