Tips and Tricks for Women in the Historical Profession
PROPOSAL TYPE
Workshop
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Reflections on the Field
- Moral Support
ABSTRACT
We are looking to create solidarity between women who are currently graduate students and young professionals. To do so, the workshop will discuss workload, work/life balance, and conclude with steps to create a support network via email or GroupMe. Read More
Mapping the Black Agricultural Landscape
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Preservation
- Landscape Architecture
ABSTRACT
The topic I’m interested to present on is visual narrative of Black life throughout the state of Illinois, particularly through the lens of agriculture and landscape. Read More
Local Monuments and Memorials and the Urgency of Representing Sites of Mass Atrocity Crimes
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Oral History
- Monuments and Memorials
ABSTRACT
This structured conversation will address the role of monuments in interpreting and using the memory of large-scale mass atrocity crimes through short case studies. Read More
The Rosetta Circle
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Public Engagement
- Music and Audio Documentary
ABSTRACT
The ROSETTA CIRCLE is a singing collective of care celebrating our unsung foremothers of jazz and blues as archived by Rosetta Records. Read More
Responsible and Responsive Interpretation of Intersectional Histories in Museum Exhibitions
Jennifer Levasseur, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Material Culture
- Museums/Exhibits
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
ABSTRACT
This structured conversation will address best practices for interpreting intersectional histories in museum exhibitions through short case studies and group discussion. Read More
Reconciliation & Contested Commemoration
Taylor Chadwick Noakes, Duquesne University
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Contested commemoration
- Public engagement
ABSTRACT
Moving a commemorative stone on the McGill University campus was done in the spirit of reconciliation and meant to make Indigenous history more visible. Read More
Family Stories
Emily Keyes, Know History Inc.
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Storytelling
ABSTRACT
This panel will explore the ways people create family narratives and what happens when well-established narratives are challenged. Read More
Connecting Youth and Heritage through Active Histories
Wendy Rex-atzet, Utah Division of State History
PROPOSAL TYPE
Community Viewpoints
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Youth
- K-12 Engagement
ABSTRACT
Students who engage in active history through the National History Day (NHD) program often find powerful ways to connect to their heritage communities. Read More
Documentary Editing as Public History
KATIE HATTON, PAPERS OF MARTIN VAN BUREN, CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY
Proposal Type
Traditional Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Archives
- Digital
- Documentary Editing
Abstract
This panel examines the benefits and shortcomings of using documentary editing as a tool for public history. Read More
Beyond #MeToo: How Public History Leaders Can Prevent and Respond to Sexual Harassment
chelsea miller, new york coalition against sexual assault
Proposal Type
Workshop
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Reflections on the Field
- Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination
Abstract
The #MeToo movement has shed light on the widespread prevalence of sexual violence, including in scholarly and professional communities. Read More