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

Philanthropy and Public History

ABBY CURTIN TEARE, GRANTS PLUS

Proposal Type

Working Group

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Advocacy
  • Fundraising
Abstract

In the 2017 Public History Employer Survey, practitioners noted that philanthropy is one of the biggest economic factors impacting the field of public history. Read More

Public Historians on Twitter

LINDSEY WIECK, ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

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

This panel seeks to highlight and discuss some of the different ways that public historians are using Twitter and other social media to facilitate interdisciplinary discussions related to public history. Read More