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

Budgeting for Change

JESSICA KNAPP, JESSICA KNAPP CONSULTING

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Labor and Economy
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Social Justice
  • Finance
Abstract

Have you heard public history organizations or their employees use their budgets as an excuse to not include diverse and underrepresented voices, to keep their programming in the past, or to not pay employees what they deserve. Read More

Strengthening the Social Threads of Local History: People in Place

Michelle Mcclellan, university of michigan

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Place
  • Local History
Abstract

This session addresses what local history might become during the 21st Century and how can we understand it better as an historical genre that has been a popular and durable form to chronicle the past. Read More

Filmmaking and LGBTQ History

MEGAN CRUTCHER, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY

Proposal Type

Workshop

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Oral History
  • Social Justice
  • Film
Abstract

In general, filmmaking is an accessible, far-reaching, and interesting way to present history, especially LGBTQ history, for the public. Read More

Working in Good Faith: Public Historians and Religious Communities

emily Davis, loyola university of chicago

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel?

Seeking

  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Religion
Abstract

Religion remains an integral part of individuals’ identities and provides a basis to form communities. Faith groups pass on traditions to the next generation of believers and teach outsiders about their community’s past. Read More

The FDR Memorial as 1990s Culture War

Keith Eberly, Assistant Professor of Education and History, Muskingum University

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Memory
  • Other: Monuments & Memorials
Abstract

Between 1974 and 1997, New Deal liberals designed, promoted, and ultimately built a memorial to FDR on the National Mall. Read More