Sports on Campus History: Sporting Traditions as Public Memory and History

Andrew McGregor, PhD Candidate, Purdue University

Proposal Type

Working Group

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Place
  • Memory
Abstract

Sports are an integral part of the college experience and dominate institutions’ public images. Mascots, fight songs, and game day traditions reflect the identity of cities, states, and regions and their citizens, highlighting larger histories of settlement, race, gender, politics, and more. Read More

Place, Memory, and the Challenges of Transformation

Pamela Curtin, Graduate Student – Public History, West Virginia University

Proposal Type

Working Group

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

This working group or structured conversation aims to explore the power of place and public memory, the transformation of physical places, and the role of the public historian in the middle of this conversation. Read More

Telling Histories of Radicalism in Less-Than Radical Places

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

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • 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

Asian Women and Climate Change Adaptation

Peg Christoff, Lecturer, Stony Brook University

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Place
  • Science and Tech
  • Environment
Abstract

In the Asia-Pacific region, where 80% of the disasters are climatological, meteorological, or hydrological, women are disproportionately affected, suffering from the impact of floods, droughts, and the effects of climate change. Read More

In the Middle of Experiences and Outcomes: Storytelling in the Digital Age

Megan Harris, Senior Reference Specialist, Veterans History Project, Library of Congress

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Oral History
  • Place
  • Memory
  • Theory
  • Digital
Abstract

We propose a roundtable discussion to build upo n oral history-focused panels at previous NCPH conferences by examining a f ew recent case studies, but more importantly, by opening a dialogue with th e audience members in order to identify common challenges, brainstorm poten tial solutions, and offer thoughts on a way forward. Read More

A Sense of Place

Doreen Uhas Sauer, Education Outreach Coordinator, Columbus Landmarks Foundation

Proposal Type

Pecha Kucha

Seeking
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Preservation
  • Place
  • Teaching
Abstract

Historic Preservation, Public History and the Public School – What do school kids thinks about being in “the Middle.” Read More

The Invisible Middle: History Professors Engaging in Public History on Campuses

Anna Kaplan, Doctoral Candidate, American University

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Place
  • Teaching
  • Other: Universities/Colleges
Abstract

Investigating the role college history professor have or have not played in historical interpretations on higher education campuses beyond and including confederate statues. Read More

Interpreting the Layers of Indian Removal

Savannah Grandey, Director of Interpretation, Historic Westville

Proposal Type

Pecha Kucha

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Oral History
  • Place
  • Memory
Abstract

“Indian Removal” as articulated by Andrew Jackson and comrades was a monumental idea and federal policy that irrevocably shaped the southeastern United States. Read More

Community Oral Histories

Elizabeth Gritter, Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Local and Oral History, Indiana University Southeast

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Oral History
  • Place
  • Memory
Abstract

I am seeking presenters involved in community ( defined broadly) oral history projects in order to present the results of t heir work. Read More