Rethinking Revolutionary Memory: Pedagogy, Public History, and Politics

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Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Participants
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Preservation
  • Public Engagement
ABSTRACT

As we near the American Revolution’s 250th anniversary, we are still grappling with how the memory of revolutionary figures like George Washington and other founding fathers, have been preserved and re-thought by public history professionals since the end of the Revolution. Read More

Culture on the Coast: Flooding and History

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Preservation
ABSTRACT

The Committee of Environmental Sustainability (NCPH) and its counterpart with AASLH are interested in gathering a round table of organizations, local to Rhode Island or the region, to explore the impact of sea rise of historic resources and older neighborhoods, and more critically, what some resilience strategies might be. Read More

Nuclear Weapons in Our Midst — A Cold War Revolution

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Place
  • Preservation
  • Public Engagement
ABSTRACT

During the Cold War, 49 of the 50 states hosted nuclear weapons, often located very close to the citizens they were designed to protect. Read More

Contested Heritage in the Era of Trumpism 2.0

PROPOSAL TYPE

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

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

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • 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

SpeakEZ: An Automated Tool for Generating Transcripts

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Archives
  • Data/Information Management
  • Oral History
  • Preservation
ABSTRACT

SpeakEZ is a self-service tool designed at the University of Kentucky that automates the process of creating transcriptions from media files. After uploading, a user can batch run transcriptions, creating several at once. 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

After the Revolution: Preservation, Heritage, and Public Memory

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Material Culture
  • Place
  • Preservation
ABSTRACT

I would like to present on issues of ownership, stewardship, use, and interpretation that surfaced surrounding the San Carlos of Key West between the years 1960-1996. Read More