A Revolution in History Publishing

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Public Engagement
  • Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT

As self-publishing becomes easier and more widely accepted, more and more small museums, historical societies and individual historians are moving away from publishing their local histories through traditional presses and are, instead, DIYing their books or working with small presses or non-academic publishers. Read More

If Everyone’s A Historian

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Public Engagement
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Theory in Practice
ABSTRACT

A conversation (either a roundtable or maybe a working group or possible a weirder format in which we look examples together and discuss them?) Read More

She Spies: The Importance of Female Espionage

PROPOSAL TYPE

Experiential

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

I wish to discuss the female figures of the American Revolution that performed daring espionage activity and risked their lives to help the Continental Army win the conflict. Read More

Revolution in Preservation: Community Voices and BIPOC Heritage Sites

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Oral History
  • Place
  • Public Engagement
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

Las Barracas, a WWII-era barracks turned Latinx farmworker housing in Boulder County, Colorado, highlights the urgent need to preserve BIPOC heritage sites. Read More

Public History and Public Archaeology in West Africa: Best Practices, Challenges, and Community Narratives from the Field

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

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

The roundtable brings together researchers, community members, and other heritage practitioners working in and/or originating from West Africa to discuss how public history and public archaeology methodologies can be uniquely applied, adjusted, and implemented in the West African context. Read More