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

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Roundtable

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  • 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

One Family at a Time: The Revolutionary Power of Genealogy

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Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Memory
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Genealogy
ABSTRACT

Genealogical methods enhance traditional historical research by refocusing our attention to microhistory. Uncovering the secrets of a family’s past is not only personal but is essential to understanding greater historical trends in intimate and complex ways.    Read More

Don’t Give Up the Ship! Preparing for Emergencies – Before They Happen

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Experiential

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Leadership
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

In the revolutionary times we find ourselves facing, museums and cultural institutions must prepare in advance for the inevitable emergency that will impact our staff and guests. Read More

Organize the Stacks! Researching Union Action at New York Public Library

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Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Labor and Organizing
  • Place
ABSTRACT

Staff at New York Public Library first gained union benefits in 1917. Today, Local 1930 is part of public employee union DC37, serving 88 branches and three research libraries. Read More

Collaboration and the Work of Revolution: University and Community Partnerships in the Age of Executive Order 14253

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Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Social Justice
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

My partner, John Marks, curator at Historic Geneva, and I will discuss lessons learned from an ongoing collaboration in which my Critical Museum Studies undergraduate class creates an exhibit for Historic Geneva, a small history museum. Read More

Museum Labor in 2026: Revolutionizing the Way We Work

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Working Group

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Leadership
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Labor
ABSTRACT

Building on conversations started at the AASLH 2025 Conference in Cincinnati, the proposed working group will utilize the data from AASLH’s National Survey of Public History Practitioners from the perspective of museum labor. Read More

Amplifying the Field Trip Experience: Integrating Audio Recordings into On-Site and Classroom Learning

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Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Memory
  • Oral History
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

Audio recordings offer powerful ways to connect students with history, deepen learning during field trips, and extend engagement into the classroom. Read More

Revolution in Preservation: Community Voices and BIPOC Heritage Sites

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Roundtable

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  • 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

Opening the Doors: Creating Opportunities for Teachers and Museums to Collaborate in Telling History

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Experiential

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  • 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

The Incomplete History of Feminist Activism: An Exploration of the Battered Women’s Movement in California, 1945-1994

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Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Oral History
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

Although historians have written about a wide range of United States feminist movements, including the anti-rape and reproductive rights movements, little has been written about the origins and developments of the battered women’s movement. Read More