Forgotten, Bloody Histories

CHRISTINE SAVOIE, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Oral History
  • Public Engagement
Abstract

In this panel, I would like to public historians to discuss bloody histories that are forgotten. Read More

Does the NHPA Need to be Fixed?

MICHAEL BINDER, AIR FORCE DECLASSIFICATION OFFICE

Proposal Type

Point-Counterpoint

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Advocacy
  • Material Culture
  • Preservation
Abstract

The demolition of historic properties without any mitigation — and the resultant loss of more of our history — continues despite the existence of the National Historic Preservation Act.  Read More

Interpreting Enslaved Plantation Museums

WILL HIOTT, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Reflections on the Field
Abstract

Plantation History in the 21st Century: Dialogues of Rediscovering the Enslaved Voices in Historic House Museums

Seeking additional presenters to share their experiences in researching and re-interpreting other historic house museums with plantation histories and their case studies sharing their experiences and successes. Read More

Diasporic Desires: The Role of Public History in Queer API Community Building

GVGK TANG, INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Public Engagement
  • Social Justice
Abstract

History is a lens through which we reflect on and conceptualize our own lives. Read More

Barriers to History: Making History and Historical Research Accessible

SELENA MOON, INDEPENDENT HISTORIAN

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Advocacy
  • Public Engagement
Abstract

This conversation explores the difficulties that those with disabilities may have in conducting and accessing to showcasing their research, from transportation barriers to inaccessible spaces, to lack of digitized materials. 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

Commemoration and the Act of Omission

TIMOTHY KNEELAND, NAZARETH COLLEGE

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Social Justice
Abstract

The public commemoration of key moments or eras in the past has often served as a tool to reinforce existing social hierarchies and to exclude or negate the history of marginalized groups.  Read More

Digital Public History Lab

ABBY CURTIN TEARE, NCPH DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP

Proposal Type

Workshop

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Data/Information Management
  • Digital
  • Teaching and Training
Abstract

The NCPH Digital Media Group is organizing the second annual Digital Public History Lab – a workshop that provides opportunities for collaborative learning and professional networking around digital resources, skills, and strategies for public historians and professionals working in adjacent fields (e.g. Read More

Remembering American Girlhood

TIFFANY ISSELHARDT, GIRL MUSEUM

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Material Culture
  • Memory
  • Place
Abstract

Girlhood is a marginalized space in public history, often confined to bedrooms, nurseries, and courtships. While exceptions exist, they are seen as rare examples of defiance rather than well known expressions of a marginalized culture. Read More

Suffrage at 100: Reflecting

KATHERINE KITTERMAN, BETTER DAYS 2020

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Advocacy
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
Abstract

This roundtable will include public historians at suffrage centennial organizations in Utah, Washington, and other states TBD on their work to commemorate the 19th Amendment in 2020. Read More