Presenting Racial Histories at Predominately White Institutions

JILL FOUND, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Public Engagement
  • Reflections on the Field
Abstract

As more historically white and white-majority colleges and universities study their own racist histories, how do they present this past to the public? Read More

In Defense of Public History – 40 Years Later

PATRICE GREEN, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

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

Defining public history has been a challenge in the last forty years. Read More

Filmmaking and LGBTQ History

MEGAN CRUTCHER, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY

Proposal Type

Workshop

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Oral History
  • Social Justice
  • Film
Abstract

In general, filmmaking is an accessible, far-reaching, and interesting way to present history, especially LGBTQ history, for the public. Read More

Institutional Histories & the Construction of Memory

PAIGE MITCHELL, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Social Justice
Abstract

In the Fall of 2018, an exhibit called “A Campus Divided,” which opened at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, caused a stir on campus and in the larger Twin Cities community. Read More

The New Gentrification: A Thin Line Between Economic Development and Urban Displacement of Black People

ARI GREEN, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

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

When U.S. cities become so run down, the first response is to revitalize and redevelop. Read More

Implications of Monuments in Southern Communities

Alissa kane, middle tennessee state university

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

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

This presentation will focus on southern commemorative landscapes and the implications of building dominant symbols of collective memory on the physical landscape of communities. Read More

Podcasting as Public History

eLIZABETH KEOHANE-BURBRIDGE, FOOTNOTING HISTORY

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Public Engagement
  • Reflections on the Field
Abstract

Over the past decade, hundreds of millions of listeners downloaded podcast episodes about history. Podcasters interact with their listeners through blog post comments and social media exchanges. Read More

What does it mean to write for “the public?”: Best Practices, Ethics, Public Historians, and Writing for the “Public”

HOLLY GENOVESE, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation or Roundtable

Seeking

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

Who is writing for the public for? And who gets to do it? Read More

Public History for Undergraduates: Teaching and Learning Beyond the Classroom

Donna Donald, Liberty University

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Preservation
  • Teaching and Training
Abstract

To share successes and failures in teaching public history to undergraduates and to invite suggestions for future improvement. Read More

Wade Hampton, III Monument and Its Legacy

Fritz hamer, SC Confederate Relic Room and MIlitary Museum

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking

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

Planter, General and Governor of South Carolina, Wade Hampton, III remains a hero in the minds of some South Carolinians epitomized by his grand statue erected on the State House grounds in 1906. Read More