On the Contested Nature of Monuments
Donald Maxwell, Indiana State University
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Place
- Public engagement
ABSTRACT
Twenty-one years into the 21st century, what is the status of monuments erected in the 20th century? Read More
What’s in a Name: Confronting Inequity in Commemorative Landscapes
Caitlyn Jones, University of Houston
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Digital
- Memory
- Place
- Public Engagement
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
Across the United States, statues and monuments have been thrown into question. Read More
Preserving Memory, Protecting Privacy: Challenges and Successes in Creating Meaningful Public Spaces in Digital Environments
Sarah Scarlett, Michigan Technological university
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Digital
- Place
- Public Engagement
- Data/Information Management
ABSTRACT
Public historians using online digital or spatial platforms to engage communities with the shared histories of a particular space are encountering new ethical questions and elevated anxiety levels about privacy. Read More
University Museums, Unsavory History, & Proud Alumni
David Strittmatter, ohio northern university
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Material Culture
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT
A fellow history colleague and I will be teaching a special topics public history course at our institution this fall, and the subject matter is directly tied to the university’s sesquicentennial. Read More
Public History for the Public, by the Public: An Exploration of Government-funded Public History Programs
Brandi Burns, Boise City Dept. of Arts and History
PROPOSAL TYPE
Collaborative Conversation
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Government Historians
- Public Engagement
ABSTRACT
Government historians form a fascinating sphere of the public history field. Read More
Revolutionary Houses / Revolutionary Narratives: Working Towards America’s 250th Anniversary
Amy Speckart, independent scholar
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Material culture
- Memory
- Place
ABSTRACT
This panel will convene contemporary voices working to examine and change narratives about Revolutionary Era historic houses broadly conceived around the Atlantic world, circa 1750-1830. Read More
Who Uses Who Built America?: Utilizing Open Educational Resources Beyond the History Classroom
Peter Mabli, American Social History Project
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Teaching and training
- Public engagement
ABSTRACT
With our soon-to-be launched open educational resource (OER) Who Built America? as an example, we wish to discuss the benefits and challenges of OERs for history educators, and brainstorm best practices for presenting Who Built America? Read More
Reconciliation & Contested Commemoration
Taylor Chadwick Noakes, Duquesne University
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Contested commemoration
- Public engagement
ABSTRACT
Moving a commemorative stone on the McGill University campus was done in the spirit of reconciliation and meant to make Indigenous history more visible. Read More
Digital Public History Lab
Megan Smeznik, College of Wooster and the NCPH Digital Media Group
PROPOSAL TYPE
Workshop
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- 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
Crossroads: Brabant Remembers World War II
Arnoud-Jan A. Bijsterveld, tilburg university
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Oral history
- Public engagement
ABSTRACT
For the commemoration of 75 years of liberation of the Dutch province of North Brabant, Brabant Remembers developed a program of activities based on 75 personal life changing war stories. Read More