Protests: Radium Girls Changing the Work Force

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Labor and Organizing
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

Women have historically been silenced in their efforts creating equality. A specific group of working class women fell victim to corporate greed and corruption and decided enough was enough. Read More

Nuclear Weapons in Our Midst — A Cold War Revolution

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

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

During the Cold War, 49 of the 50 states hosted nuclear weapons, often located very close to the citizens they were designed to protect. Read More

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

Emerging Methods & Methodologies in Public History Research

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

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

Public historians are on the cutting edge of research methods. This roundtable examines emerging methodologies in research, interpretation, and narrative construction. 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

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

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • 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

Museum Labor in 2026: Revolutionizing the Way We Work

PROPOSAL TYPE

Working Group

SEEKING
  • 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

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • 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

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

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

PROPOSAL TYPE

Experiential

SEEKING
  • 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