Burnout Is Not the First Warning Sign in Public History Practice
PROPOSAL TYPE
Workshop
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Leadership
- Labor and Economy
- Reflections on the Field
- Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT
Public history practitioners often navigate complex narratives, community expectations, and sustained workload demands that affect long-term career sustainability. Read More
Ignoring the Line: The View from Red States
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Government Historians
- Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT
Projects that challenge dominant narratives, present multiple perspectives on difficult topics, and tell the truth don’t necessarily require us to “hold the line. Read More
Oral History Projects In and Outside the Classroom
PROPOSAL TYPE
Workshop
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Oral History
- Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT
Oral histories help connect students to the past through first-hand personal narratives, but what happens when we engage students in the process of conducting oral history interviews? Read More
Ma’aminim on the Mississippi
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Leadership
- Memory
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
In the 18th century, Prague was a hotbed of a Jewish heresy called Sabbateanism. Even after the heresy had burned itself out, its adherents and their descendants–called “Ma’aminim,” or “believers”– retained group consciousness and for the next several generations, married and socialized only amongst themselves. Read More
Rock & Roll in Nashville? Local Scenes and a National Hub
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Archives
- Oral History
ABSTRACT
Nashville jumps from local musicians, with big band pop tunes and piano boogie, to an industry town, replete with new independent studios, pressing plants, and session musicians. Read More
The Jeff-Vander-Lou Neighborhood: A Model for Resistance, Resilience and Sustainability
PROPOSAL TYPE
Community Viewpoints
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Public Engagement
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
This session focuses on the history of successful grassroots strategies which helped a neglected North City neighborhood, Jeff-Vander-Lou (JVL), survive the poverty and political mismanagement of the 1960’s and 1970’s. Read More
On The Same Team: State Historical Societies and Local Museums
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Participants
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Museums/Exhibits
- Reflections on the Field
- Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT
This roundtable would, ideally, be a mix of representatives from state historical societies and local history museums discussing how they have collaborated to improve public history in their area. Read More
Rethinking Revolutionary Memory: Pedagogy, Public History, and Politics
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Participants
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Preservation
- Public Engagement
ABSTRACT
As we near the American Revolution’s 250th anniversary, we are still grappling with how the memory of revolutionary figures like George Washington and other founding fathers, have been preserved and re-thought by public history professionals since the end of the Revolution. Read More
Public History Showcase
PROPOSAL TYPE
Lightning Round
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- Seeking Additional Participants
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Consulting
- Reflections on the Field
- Most categories apply
ABSTRACT
This rapid lightning round offers a chance for public history practitioners and scholars to showcase a wide range of innovative projects that are shaping and redefining our field. Read More
Working Group on Sharing Best Practices and Challenges of Institutional Slavery Reckoning Projects
PROPOSAL TYPE
Working Group
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Participants
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Public Engagement
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
Over the past decade, many museums, universities, churches, and cities have launched projects to explore and reckon with their histories of slavery. Read More