Interpreting the History of Firearms: A Conversation Continued
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Museums/Exhibits
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
RELATED TOPICS
This session will discuss the challenges of confronting firearm history at a site like the new Coltsville National Historic Park within our modern day context of gun violence and the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision. Read More
Museums, Landlords, and Affordable Housing
PROPOSAL TYPE
Working Group
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Labor and Economy
- Museums/Exhibits
- Preservation
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
Many public history institutions are sustained by an under-acknowledged source of revenue: renting and leasing residential property. Read More
Go the Distance: Methods and Approaches to Nominations for the National Register
PROPOSAL TYPE
Workshop
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Consulting
- Government Historians
- Preservation
ABSTRACT
This workshop is aimed at both the beginner and mid-career public historian who wish to improve their understanding of nominations and their basic mechanics. Read More
Remembering the Korean War a Different Way
PROPOSAL TYPE
Individual
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Oral History
- Place
ABSTRACT
Overlooked in the history of challenges to the United States military is the African American experience while desegregating its bases. Read More
Best Practices for Creating Sustainable Public History Class Projects
PROPOSAL TYPE
Working Group
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Museums/Exhibits
- Reflections on the Field
- Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT
Many public history educators promote experiential learning in their classes by having students participate in a public-facing class project. Read More
The Holocaust and Genocide: Proving Atrocities
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Government Historians
- Memory
- Oral History
ABSTRACT
I would like to present on the historical urgency faced during and immediately after atrocities are committed, by focusing on the Holocaust specifically and other recent genocides more generally. Read More
Columbia Canopy Project: Addressing Structural Racism through History & Environmental Justice
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
In Summer 2022, Historic Columbia (Columbia, SC) joined nature non-profit Columbia Green (Columbia, SC) on the Columbia Canopy Project. Read More
Who makes Utah’s past?
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Place
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
This panel considers issues of inclusion and representation when considering the history of the state of Utah. The session asks who should be the custodians of Utah’s past, and who should they include in its history. Read More
Public History Work is Women’s Work
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel or Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
In this session we would like to have either a series of presentations or a structured conversation around how the history of public history is women’s history. Read More
Access to Historical Documents
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Consulting
- Public Engagement
ABSTRACT
This proposal seeks to identify the increased decline in access to record holdings and then explore ways that researchers can halt and reverse this decline. Read More