The #StopAAPIHate movement: Public History Challenges and Opportunities

Michael Yee, San Diego Chinese Historical Museum

PROPOSAL TYPE

Collaborative Conversation or Working Group

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Social Justice
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

How can public historians respond to the surge in Anti-Asian hate?  Read More

University Museums, Unsavory History, & Proud Alumni

David Strittmatter, ohio northern university

PROPOSAL TYPE

Structured Conversation

Seeking
  • 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

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

Cursive Writing Disappearance Impact & Solutions

Paul C. Thistle, Langley Centennial Museum & National Exhibition Centre (retired)

PROPOSAL TYPE

Structured Conversation

Seeking
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Memory
  • Teaching and Training
  • Archives
ABSTRACT

Given that a significant proportion of archival holdings accessioned to date are in cursive handwriting format, has anyone at all begun thinking about, or planning for, the disappearance of the ability of future researchers to read cursive handwriting—to say nothing about new generations of archives staff? Read More

Digital Public History Lab

Megan Smeznik, College of Wooster and the NCPH Digital Media Group

PROPOSAL TYPE

Workshop

Seeking
  • 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

Teaching public and applied history on both sides of the Atlantic

Arnoud-Jan A. Bijsterveld, tilburg university

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Digital
  • Public engagement
  • Teaching and training
ABSTRACT

In the fall of 2021, Margaret Rung (Roosevelt University, Chicago) and I (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) will jointly teach a 15 weeks online course for second year students of both universities on the way in which, on both sides of the Atlantic, specific audiences have dealt with historic events, periods, or developments considered to be collective or cultural traumas. Read More

Town and Gown: Building Successful Community Ties

Katie clary, coastal carolina university

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Museums/exhibits
  • Public engagement
  • Social Justice
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

The conversation/roundtable/panel will provide case studies of successful (or learning experiences!) partnerships between colleges and universities and their communities. Read More

The American Revolution in the Archives and the Classroom: The Impact of Research Agendas on the Teaching of the American Revolution

guy chet, university of north texas

PROPOSAL TYPE
  • Roundtable

SEEKING

  • General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

The panel examines how scholarly research shapes public understanding of the American Revolution. The dominant geographic framework educators use to explain the Revolution is eastern (Atlantic). Read More

Digital Public History Lab

megan smeznik, college of wooster and ncph digital media group

Proposal Type

Workshop

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Data/Information Management
  • 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

Digital Public History Lab

ABBY CURTIN TEARE, NCPH DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP

Proposal Type

Workshop

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Data/Information Management
  • 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