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

“That’s Something You Do After Research”: Public History in a Traditional Graduate Program

ANGELA TATE, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Advocacy
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Teaching and Training
Abstract

Career diversity! alt-ac! transferrable skills! Public humanities will save the discipline!

These are conversations cropping up across academia in the wake of the Jobs Crisis. Read More

Undergraduate Internships: Adding A Dose of the Theoretical while Instructing in the Practical

HOLLY CROFT, GEORGIA COLLEGE

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Archives
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Teaching and Training
Abstract

In Fall 2019, four undergraduate history majors on the public history track will be placed in an internship course in Special Collections to digitize photographs from a local community, add what metadata is known to the photographs, and then place these digital photos in online galleries. Read More

Public History for Undergraduates: Teaching and Learning Beyond the Classroom

Donna Donald, Liberty University

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Preservation
  • Teaching and Training
Abstract

To share successes and failures in teaching public history to undergraduates and to invite suggestions for future improvement. Read More