Inclusive Public History: Training and Practice

Camille Bethune-Brown, student, University of Maryland

Proposal Type

Working Group

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Teaching
  • Other: Diversity/Inclusion
Abstract

This working group seeks to continue the work and conversation from our roundtable, “Public Historians of Color”; we aim to examine the tools of public history training and practice as components of the discipline’s pipeline. Read More

Making History the New Sexy

Elisabeth Fricker, Graduate Student, University of South Dakota

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Theory
  • Digital
  • Teaching
Abstract

The need for Public Historians to make a conscious efforts to learn about theories in fields like Communication and Political Science in order to engage their audiences and rally supporters with social media and community organizing techniques. Read More

Crowd Curating Workshop

Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, Professor, IUPUI

Proposal Type

Workshop

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

Shared authority sounds great, but how do you actually curate exhibits with a shared or even distributed authority model? Read More

The Invisible Middle: History Professors Engaging in Public History on Campuses

Anna Kaplan, Doctoral Candidate, American University

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Place
  • Teaching
  • Other: Universities/Colleges
Abstract

Investigating the role college history professor have or have not played in historical interpretations on higher education campuses beyond and including confederate statues. Read More

The Middle of the Intersection: Oral History, Public History, and Service-Learning

Michella Marino, Assistant Professor of History, Hastings College

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Oral History
  • Teaching
Abstract

My Intro to Oral History class provides an intersection for academic, public, and oral history through Service-Learning projects. Read More

Cryptologic Myths

Gregory Nedved, Historian, Center for Cryptologic History

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Government historians
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Teaching
Abstract

As a historian at the Center for Cryptologic History, I give presentations to the general public (my definition of the “middle”) all of the time. Read More