The National Council on Public History invites proposals for panels,
roundtables, posters, workshops, and papers for the 2003 Annual Meeting. The conference's Program Committee requests that presentations focus on the theme "Beyond Boundaries: Diversity, Identity, and Public History" and address subjects such as:
- diversity, or its absence, within the enterprise of public history
- efforts to incorporate inclusive perspectives into public history projects
- memory and the problematical past
- geography and social identity
- African-American, Cajun, Creole, Hispanic/Latino/Latina heritage
- Houston, the gulf coast, and the Sunbelt from these perspectives
Special Topics Pertaining to September 11th
It is becoming clear that the events of September 11th are having a
profound impact on the practice of public history and that this is likely to be the case for the foreseeable future. As a consequence, the Program Committee for the 2003 meeting of the National Council on Public History in Houston wishes to supplement its original Call for Papers by inviting proposals that address this subject from any and all angles, such as:
- Efforts to collect, interpret, and remember September 11th through
artifacts, exhibits, memorials, oral history, and archives
- The role of historians in providing perspective through analysis of
global geopolitics, terrorism in history, the domestic impact of war
- The role of museums and historic sites during periods of national
crisis
- The revival popular interest in an "uncontested" past
- How September 11th has changed the meaning of old exhibits or shaped
the development of new exhibits
- Issues related to the security of collections and archives
Session proposals must include:
- a cover page stating the type of
session (panel, roundtable, poster, workshop) and including a
one-paragraph overview of the session and a list of participants
(moderator, presenters, and commentator as appropriate)
- a one-page summary of each presentation,
- a one-page resume for each participant including full contact information (mailing address, e-mail address, phone
numbers).
Complete session/panel proposals are encouraged, although the Program Committee will make reasonable efforts to construct sessions from topically related individual proposals. Workshop proposals should follow the NCPH guidelines, which are available on the NCPH website: www.ncph.org
Electronic submissions are preferred. These should be transmitted to all
members of the Program Committee simultaneously. Please state in the
subject line: NCPH 2003 Program.
Robert R. Weyeneth, Chair: weyeneth@gwm.sc.edu
Barry Jean Ancelet: ancelet@louisiana.edu
Cynthia Brandimarte: cynthia.brandimarte@tpwd.state.tx.us
Christopher J. Castaneda: cjc@csus.edu
Billie Gaines: bgaines@atlantahistorycenter.com
John Willis: John.Willis@civilisations.ca
Aaron Mahr Yanez: aaron_mahr@nps.gov
If proposals are sent via regular mail, please submit seven collated
copies to:
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