In September 2011, nearly 150 students, educators, museums professionals, academics, and preservationists gathered at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the conference Public History 2036: The Next Twenty-Five Years.
The conference celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UMass Amherst Public History Program by looking to the future of the field. Nine speakers as well as UMass alumni addressed the challenges and opportunities that face public historians in the twenty-first century.
Nina Simon, consultant and founder, Museums 2.0, in conversation with David Glassberg, Professor of History, UMass AmherstRolf Diamant, Superintendent, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park, in conversation with Cathy Stanton, Adjunct Research Associate, UMass AmherstLiz Sevcenko, Director of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, in conversation with Max Page, Professor of Art and History, UMass AmherstChris Wilson, Professor of Cultural Landscape Studies, Founding Director, Historic Preservation and Regionalism Program, University of New Mexico, in conversation with Max Page, Professor of Art and History, UMass AmherstGraciela Sanchez, director, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, San Antonio, Texas, in conversation with historian and film maker, Joyce FolletReception and exhibit opening, "Come to Our Table: 25 Years of Research and Community Engagement at the University of Massachusetts Amherst"
Steven High, Research Professor and Director, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, Concordia University, Montreal, with Jon Olsen, Assistant Professor of History, UMass AmherstSteven Lubar, Professor of History and Director, John Nicolas Brown Center for the Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Brown University, in conversation with Marla Miller, Professor of History, UMass AmherstAlice Greenwald, Executive Vice President for Programs, National September 11 Memorial Museum, Director of Museum, in conversation with James Young, Director, UMass Amherst Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory StudiesAlumni Snapshots from the Field with J. Michael Moore and eight other UMass Amherst Public History Program alumniConcluding remarks from Patricia West, Curator, Martin Van Buren National Historic Park
Welcome to everyone attending our Public History 2036 conference September 23-24 here at UMass! If you would like to download an updated schedule of events and talks, please click here. We’ll be posting photos as well as audio and video clips here after the conference is over. Enjoy!
