The Call for Proposals for the Archives Association of Ontario (AAO) 2021 conference is out. This year's theme is "Doing the Work: From Colonial Pasts to Inclusive Futures" and the CFP is open to submissions of both in-person and virtual presentations. A huge thank you to the wonderful folks who have agreed to sit on … Continue reading Doing The Work: From Colonial Pasts to Inclusive Futures
For the second year in a row I will be working with Nicole Belolan and Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan to edit an archives month series for the History@Work blog. It was wonderful working with Nicole and Kristin on the 2019 archives series and I'm looking forward to seeing how the series develops this year. This year's series will … Continue reading Archives Month Series
Active History is organizing a 2020 theme week around material culture. Modeled after the 2019 Museum Theme Week (http://activehistory.ca/museum-theme-week/) this series aims to expand the conversation about material culture and highlight the work of those studying the materiality of the past. We welcome contributions from academics, public historians, museum professionals, makers, community practitioners, and anyone … Continue reading Material Culture Theme Week
In today's episode I'm talking about the work that goes into writing conference presentation proposals and journal article proposals. I dive into my experiences writing proposals and talk about best practices. Mentioned in this episode: -Jo Van Every, Why Writing an abstract is so hard-Catherine Baker, How To Write A Conference Abstract: A Five Part … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents Podcast EP 58: The Abstract Writing Slog
Last year the National Council on Public History introduced the idea of topic proposals for its annual meetings. Topic Proposals allow individuals interested in submitting sessions to the conference to receive feedback on their ideas, recruit other panelists, and further develop their ideas with community input, prior to submitting their final proposals to the conference … Continue reading 2016 NCPH/SHFG Joint Conference Topic Proposals
My earlier lament about the state of the Canadian public history community needs an update. Some great news for public history in Canada was announced yesterday. The National Council on Public History is coming to Canada in 2013. The annual NCPH conference will be held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 17-20, 2013. The call for … Continue reading Canadian Public History