Call for Proposals - NCPH Annual Meeting
“Knowing your Public(s)—The Significance of Audiences in Public History”2013 Annual Meeting, National Council on Public History
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 17-20, 2013
In 2013 the National Council on Public History will meet at the Delta
Ottawa City Centre, in the heart of downtown Ottawa, Canada, with Canada’s
Parliament buildings, historic ByWard market, national museums and historic
sites, river trails, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Rideau Canal,
and numerous cafes and restaurants within easy walking distance. The
program committee invites panel, roundtable, workshop, working group, and
individual paper proposals for the conference. The Call for Poster sessions
will be issued in fall 2012.
As Canada’s capital, Ottawa is the national centre of the museum, archival
and heritage community, and its historical and cultural attractions draw 5
million national and international tourists annually. Ottawa’s two
universities have strong connections to public and applied history. The
federal government employs many history practitioners and creates a market
for private consultants. With so many diverse fields of Public History
theory and practice represented, Ottawa is an ideal place to consider
issues and ideas associated with the theme of “Knowing your Public(s)—The
Significance of Audiences in Public History.”
These could include:
• the changing nature of the public and the evolution of the discipline
over the last forty years;
• how the public and Public Historians influence each other in the
production of history;
• the effects of changing approaches to public participation, reciprocity,
and authority on Public History theory and practice; • the impact of
digital media on expanding or excluding public engagement;
• generational differences including Public History for the millennial
generation;
• intersections between Public History practised at universities and in the
broader community;
• issues related to working with ‘closed’ audiences in fields such as
litigation, or government-directed, research;
• access to and use of grey literature
• the increasing need for audience relevance in times of economic
recession;
• and diverse cultural and multi-national approaches to commemorating
events such as the bi-centennial of the War of 1812 or the 60th anniversary
of the armistice of the Korean War.
We welcome submissions from all areas of the field, including teaching,
museums, archives, heritage management, tourism, consulting,
litigation-based research, and public service. Proposals may address any
area of Public History, but we especially welcome submissions which relate
to our theme. Case studies should evoke broader questions about practice in
the field. The program committee prefers complete session proposals but
will endeavor to construct sessions from proposals for individual
presentations. Sessions are 1.5 hours (working groups may be longer);
significant time for audience discussion should be included in every
session.
The committee encourages a wide variety of forms of conversation, such as
working groups, roundtables, panel sessions, and professional development
workshops, and urges participants to dispense with the reading of papers.
Participants may be members of only one panel, but may also engage in
working groups, introducing sessions and leading discussions.
See the NCPH website at www.ncph.org for details about submitting your
proposal and be sure to peruse past NCPH programs for ideas about new
session/event formats.
Proposals are due by July 15, 2012.
All presenters and other participants are expected to register for the
annual meeting. If you have questions, please contact the program committee
co-chairs or the NCPH program director.
2013 Program Committee Co-Chairs
Michelle A. Hamilton
Director of Public History
Department of History
Western University Canada
mhamilt3@uwo.ca
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 17-20, 2013
In 2013 the National Council on Public History will meet at the Delta
Ottawa City Centre, in the heart of downtown Ottawa, Canada, with Canada’s
Parliament buildings, historic ByWard market, national museums and historic
sites, river trails, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Rideau Canal,
and numerous cafes and restaurants within easy walking distance. The
program committee invites panel, roundtable, workshop, working group, and
individual paper proposals for the conference. The Call for Poster sessions
will be issued in fall 2012.
As Canada’s capital, Ottawa is the national centre of the museum, archival
and heritage community, and its historical and cultural attractions draw 5
million national and international tourists annually. Ottawa’s two
universities have strong connections to public and applied history. The
federal government employs many history practitioners and creates a market
for private consultants. With so many diverse fields of Public History
theory and practice represented, Ottawa is an ideal place to consider
issues and ideas associated with the theme of “Knowing your Public(s)—The
Significance of Audiences in Public History.”
These could include:
• the changing nature of the public and the evolution of the discipline
over the last forty years;
• how the public and Public Historians influence each other in the
production of history;
• the effects of changing approaches to public participation, reciprocity,
and authority on Public History theory and practice; • the impact of
digital media on expanding or excluding public engagement;
• generational differences including Public History for the millennial
generation;
• intersections between Public History practised at universities and in the
broader community;
• issues related to working with ‘closed’ audiences in fields such as
litigation, or government-directed, research;
• access to and use of grey literature
• the increasing need for audience relevance in times of economic
recession;
• and diverse cultural and multi-national approaches to commemorating
events such as the bi-centennial of the War of 1812 or the 60th anniversary
of the armistice of the Korean War.
We welcome submissions from all areas of the field, including teaching,
museums, archives, heritage management, tourism, consulting,
litigation-based research, and public service. Proposals may address any
area of Public History, but we especially welcome submissions which relate
to our theme. Case studies should evoke broader questions about practice in
the field. The program committee prefers complete session proposals but
will endeavor to construct sessions from proposals for individual
presentations. Sessions are 1.5 hours (working groups may be longer);
significant time for audience discussion should be included in every
session.
The committee encourages a wide variety of forms of conversation, such as
working groups, roundtables, panel sessions, and professional development
workshops, and urges participants to dispense with the reading of papers.
Participants may be members of only one panel, but may also engage in
working groups, introducing sessions and leading discussions.
See the NCPH website at www.ncph.org for details about submitting your
proposal and be sure to peruse past NCPH programs for ideas about new
session/event formats.
Proposals are due by July 15, 2012.
All presenters and other participants are expected to register for the
annual meeting. If you have questions, please contact the program committee
co-chairs or the NCPH program director.
2013 Program Committee Co-Chairs
Michelle A. Hamilton
Director of Public History
Department of History
Western University Canada
mhamilt3@uwo.ca
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