by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 19, 2023 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, History Studio, News, Publick Occurences
Friday, December 1, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. A History Studio featuring Bob Ainsworth, historical fiction author St. Patrick’s Day, 1990. Two men dressed as Boston cops entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, stayed for about 90 minutes, and left with 13 pieces of...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 19, 2023 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences
Friday, December 8, 2023, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Commons featuring Ron Polito (UMass Boston) and Martha Mahard (Simmons University) They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if it has no date, place, or known face? Panelists Martha Mahard...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 16, 2023 | Conversations on the Commons Archive
Friday, November 17, 2023, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Commons featuring Joanne Riley (UMass Boston) and Jane Stimpson (Massachusetts Library System) Heads-up – here comes Artificial Intelligence! How can generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Bard, Poe,...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 20, 2023 | Conversations on the Commons Archive
Friday, October 20, 2023, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Commons featuring Ken Turino (Historic New England) and Joan Ilacqua (The History Project) Too often, we schedule programs to check off boxes. Instead, diversity and inclusion should inform all of our...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 25, 2023 | Conversations on the Commons (event), Conversations on the Commons Archive, Publick Occurences
Friday, September 29, 2023, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A conversation with Mark Romboli, retired financial executive and non-profit financial guru, moderated by Mass History Alliance board member Pleun Bouricius. Treasurer is the hardest board position to fill for small...
by Rachel Hoyle | Mar 15, 2023 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Video
Researching Enslavement in Massachusetts March 24, 2023, 12:00-1:30 p.m. A conversation with Jane Sciacca of the Wayland Historical Society and Emma Winter Zeig of Historic Northampton, moderated by Gloria Greis, Executive Director of the Needham History Center &...