Events
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Conversations on the Commons: Community History
Online MA, United StatesWhat is Community History? What formats does it take? What is the difference between local history and community history? How can we embrace both? how does it ask historical organizations to change their understanding of history? What are the challenges and rewards? Has your organization participated in projects that gather and share history from the local community? Are you interested in doing so? Join us for a conversation on the necessity, joys, and rewards of engaging with community members in doing history.
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Conversations on the Commons: Working with the Digital Commonwealth
Online MA, United StatesSharing Your Stuff: Working with the Digital Commonwealth February 18, 2022, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. With Jake Sadow, Statewide Digitization Project Archivist at Boston Public Library, and Betsy McKee, Secretary […]
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Conversations on the Commons: The Community Preservation Act
Online MA, United StatesThe Community Preservation Act: In Your Backyard March 4, 2022, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. With Massachusetts History Alliance Advocacy Committee Chase Mack, Communications Director, Community Preservation Coalition Jason Molina, Chair […]
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Conversations on the Commons: Filmmakers and Historical Organizations
Online MA, United StatesFilmmakers and Historical Organizations March 18, 2022, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. We're taking public history to the silver screen in the next Conversation on the Commons! In our latest topic, […]
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Conversations on the Commons: 250th Anniversary of the American Revolutionary War
Online MA, United StatesCasting A Broader Net: Telling New Stories for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolutionary War April 8, 2022, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A Conversation with Patrice Todisco, Executive Director […]
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Conversations on the Commons: Be an AASLH History Leader
Online MA, United StatesJoin the American Association for State and Local History awards representatives to learn more about this opportunity for recognition.
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Conversations on the Commons: Blogging History
Online MA, United StatesHistorical organizations are sitting on that rare and valuable beastie on the internet: interesting content. This makes blogging an attractive option for sharing local history, what you have, and issues concerning history and society.
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Conversations on the Commons: Neutrality and Engagement for Historical Organizations
Online MA, United StatesMuseum people are talking a lot about whether their organizations should be politically, “neutral” in their presentation and interpretation of history. But what is neutrality?
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History Studio: Exploring Women’s History Through Folksongs
Online MA, United StatesPassed down for generations, folk songs provide insights into the lives of ordinary people in centuries past. Diane mines these traditional songs for clues to the inner lives of people in Europe and America from about 1500 to 1850, especially women. Women left few written records, but we can learn much about them through the music that they used to speed their work, lift their spirits, or ease an aching heart.
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Conversations on the Commons: Yoga in the Museum
Online MA, United StatesJoin us for a conversation about how history organizations can broaden their base of support through programming that moves well beyond the traditional tours and exhibits.
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History Studio: Ten Footer Shoe Shops
Online MA, United StatesBootmaker and Artist Sarah Madeleine T. Guerin presents her work as an artisanal Keeper of Tradition in Massachusetts and a working artist. With a thorough knowledge of traditional Western bootmaking, Sarah researches and analyses the connections between evolving methods of footwear making craft of the 1800s in Massachusetts - with an architectural focus on vernacular Ten Footer Shoe Shops - to the stability of a contemporary art practice heavily based in handmade footwear techniques and skills.
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History Studio: Screening and discussion of ‘Contradictory Place’
Online MA, United StatesJoin us for a group screening and discussion of 'Contradictory Place': Cotton Mills Alongside Anti-Slavery Efforts in Lowell Massachusetts.