[BCMA] National Council on Public History Annual Meeting Call for Papers

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

In 2013 the National Council on Public History will return to Canada for 
its annual meeting.

The NCPH advances the field of public history, promoting professionalism 
among history practitioners and encouraging their engagement with the 
public. We are a membership association of consultants, museum 
professionals, government historians, professors and students, 
archivists, teachers, cultural resource managers, curators, film and 
media producers, historical interpreters, policy advisers, and many others.

Our annual meeting will be held in Ottawa in April of 2013. We encourage 
a wide variety of proposal submissions, and for any interested 
individuals to join us at the conference. Proposals are due July 15 of 
2012.

Please see our website www.ncph.org <http://www.ncph.org/> or the Call 
for Papers below for more details.

I hope that you will forward this email on to your membership.

Best,

Michelle

/Michelle A. Hamilton, PhD
Assistant Professor & Director of Public History
Collections Manager, UWO Medical Artifact Collection
www.history.uwo.ca/gradstudies/publichistory/index.html
www.medicalhistory.uwo.ca/


Call for Proposals
"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                               Jean-Pierre Morin
Director of Public History                        Treaty Historian
The University of Western Ontario           Aboriginal Affairs and 
Northern Development Canada
mhamilt3 at uwo.ca JeanPierre.Morin at aadnc-aandc.gc.ca

*NCPH Program Director *
Carrie Dowdy
dowdyc at iupui.edu


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