cosponsored by the Indiana University Department of History, the Indiana Magazine of History and the
IU "Landscape as Object" Study Group

 

Preview the Conference Program

 

"Historians in Public: Sources, Interpretations, Audiences"

As professional historians we try to understand the relation of individuals to a larger public sphere: whether at the level of family, community, region, or nation. Yet how often do we consider how our own practice fits within those larger contexts? How widely do we cast for our sources, how do our interpretations of those sources reflect or alter the circumstances in which we work, how "public" an audience do we really seek for our ideas? Join us as we consider these questions and more at the 2007 IAH conference.

The Keynote Speaker and Paul V. McNutt Lecturer will be Dwight Pitcaithley (Associate Professor of History at New Mexico State University and former Chief Historian with the National Park Service):

"Why Aren't We All Public Historians?"