This featured speaker is the coauthor of the Pulitzer-Prize winning Gotham: A History of
New York City to 1898. Mike Wallace is Distinguished Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New. York).
‘Featured’
Plenary Podcast “Mike Wallace”
Featured Podcast: “Technology, Web 2.0, and Historic Sites: Strategies for Engagement”
Technology and social networking offer tools with tremendous promise, but how are historic sites making use of those tools? Hear how three sites have developed strategies to engage new audiences and expand their interpretation. Attendees were encouraged to share ideas that have (or have not) worked at their site.
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In the heart of Lincoln country during his bicentennial years, hear from one of the country’s leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture in the Civil War era, Harold Holzer.
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The days of museums as “cabinets of curiosity” are gone. To succeed in our increasingly fast-paced, technology-saturated society, we must embrace new models of operation. Remembering from 2007 that relevance equals the bottom line and from 2008 the power of transformation, we envision becoming centers for ideas and inspiration–cultural entrepreneurs. The 2009 AASLH Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, will explore the place of entrepreneurship within the field–marrying fresh concepts with our mission as stewards of the past.
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