NCPH 2008 Annual Meeting - Register Now!

Dear NCPH Member-

I hope you have been thinking about Louisville next spring, where we have a terrific 2008 Annual Meeting planned.  While we finish pulling together details for the print Program, which should be in the mail to members in January—I wanted you to know that early preregistration is now open at www.ncph.org <http://www.ncph.org/> .
 
A brief “Schedule at a Glance” is already available on the web.  There are some tours with limited space, so please be sure to have an early look at the tours and other special events.
 
You might also want to reserve a hotel room soon. “Thunder over Louisville,” the kickoff event of the Kentucky Derby, takes place the Saturday of our conference, so hotel space will be filling quickly.
 
 
Highlights of the 2008 Meeting

Opening Public Plenary at the Louisville Free Public Library
We will be taking public history public with a presentation by Andrew Ferguson, author of Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe’s America

Keynote Address
Ed Linenthal, Editor of the Journal of American History and Professor of History at Indiana University will speak on, “Healing Wounds, Opening Wounds: the Burdens of Remembrance.”
 
There are More than 40 sessions, including
Interpreting Environmental History
Archival Heritage, Community Identity, and Political Process
Historians and the Media
           Globalizing Museums and Public History
           Heritage Tourism’s Impact on Community History
           Clarian Health Partners Uses History to Address Vital Strategic Issues in a Turbulent Marketplace
           Moving Audiences outside their Own Experiences
           O To Zotero, Let's Go: An Introduction to a New Open-Source Historical Research Tool
 
Workshops
Digitizing History – a two-day workshop on creating historical content for the web, using XML, and working with web designers and technologists                   
Measuring Performance – a one-day workshop on practical ways in which public history professionals can integrate performance measures to enhance all aspects of organizational effectiveness
Job Hunting: Improve Your Skills – a half-day workshop on improving your chances and emphasizing the essentials when looking for your first position or seeking to advance your career
Walk this Way to a Career in Public History – a walking tour to three museums to meet with practicing public historians in their work settings

Field Trips
Sporting History of Louisville
Cave Hill Cemetery
Remembering Slavery and the Underground Railroad
Connecting with Community through Archaeology, Architecture, and History
Locust Grove & Revolutionary War Reenactment
           Heaven Hill Distilleries & Bourbon Tasting

Other Special Events
           Graduate Student Reception at The Filson Historical Society
          Opening Reception
           First-time Attendee & New Member Breakfast
           Consultant Breakfast
           Endowment Fundraiser at historic Farmington
           Public History Educator Breakfast
Capstone Plenary Breakfast

Presidential Address and Awards Luncheon
President Bill Bryans, Oklahoma State University, will speak on ” A Tale of Two Bills: Racism, Anti-Semitism, and the Sensibilities of a Public Historian”
 
Saturday Dinner
Robert Sutton, the new Chief Historian of the National Park Service, will speak about interpreting the Civil War
 
Capstone Plenary: “What do Public Histories of Union and Disunion offer Twenty-first Century America?”  
          Rose Diaz, University of New Mexico
Calinda Lee, Loyola University Chicago
Ed Linenthal, Indiana University Bloomington
Bob Weible, The State Museum of Pennsylvania
 
 
We look forward to welcoming you to the 30th annual meeting of NCPH.