PUBLICK OCCURRENCES — May 14, 2021
Check out the Mass History Conference Program – At A Glance. This pocket program shows session dates and times in one helpful chart. Quickly double-check which sessions you’ll be attending, plan ahead for snack breaks and coffee runs, or mark your calendars for the Cafes and Classes that are scheduled later in June!
Day |
Time |
Session |
| Monday, June 7 | 11:00am – 6:00pm | Mass History Commons Exhibitor Hall |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Community-Driven Exhibit Planning | |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Researching and Reckoning with Massachusetts’ Complicity in and Resistance to Slavery | |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Supporting and Sustaining Volunteers: From Archival Projects to Institutional Programming | |
| 12:15pm – 1:00pm | Coffee Hour | |
| 1:00 pm – 2:15pm | Welcome and Keynote Address – Dr. Diana Becerra | |
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | Finding Community Through History | |
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | Curating Marginalized Heritage | |
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | Engaging Community, Building Digital Collections: An Introduction to RoPA (the Roadmap for Participatory Archiving) | |
| 3:45pm – 4:45pm | Unceasing Access: Research and Collection Development During Covid-19 | |
| 3:45pm – 4:45pm | Museum Education: How to Start (If your organization is small), How to Grow (If your program already exists), and Lessons Learned | |
| 3:45pm – 4:45pm | Indigenous Communities and Historical Institutions: Beginning Conversations, Building Relationships | |
| 5:00pm – 6:00pm | Happy Hour and Awards | |
| Friday, June 11 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm | Cafe on the Commons: Teaching History |
| Tuesday, June 15 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Class on the Commons: Mass Humanities Grants, Workshops, and Resources for Small History Organizations |
| Friday, June 18 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm | Cafe on the Commons: Working with History |
| Tuesday, June 22 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Class on the Commons: Taking STEPS Together |
| Friday, June 25 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm | Cafe on the Commons: Preserving History |
| Tuesday, June 29 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Class on the Commons: Managing Preservation and Access to Public Records with SHRAB |
And if you haven’t already done so, be sure to register for the conference today!