Diana Becerra to give keynote of Mass History Conference
MHA Publick Occurrences -- January 26, 2020
16th Mass History Conference Announces Keynote Speaker
The Massachusetts History Alliance is pleased to announce that Diana Carolina Sierra Becerra will give the keynote address at the 16th Annual Mass History Conference on June 1, 2020. The conference will be held at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA.
Dr. Becerra is a public historian who specializes in shared history and collective memory. She has collaborated with Salvadoran and U.S. museums and art galleries as well as global networks of historic sites.
Currently a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer in History and Latin American and Latina/o Studies at Smith College in Northampton, Becerra’s ongoing project is “Putting History in Domestic Workers’ Hands,” in collaboration with colleagues at Smith College and the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA). In Fall 2020, she will begin a position as assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Dr. Becerra, who earned her PhD in History and Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan, will speak to the theme of the 16th Mass History Conference, “History: a Massachusetts Community Activity,” and help to contextualize the challenges public historians face in inviting community members to become authorities on their own history.
Save the date: Plan to join us on June 1st to network, listen, and learn with 200 colleagues from all across Massachusetts for the 16th Annual MA History Conference, held at Holy Cross in Worcester.
The 2020 Massachusetts History Conference is hosted by the Massachusetts History Alliance and supported by Mass Humanities and The State Historical Records Advisory Board as lead sponsors.