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April 18, 2011

Conference on Massachusetts history

Off the Record: Telling Lives of People Hidden in Plain Sight
A Conference for Massachusetts History Organizations

Presented by Mass Humanities, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the University of Massachusetts Amherst Program in Public History, the Joseph P. Healey Library and the Public History Track at the University of Massachusetts Boston

 

Monday, June 6, 2011
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Hogan Campus Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester

 

The 2011 Massachusetts history conference takes as its theme historical programming (exhibits, tours, talks, websites, etc.) featuring people who are not usually present in the collections of local history organizations: slaves, free Blacks, Native Americans, women (and men) who did not toe the line in some way, itinerants, recent immigrants, the poor, disabled, and ill.

This year's conference features a keynote address by Dr. Elise Lemire of SUNY Purchase on "Rack Rocus: Bringing Northern Slavery into View".

For further details and registration information, see the conference page on the Mass Humanities website.

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