Welcome back to Day 2 of the conference!
We hope that you enjoyed Day 1’s offerings – you can still catch up on any panels you missed via our YouTube channel, while the questions and answers in the AMA threads (here and here) make for fascinating reading. We also hope to release the recording of Professor Alex Wellerstein’s (u/restricteddata) amazing keynote address soon – watch this space!
Today, there’s going to be even more to see – we have three full panels to watch, with AMAs for each going live over the course of the day, as well as two networking sessions aimed at people working in or interested in the heritage sector – galleries, libraries, archives and museums. We'll also be recording our first Roundtable discussion on 'Making History in 2020: Contemporary Issues in Historical Practice', which we'll later be releasing publicly via YouTube and our podcast, so stay tuned.
This thread contains an overview of today’s events, with direct links added as soon as they go live, as well as an explanation of how to get involved across all the conference channels. If you have any questions, leave them below and we’ll address them as soon as possible!
Networking (8:00 am, ET): Session on GLAM I
Panel 3 AMA (10:00 am, ET): Pick Your Poison: Climate, Disease, and Human Disaster from the Middle Ages to Today
Panel 4 AMA (2:00 pm, ET): Sinners, Saints, and Spies: Historical Women and Cultural Propaganda
Panel 5 AMA (4:00 pm, ET): Power and Projections of Trauma in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Networking (8:00 pm, ET): Session on GLAM II
Watch talks: The main body of the conference is made up of eight panels of 3-4 speakers, which have all been recorded in advance. Each speaker gets 10 minutes to discuss their own research, followed by a group discussion led by an expert moderator. Today’s panels have already been released via our YouTube channel – these recordings will be available indefinitely, so you’ll always be able to catch up on anything you missed.
Ask questions: Each panel will have its own AMA-style thread where you can ask the speakers and moderators anything you’d like to about their work. These will go live according to the schedule above, and will continue as long as the participants feel like answering more questions!
Attend live events: Throughout the conference, we’ll also be hosting live networking sessions for participants and audience members to attend. Anyone is welcome to sign up for whichever event they wish – the full list can be found [here]. Today’s sessions are focused on Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums – GLAM! – aimed at anyone working or interested in these sectors. Whether you've just visited the Smithsonian or you run it, you're welcome to drop by!
Be part of the conversation: We’ll be treating these daily conference megathreads like our Friday Free-For-Alls – you’re welcome to use them to discuss the conference, leave questions or comments or chat informally about the day’s papers, though keep in mind that our rules about civility are still very much in force. You can also follow updates on Twitter via @askhistorians and #AskHistorians2020. Finally – if you can stomach it! – you can even leave comments on YouTube.
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If you’re interested in the background, rationale and other details of the conference – as well as comprehensive information about the participants, papers and panels – please check out our conference programme, designed by the immensely talented u/Soviet_Ghosts. Otherwise, feel free to start diving into today’s offerings!
The Power and Projects of Trauma is so far the one I watched and has been super interesting. I'm so stoked to watch the other two today!
Wait, this sub has a YouTube channel and holds conferences?
Aw mate, that’s awesome!!
The line up for day 2 looks awesome, can't wait to line up all the videos.
I'd just like to thank the guy who took a look at the whiteboard function yesterday, said "I have no idea what this does", and drew a smiley face. Whoever you are, you made my day.
Thank you.
The first GLAM networking session was amazing, the organizers picked the perfect platform for it. I hope to see you all at the second session later today!
Due to time constraints I could only attend the nuclear talk halfway through and it's not posted on YouTube channel. Please post it too.
Can't wait for the climate/disease AMA!!