The AskHistorians 2021 Digital Conference Is Here! Premiering Day One Panels for 10/19 AMAs!

by Georgy_K_Zhukov

Hello everyone!

Tomorrow officially kicks off Day One of the AskHistorians 2021 Digital Conference! We have an amazing slate of content lined up over the next three days, and we want to make sure everyone gets to experience it all. With that in mind, we're rolling out the panel videos for Day One this evening. Each panel offers in exciting look at history, and will be accompanied by a live AMA right here on AskHistorians tomorrow. Be sure not to miss them at the noted time!

AskHistorians 2021 Digital Conference Chair's Welcome and Land Acknowledgement

1 PM ET: The Lie Became the Truth: Locating Trans Narratives in Queer History!

3 PM ET: Racism Is So Universal, It's Become Normal: Race, Representation, and Accuracy in Works of Popular Media!

7 PM ET: Players Gonna Play, Play, Play, Play, Play: History in Games, Games in History!

In addition, it isn't too late to register for our keynote address, "Ned Christie and the Consequences of Fake News" by Dr. Devon Mihesuah of the University of Kansas, which is live at 11 AM ET.

Abrytan

Having had advance viewing of the games panel as part of the production team I can assure you that it's a really fascinating watch! I'm really looking forward to watching the other two as well!

beyondthesprawl

I would just like to express my appreciation for having full subtitles for the panels! That must have taken a lot of effort and helps immensely in understanding what can sometimes be muffled webcam audio.

And of course, a huge thank you to all the organisers, the speakers, and the wonderful AskHistorians community and large for making this conference possible! As a layman with no formal history training, I appreciate the effort made to make historical research accessible to the rest of us, and I look forward to the coming panels and keynote!

Average_Amy

Really interesting subjects. Can't wait for the rest! I was wondering if the keynote address will also be made available for viewing after its live transmission? 11 AM ET is the middle of the night where I am.

mikitacurve

Awesome! Even from just the first few minutes of each, I can tell these are really well put together, and I'm looking forward to hearing everybody expand on them tomorrow.

dhowlett1692

I did some of the prep work with the speakers on 2 of these panels and was blown away by the abstracts they submitted and the check in about how close their papers stayed to the submission. A lot of incredible history happening here and I finally get to see the full length discussions! This will be a fantastic week!!

Gankom

The good times begin!