Past Events
November 7, 2019
Amber Wiley (Rutgers University) will discuss recent case studies of national and local landmark designation that have challenged the notion of “standards” in relation to...
October 29, 2019
Between 1969 and 1974, the spectacular activism of the Young Lords Party (YLP) in New York drew international attention to campaigns for social justice that Puerto Ricans and...
November 11, 2021
Read Stephen Vider’s interview with Lori Grinker here On the morning of September 11, 2001, photographer Lori Grinker left her apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and, on...
November 4, 2021
From 2005-2009 the National Museum of American History embarked on one of its most ambitious collecting projects focused on documenting experiences around the Bracero Program, the...
October 25, 2021
History is often seen as a tool of the victors Yet, activists have more recently used the discursive and public nature of history to transform conventional thought and bring...
October 14, 2021
Denise N Green will present on film star, fashion innovator, and businesswoman Irene Castle in this lecture organized by the Wharton Studio Museum and co-sponsored by the PHI and...
October 21, 2021
Co-sponsored by the Public History Initiative Join Preservation Buffalo Niagara (PBN) and local queer historian and Cornell graduate student Dr Jeff Iovannone as we explore...
