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Public History in an Age of Anxiety

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2025 Annual Conference of the Centre for Public History

Date(s)
September 9, 2025 - September 11, 2025
Location
Queen's University Belfast
Time
09:00 - 17:00
Price
Conference registration free
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Tuesday 9 - Thursday 11 September 2025, Queen's University Belfast

We live in uncertain times characterised by deep anxiety over issues ranging from geo-political instability and climate catastrophe to the cost of living and intolerance of difference. Work is increasingly precarious and the future of long-standing institutions no longer seems secure.

Keynote Speakers:

Professor Ludmilla Jordanova (Durham University), Keith Jeffery Lecture in Public History

Dr Amy King (Bristol University)

Professor Jasmine Alinder (University of California, Santa Cruz)

This three-day conference will explore the vital role that public history can play in such challenging times, deepening and widening engagement with diverse histories, addressing pressing societal issues and advancing inclusion, well-being and social justice.

The Centre for Public History at Queen’s University Belfast is a leading centre for the study of contested, ‘difficult’ and traumatic public histories. We particularly welcome proposals which address the complexities of doing public history in the context of social, political, economic and other divisions. We are also keen to explore ways in which history is being put to work through collaborative and co-produced research, participatory practice and citizen science to advocate for and communicate authentic, complex and inclusive historical narratives, amplify marginalised voices and unlock the societal benefits of engaging with the past, together. In addressing division and crisis, despair is an all too common response. This conference also invites papers that embrace ‘radical hope’ in order to propose new paths forward.

We welcome proposals from researchers, students and practitioners. Proposals can be for panels, individual 20-minute academic papers, roundtables or a poster and we’re also open to other ideas. Proposals should generally be for in-person attendance to maximise opportunities for presenters to meet and exchange ideas. Digital-only contributions will be considered where this is necessary or optimal, preferably in a format tailored to digital participation. Proposals to deliver a traditional paper remotely will be considered only if the presenter is unable to travel.

Proposals may address (but are not limited to)

  • the challenges and impact of public history
  • new methodologies for exploring the past
  • approaches to difficult pasts
  • engaging divided communities
  • communicating the critical importance of history and historical thinking
  • amplifying the voices of groups whose histories are marginalised or silenced
  • ethics and processes of conducting public histories with vulnerable groups
  • history, heritage and threatened landscapes
  • approaches that engage in ‘radical hope’
Please send proposals along with the name/s and affiliation (if any) and 100-word biography of presenter/s to publichistory@qub.ac.uk by 4 April 2025.
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Department
School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
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All
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Email publichistory@qub.ac.uk
Website https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/CentreforPublicHistory/
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