Forces of Change

Are Museums the Right Home for Confederate Monuments?

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In the wake of the Charlottesville riots, newspapers nationwide have called for the removal of Confederate war monuments from public spaces—and for their “safe housing” in museums and history centers. A roundtable of historians, curators, educators, and architects will moderate a discussion with the AAM community about this complicated proposition.

Learning Objectives:

• Explore how accessioning discredited and/or contested civic monuments may connect or conflict with your institutional mission.
• Gain a richer understanding of museums' potential as agents of civic engagement around the most current and contested issues of conscience in the American public sphere.
• Enhance your ability to participate publicly in current debates about the power of history and memory, and consider museums' roles and responsibilities in those debates.

Moderator(s)

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  Suzanne Seriff

  Department of Anthropology
  University of Texas at Austin

Presenter(s)

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  Benjamin Filene

  Chief Curator
  North Carolina Museum of History
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  Jennifer Scott

  Director
  Jane Addams Hull-House Museum - University of Illinois at Chicago
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  Janeen Bryant

  Consultant
  Facilitate Movement
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  Louis Nelson

  Professor of Architectural History & Vice Provost for Academic Outreach
  University of Virginia