Historical Urgency
Joint 2024 NCPH-Utah Division of State History/Utah Historical Society Annual Meeting
Salt Lake City, Utah
April 10-13, 2024
The skills of historians are essential to the fabric of our society—never more so than in periods of extreme political and cultural polarization—and yet historical perspectives, tools, and history workers themselves are increasingly under threat. It is impossible not to feel a sense of urgency in the work we do, and yet urgency seems at odds with the often slow, deliberate work of public historians to build trust and lasting relationships with the communities we serve.
The 2024 Annual Meeting explores the idea of Historical Urgency. What constitutes an urgent historical need? What is the difference between historical urgency and a historical emergency? How have people in the past responded to urgent matters, and what can we learn from them? How do we prioritize our work when everything we do feels urgently pressing?
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