2023 Upcoming Events
2023-2024 New York Archives Magazine Speaker Series
REGISTRATION IS FREE!
Tune in at 12:30 p.m. every month from now through June 2024 for an online discussion of history-themed topics. Registrants will receive a Zoom meeting link and password 24 hours before the event.
FEATURED EVENT
Empire State Archives & History Award Program - tickets now on sale!
November 8, 2023 - Albany, NY / Virtual
2023 Empire State Archives & History Award Honoree Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer. The author of the New York Times bestsellers And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle, His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, Franklin and Winston, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, and The Soul of America, Meacham holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Chair in the American Presidency and is a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. A fellow of the Society of American Historians, he lives with his family in Nashville.
Association of Public Historians of New York State 2023 Annual Conference
September 18 - 20 - Ithaca, NY
2023 Theme: "Home, Sweet Home"
Named after the island home of Homer’s King Odysseus, Ithaca sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake and is the seat of Tompkins County in the Finger Lakes region of Central New York. As we gather in Ithaca this fall, we consider the pull that the city’s mythological eponym had on its homesick hero and invite you to explore our theme— “Home, Sweet Home”—and its various implications.
How have people connected with the places they call home, whether their birthplace, adopted community, or ancestral origins? How have geographies and landscapes influenced people’s social, cultural, and economic experiences, whether in urban, suburban, or rural homes? How have people used the land they call home? How have people’s homes been a point of pride? How have people defined or redefined their homes? Their families? How have home spaces reflected safety and protection, or threat and vulnerability? What disruptions to homelife—war, captivity, enslavement, migration, natural disasters—have people faced? What have been the experiences of those without homes, those displaced from their homes, or those who lived in places they might not have considered home?
At this year’s conference, we invite New York’s public historians to explore these and other questions relating to the concept of home and its influence on the lives of people throughout our state’s history.
NOTE: Don't miss the panel discussion on Civics Readiness, Consider the Source, and History Day!
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference Fall 2023
October 19-21 - Saratoga Springs, NY
Join MARAC to explore the theme “Navigating the Turn: Re-Appraising the Archival Career.” Our profession seems to be in a season of change, buffeted by the stresses of the pandemic, a new enthusiasm for unions and labor advocacy, and increasing expansion into preservation and management of born-digital collections. The theme is inspired by the Battle of Saratoga, which was a turning point in the Revolutionary War, and horses battling for position on the famed local racetrack. The curative waters of Saratoga Spa can also represent an opportunity for reflection and renewal.
Empire State Archives & History Award Program
November 8, 2023 - Albany, NY / Virtual
2023 Empire State Archives & History Award Honoree Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer. The author of the New York Times bestsellers And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle, His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, Franklin and Winston, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, and The Soul of America, Meacham holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Chair in the American Presidency and is a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. A fellow of the Society of American Historians, he lives with his family in Nashville.
Save the Date: The First Annual New York History Conference
Please save the date for this new annual history conference!
The New York State Museum, New York State Archives, and the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, in collaboration with the Hudson River Valley Institute at Marist College and the Cooperstown Graduate Program at SUNY Oneonta, are excited to announce the first annual New York State History Conference. The goal of the conference is to provide an inclusive and engaging forum in which historians, educators, museum professionals, archivists, and librarians can share research and resources on the practice, research, preservation, and teaching of New York State history.
When: June 20-21, 2024
Where: New York State Cultural Education Center, 222 Madison Avenue, Albany NY 12230
A Call for Proposals will be announced later this summer. If you have any questions please contact statehistory@nysed.gov.
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