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DAY ONE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21ST, 2016

9:00 AM
Open Breakfast/Coffee

9:30-11:30 AM
The Many Careers of the Historian
Staff from local publishers, institutes, libraries, non-profits, and companies will hold informational interviews and conversations. Business attire is encouraged.
Session 1 (9:30-10:30): Publishing, Journalism, Museums & Archives
Session 2 (10:30-11:30): Non-Profit, Business, Administration, Education

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch Roundtable: AHA-Mellon Career Diversity Initiative Pilot Programs
Representatives from each pilot program will discuss their successes and failures in thinking broadly about their work and careers as historians.

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM Opening Remarks

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Keynote Address
Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History, Harvard University

2:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Panel 1 – Primary Sources for Publics
Moderator: Barbara Rockenbach, Director of Humanities and History, CU Libraries
Ansley Erickson, Assistant Professor of History and Education, Columbia University
Julie Golia, Director of Public History, Brooklyn Historical Society
Kathleen Franz, Curator, Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History
HAPA Fellow: Mary Freeman

4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Panel 2 – History as Entertainment
Moderator: Caroline Marris, History in Action Graduate Coordinator
Simon Schama, Professor of History and Art History, Columbia University
Mellissa Betts, Producer, Who Do You Think You Are
Robert Striem, Location Manager, The Knick
Edda Fields-Black, Associate Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University

5:30 PM – 6:45 PM
Panel 3 – Policy and Politics: Learning from History
Moderator: Premilla Nadasen, Associate Professor, Barnard College
Tatiana Carayannis, Deputy Director of the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum, Social Science Research Council
Sanho Tree, Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies
Taunton Paine, Policy Analyst, National Institutes of Health
HAPA Fellow: Jessica Lee

6:45 PM – 8:00 PM Dinner

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DAY TWO
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22ND, 2016

9:00 AM Breakfast/Coffee

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
AHA&MLA Roundtable Conversation: The High Stakes of the Humanities
Emily Swafford, Programs Manager, American Historical Association
Stacy Hartman, Coordinator, Connected Academics, Modern Language Association
Ben VanWagoner, PhD Candidate in English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
Noah Rosenblum, PhD Candidate in History, Columbia University

11:00 AM – 12:15 AM
Panel 4 – History and Science
Moderator: Deborah Coen, Professor of History, Barnard College
Stuart Firestein, Professor of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
Erika Goldman, Publisher and Editorial Director, Bellevue Literary Press
Merlin Chowkwanyun, Assistant Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Joel Fry, Curator, Bartram’s Garden

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Panel 5 – Pop History
Moderator: Jake Purcell, History in Action Graduate Coordinator
Rebecca Onion, History Writer, Slate
Reyhan Harmanci, Executive Editor, Atlas Obscura
Gaiutra Bahadur, Journalist and Author of Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture
HAPA Fellows: Jake Purcell and Brianna Nofil

3:15 PM – 4:45 PM
Panel 6 – History in and of Communities
Moderator: Zaheer Ali, Oral Historian, Brooklyn Historical Society
Annie Polland, Senior Vice President of Education and Programs, Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Braden Paynter, Program Associate for Methodology and Practice, Sites of Conscience
HAPA Fellow: Scot McFarlane
HAPA Fellow: Maria John, South El Monte Arts Posse

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Closing Remarks

5:00 PM
Closing Reception