I will present this paper paper as part of the Maritime History from below conference at The Huntington, which will be held on Nov. 3-4, 2023. This two-day conference offers new stories of humankind’s relationship to the sea, including the experiences of sailors, transported prisoners, enslaved people, and Indigenous Americans.

Image: Edward Moran, A Valley in the Sea off the Coast of Great Britain. 1862. oil on canvas. 40-1/2 x 64 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Martha Delzell Memorial Fund, 70.5

The Anthropocene Debate and (Post-)Covid-19 Challenges: A Roundtable Discussion

The Covid-19 Oral History Project has partnered with Journal of the Plague Year to make Covid-19 oral histories available to the public. In this workshop, academics and oral historians Kathy Nasstrom, Jason M. Kelly, and Doug Boyd will discuss the process of interpreting and analyzing Covid-19 Oral Histories

“Telling COVID's Stories: Implications for the Field” panel at the Oral History Association.

This presentation examines the networks of knowledge exchange between British and Italian artistic institutions during the 18th century. Using social network analysis, it provides a new framework for understanding the sociocultural milieu of artists and patrons during the age of the Grand Tour.

The Museum of the Anthropocene (MoA) is an experimental and interactive program that creates short-term, interactive, and networked exhibitions in communities around the globe. Bringing together knowledge from across the disciplines, MoA installations explore the ways in which new knowledge emerges when scientists, social scientists, humanists, and artists work together with local communities. This presentation will discuss the theoretical framework for thinking about a museum in the Anthropocene as well as introduce the audience to its current project, The Decomposition Symphony.

This special session will focus on the conceptualization and implementation of water museums across the globe. Presenters will focus on the water museum from its theoretical conceptualization through its implementation. A special focus will be placed on multi-local and international networks and collaborations in both creating and sustaining water museums.

The Accademia Nazionale di San Luca and the British School at Rome (BSR) will host the conference The Roman Art World in the 18th Century and the Birth of the Art Academy in Britain, to be held in Rome between 10 and 11 December 2018. The conference will focus on the role of the Roman pedagogical model in the formation of the British academic art world in the long 18th century.

This presentation will be a hands-on workshop to examine both the ways that the Anthropocene presents new challenges for education and to discuss the tools and techniques for responding to this challenge. This presentation will focus on the importance of open knowledge, open access, “commoning,” and public scholarship in developing new modes of formal and informal education for the Anthropocene.