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Continuity and Change:
Building a National Identity Missouri History Museum - Forest Park, St. louis
September 29-30, 2006
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Conference Description
Major Speakers
Dr. Robert Archibald has served as President and CEO of the Missouri Historical Society since 1988. A noted lecturer and speaker, he is the author of The New Town Square: Museums and Communities in Transition, published in May 2004, and APlace to Remember: Using History to Build Community. Both volumes explore the notion of place consciousness as central to community and hence democracy.
He currently is a member of the St. Louis Board of Education and was a leader in the city government charter reform efforts. In November 2004, Dr. Archibald was presented with the St. Louis Award, the city's most prestigious award, conferred annually for outstanding service to the community. In October 2004, Dr. Archibald was honored with the Governor's Humanities Award for Public Involvement.
In January 2004, the Missouri Historical Society, under Dr. Archibald's leadership, premiered Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibitionat the Missouri History Museum. This exhibition, which has traveled to Philadelphia, Denver, and Portland, will close at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. in 2006.
Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, Dr. West teaches and writes on the history of the American West and frontier and on American environmental history.
A native Texan, he received his doctorate from the University of Colorado. He has written five books and co- authored a sixth. The Contested Plains(University Press of Kansas, 1998) was a main selection of the History Book Club and received several national awards, including the Francis Parkman Prize as the year's outstanding book in American history. He has written as well on western saloons, Native Americans on the Great Plains, and children's lives on the frontier.
He has twice received the University of Arkansas' award as teacher of the year and in 1995 was named his state's professor of the year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is past president of the Western History Association.
Full Program
In addition to the feature speakers noted above, the conference offers a number of breakout sessions and additional speakers. Please review the conference program for a comprehensive outline of the conference events.
- Two general sessions with featured speakers: Dr. Elliott West, University of Arkansas, specialist in Western history, and Dr. Robert Archibald, President of the Missouri Historical Society
- Selection of 12 breakout sessions featuring historians and teacher leaders providing tested strategies for teaching history to pre-collegiate students
- Three special guided theme tours of exhibits at the Missouri History Museum
- Opportunity to interact with company representatives and view educational materials
- Welcome Cocktail Reception Friday night
- Conference Banquet in the Grand Hall of the Missouri History Museum
- Continental Breakfast Saturday morning
- Door prizes and other amenities
- Handouts, ideas, lesson plans, and history curricula from session speakers
- Tours of historic sites in the St. Louis area (for an additional small fee)
Major Speakers
Dr. Robert Archibald has served as President and CEO of the Missouri Historical Society since 1988. A noted lecturer and speaker, he is the author of The New Town Square: Museums and Communities in Transition, published in May 2004, and APlace to Remember: Using History to Build Community. Both volumes explore the notion of place consciousness as central to community and hence democracy.
He currently is a member of the St. Louis Board of Education and was a leader in the city government charter reform efforts. In November 2004, Dr. Archibald was presented with the St. Louis Award, the city's most prestigious award, conferred annually for outstanding service to the community. In October 2004, Dr. Archibald was honored with the Governor's Humanities Award for Public Involvement.
In January 2004, the Missouri Historical Society, under Dr. Archibald's leadership, premiered Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibitionat the Missouri History Museum. This exhibition, which has traveled to Philadelphia, Denver, and Portland, will close at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. in 2006.
Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, Dr. West teaches and writes on the history of the American West and frontier and on American environmental history.
A native Texan, he received his doctorate from the University of Colorado. He has written five books and co- authored a sixth. The Contested Plains(University Press of Kansas, 1998) was a main selection of the History Book Club and received several national awards, including the Francis Parkman Prize as the year's outstanding book in American history. He has written as well on western saloons, Native Americans on the Great Plains, and children's lives on the frontier.
He has twice received the University of Arkansas' award as teacher of the year and in 1995 was named his state's professor of the year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is past president of the Western History Association.
Full Program
In addition to the feature speakers noted above, the conference offers a number of breakout sessions and additional speakers. Please review the conference program for a comprehensive outline of the conference events.
