The conference registration fee covers admission to all sessions, breaks, the exhibit room, and the poster session and reception, the public plenary, Digital Project Showcase, Mentoring Network, and other events and entitles each registrant to a conference packet and badge. The special events described below require payment of additional fees. All presenters and conference attendees are expected to register for the conference.
Early registration is available online or by completing the form at the back of the Program. To preregister by mail, submit the form with a check or credit card information, or fax it with credit card information to 317-278-5230. (Visa, MasterCard, or American Express credit cards only. Payments in U.S. dollars, please. Checks should be payable to “NCPH.”)
Early registration (ends March 20, 2009)
Member - $120
Non-Member - $145
Student - $60
Single-Day - $75
NCPH offers package registration options to better accommodate you. These cost-saving options are available only during early registration.
Package #1 – Registration, Awards Luncheon, & Friday Dinner (save $10)
Member - $203
Non-Member - $228
Student - $143
Package #2 – Registration, Awards Luncheon, Friday Dinner, & Capstone Breakfast (save $15)
Member - $219
Non-Member - $244
Student - $159
OnSite Registration
Member - $140
Non-Member - $165
Student - $75
Single-Day - $90
Early registration ends March 20, 2009. Registrations received after this date will require the attendee to re-register onsite at the conference. Each registrant must complete a separate form; registration is not transferable. Onsite registration will take place on the 17th floor of The Biltmore Hotel.
Student registrations must be completed with the name of the student’s institution, department, and advisor.
Cancellations must be in writing or email. Requests postmarked on or before March 20, 2009, will receive a refund (less $20 processing fee) in check form or electronic credit after the conference. Refunds will not be given after March 20.
Special Needs or Assistance. Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the NCPH Executive Offices directly at 317-274-2716 or ncph@iupui.edu should you have special needs or require assistance.
Providence Biltmore Hotel
11 Dorrance Street
Providence, RI 02903
PH: 401-229-2113
FAX: 401-455-3050
Toll Free: 888-238-0990
$155/night; 200 rooms reserved
Built in 1922, the 600-room hotel originally included a drugstore, printing shop, carpentry and upholstery shop, and a photo lab and featured rooftop gardens and chicken coops. Listed as a Historic Hotel of America, the Biltmore is one of the country’s cherished architectural treasures with its rich history and unique V-shaped design. Surviving the 1938 and 1954 hurricane flooding, the Biltmore was restored in the 70s to its original charm. The Biltmore offers spacious rooms, convenient meeting space, wireless internet, fitness and business facilities, and much more.
Hotel reservations must be made by March 2, 2009, to receive the conference rate. Visit the reservation webpage and use group code 1037828. Cancellations must be made 48 hours prior to the scheduled arrival date or a one (1) night stay plus a tax cancellation fee will be billed to the reservation credit card. Make sure to mention you are with the NCPH conference to receive the special conference rate.
Wednesday, April 1
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – NCPH Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, April 2
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Conference Registration
12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Workshop 1: Introducing Undergraduate Students to Public History
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – NCPH Board of Directors Meeting
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. – History of Historic Preservation Walking Field Trip
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Workshop 2: Open Source Brainstorming
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Fox Point Walking Field Trip
12:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Session 1: Working Group: So You’re Teaching in a Public History Program
1:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. – SESSIONS
Session 2: Commemoration—No Easy Task
Session 3: Voices of Innovation, Voices of Change, Voices of Loss
Session 4: Bridging the Moat: A Case Study of a Museum-University Partnership
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – The Steelyard: Living in Mills Walking Field Trip
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. – Session 5: Social Networking (ticket required)
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Workshop 3: Addressing Immigration in your Community
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
2:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – TPH Editorial Board Meeting
3:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. – SESSIONS
Session 6: Working Group: Where is the History in the Historic District?
Session 7: Speed Networking (ticket required)
3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – SESSIONS
Session 8: Remembering Slavery
Session 9: Commemorating Times of Change
Session 10: Community Retrospective, 1968 Riots
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Nominating Committee Meeting
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Mentor/Mentee Meet & Greet
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. – Opening Reception (ticket required)
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Public Plenary
8:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. – Graduate Student Reception (ticket required)
Friday, April 3
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. – Downcity Alive! Walking Field Trip
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. – First-time Attendee and New Member Breakfast (ticket required)
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – Keynote Address
8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Mystic Seaport and the Mashantucket Pequot Museum Field Trip
9:45 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. – Session 11: Working Group: The Interpretation of African American and Enslaved Peoples
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Newport: From Colonial City to Grand Mansions Field Trip
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Finance Committee Meeting
10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. – SESSIONS
Session 12: The Objects of History
Session 13: Embracing Our Subjectivity: Public History as Social Action
Session 14: Reanimating Heritage: Public History and Parliamentary Collection
Session 15: Museum on Main Street
Session 16: Public History in Promotion and Tenure
Session 17: Public History, Community Activism, and Museum-College Partnerships
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Awards and Business Luncheon (ticket required)
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Sakonnet Vineyards: Wine, History, and Agricultural Tourism Field Trip
1:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Curriculum & Training Committee Meeting
1:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – SESSIONS
Session 18: Launching and Sustaining a Successful Consulting Practice
Session 19: Identity Crisis: Rethinking North American Decorative Arts
Session 20: Broader Definitions of Cultural and Historical Values in Regional Landscapes
1:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Benefit Street Walking Field Trip and Visit to John Nicholas Brown House
1:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – SESSIONS
Session 21: Working Group: The Public Value of History
Session 22: Working Group: Racial and Ethnic Diversity within the Public History Profession
Session 23: Working Group: Public History as Work
1:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Workshop 4: The Public Humanities Toolbox: Engaging Communities Online
1:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Session 24: Site-Specific Performance and Museums
3:45 p.m. – 6:00 pm – SESSIONS
Session 25: Working Group: Interpreting Indigenous and Other Difficult Histories
Session 26: Working Group: Public Historians Role in the Commemorations of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War
3:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. – Digital Projects Showcase
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Long Range Planning Committee Meeting
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Membership Committee Meeting
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – 2010 Program Planning Committee Meeting
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Poster Session/Reception in the Exhibit Hall
4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. – Consultants Reception (ticket required)
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. – Friday Dinner (ticket required)
Saturday, April 4
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. – Public History Educator Breakfast (ticket required)
8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. – Session 27: Heritage Areas and Public History
8:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. – Session 28: Working Group: Digital Experiments, Collaboration, and Interactivity
8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. – SESSIONS
Session 29: All in the Family? Genealogy and Public History
Session 30: Public History of Segregation
Session 31: America’s Historic Sites at a Crossroads
Session 32: Queer Public Histories
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – New Bedford Whaling Museum and Historic Fairhaven Field Trip
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Session 33: Art History: Site Specific Artwork at the John Nicholas Brown Center
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Workshop 5: New Solutions for House Museums
9:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Field Trip
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – SESSIONS
Session 34: Founding NCPH, Looking to the Future
Session 35: Radicalism in Public History
Session 36: Federal Historians and Their Engagement with National and International Audiences
Session 37: Museum Historians and Their Publics: Promoting Dialogue among Diverse User Groups
Session 38: Building the Digital Archive
Session 39: Collaborating Across Borders to Preserve Collective Histories
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Graduate Student Committee Meeting
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Outreach Committee Meeting
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Session 40: Film Screening: Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968
2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. – SESSIONS
Session 41: State of the State: Practicing and Promoting State History
Session 42: Civil Rights Activists and the Public History of the Black Freedom Movement
Session 43: The Experience of Being Irish: Local Stories, Global Questions
Session 44: Making the Most of Your Graduate Education
Session 45: Whither the Field?
2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Workshop 6: Moving Beyond the Narrative
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – 30th Anniversary Committee Meeting
4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. – SESSIONS
Session 46: Oral History and the Memory of Difficult Pasts
Session 47: U.S. Historic Places and the World
Session 48: Film Screening: Traces of the Trade
Session 49: Bridging the Gap between Academia and Cultural Heritage
Session 50: Helping Professionals in Other Fields to Understand their History
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. – Endowment Fundraiser (ticket required)
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. – Dine Arounds (sign-up at the conference)
Sunday, April 5
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Capstone Plenary Breakfast (ticket required)
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Capstone Plenary
Annual Meeting Program (3.5MB, PDF)
Committees
Air Travel
Warwick’s TF Green Airport (PVD) is located 11 miles from The Biltmore Hotel. The city bus (Rhode Island Public Transit Authority) offers inbound/outbound, non-stop rides to and from downtown Providence (Kennedy Plaza) and the airport on the 20 line. Kennedy Plaza is located 0.1 miles from the Biltmore Hotel, a two minute walk. A one way bus pass is available for $1.75. Visit http://www.ripta.com/ripta/search.php for bus schedules. Hotel guests can also arrange for transportation to/from the airport through the Biltmore Hotel at $11/trip.
Car Rental
Rental car counters are located in the baggage claim area of the airport.
Taxi Cabs and Limo Service
Cabs are available at the traffic island on the left of the taxi stand. Share-a-ride options are available.
A&A Metro Transportation - Phone: (508) 697-0017
All Occasion Transportation, Inc. - Toll-Free: (800) 454-1380 Phone: (401) 312-0945
Big Daddy Taxi Service - Phone: (401) 578-3163
Sentinel Limousine - Phone: (401) 434-2700
AMTRAK
Train service is available through AMTRAK’s Northeast Regional line. Downtown to downtown trips from Boston, New York, and Washington, DC, as well as connections from all across the country, are available. Tickets on the Northeast Regional line are around $200. The Providence train station is 0.4 miles from the Biltmore Hotel, a 10 minute walk.
Driving Directions
Heading South on Interstate 95:
Take Exit 22A, towards DOWNTOWN/PROVIDENCE, RI. At the end of the exit ramp continue straight at the light onto Memorial Boulevard. At the next light, turn right onto Exchange Street. Take the first left onto Dorrance Street, which passes directly in front of the hotel.
Heading North on Interstate 95:
Make first right on Francis Street. Bear left of Dorrance Street, which passes directly in front of the hotel.
Heading West on Interstate 195:
Take Interstate 195 to I-95 and bear right on I-95 North. Take Exit 22A, towards DOWNTOWN/PROVIDENCE, RI. At the end of the exit ramp continue straight at the light onto Memorial Boulevard. At the next light, turn right onto Exchange Street. Take the next available right onto Exchange Terrace. Take the first left onto Dorrance Street, which passes directly in front of the hotel. NOTE: Check highway construction on I-195; exits and entrances open and close as construction continues.
Heading East on Route 6 or 10:
Take the DOWNTOWN/PROVIDENCE Exit, and bear to your right. Following the signs for DOWNTOWN/PROVIDENCE, continue through the first light (Memorial Boulevard). At the next light, turn right onto Exchange Street. Take the next available right onto Exchange Terrace. At the first light, bear left onto Dorrance Street, which runs directly in front of the Providence Biltmore Hotel.
Bus Service
Greyhound
1-800-231-2222; www.greyhound.com
Peter Pan Bonanza
1-888-751-8800; www.bonanzabus.com
Note: Greyhound and Peter Pan Bonanza intercity buses use the Providence Bus Terminal. Take the shuttle bus to Kennedy Plaza.