Archives and Public History at New York University

Event | Society of American Archivists Join librarian Chris Freeland & program leads Jamie Joyce & Jim Michalko for a reintroduction to Internet Archive’s services and projects of use to the preservation community. In addition to longstanding efforts like The Wayback Machine, Archive-It, and book digitization, presenters will cover new...

APH Alum Beau Lancaster & his film "Gay, Black, and Blue: The Raid on Blues Bar" were recently featured in the Gay City News article below!
Stay tuned for the fundraising launch to make his film into a feature-length documentary🥳

Gay historian brings attention to 1982 Blues Bar raid A Black gay historian is re-examining the 1982 raid of an LGBTQ bar in midtown in a new film called “Gay, Black, and Blue: The Raid on Blues Bar.”

The Society of American Archivists annually recognizes leaders and achievers in the field of archives. SAA offers a variety of professional recognitions and financial assistance through an awards competition, student scholarships, and the naming of Fellows.

Right now, applications are open for the 2023 SAA Awards and Scholarships. Check out all the different awards from SAA and consider nominating yourself or someone you know! The application period is open through February 28.

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Join the The American lgbtq+ Museum for a film screening of "Gay, Black and Blue: The Raid on Blues Bar" on Wednesday, February 1, at 6pm.

Check out the flyer for more details and use the QR code to RSVP!

The NYU History Holiday Party is today at 4PM in the KJCC Atrium. We are excited to see you there!

Check out the Department calendar for events happening around History this week!

Weekly Calendar SUBMIT ITEMS TO THE WEEKLY CALENDAR Please use this form to submit items to the Department of History's weekly calendar. If you are not affiliated with NYU but would like to submit an item please email [email protected]

Check out this update from Maria A. Cabrera Arus on “Archive of Cuban Socialism (ArchCuS)” funded through the Seed Grant program! ArchCuS will document and archive the material culture of everyday life in Cuba between 1959 and 1990.

Learn more below:

(2021-2022) Archive of Cuban Socialism (ARCHUS) - Center for the Humanities Digital Humanities Seed Grant Project Project Title: Archive of Cuban Socialism (ARCHUS) Principal Investigator: Maria A. Cabrera Arus Abstract: The proposed Archive of Cuban Socialism (ARCHCUS) will document and archive the material culture of everyday life in Cuba between 1959 and 1990. It builds....

NYU School of Dentistry professor Andrew Spielman partnered with LaGuardia Studio to scan historical dental artifacts for a VR museum! Spielman is also the director of the Rare Book Library and Historical Archives at NYU's College of Dentistry.

Check it out here:

Virtual Dental Museum: Historical Artifacts Go Digital Find out more about LaGuardia Studio's work with NYU School of Dentistry's Dr. Andrew Spielman to scan and render hundreds of historical dental artifacts.

Join the New-York Historical Society for their virtual program "Weaving Witchcraft" on Thursday, December 8th from 6-7PM for a discussion about the historical entanglement of textiles and witchcraft!

Please complete the registration form:

Salon: Weaving Witchcraft Join us for a dynamic salon discussion about the historical entanglement of textiles and witchcraft with lace specialist and textile historian Elena Kanagy-Loux and self-identified witch, fiber artist, and knitter Mame Tenczar. The conversation will be moderated by Keren Ben-Horin, fashion historian...

The Master's College is hosting a toast to fall graduates and end of semester celebration event! Join on December 9 from 5-7PM at The Half Pint, 76 W 3rd St, New York, NY 10012

RSVP here: http://bit.ly/FallToast

Check out this article about the Middle East Archive, a creative archive that retrieves lost memories from the Middle East and Maghreb. It uses photography to break dehumanizing depictions and offer candid portraits of Middle Eastern life and culture.

Middle East Archive uses photography to break dehumanizing depictions Middle East Archive is an online record of photographs depicting everyday life in the Middle East. None of the images in the archive are staged; no one is forced to wear a turban in the middle of the desert or asked to solemnly stare into the camera in front of a damaged building. Rather than playin

Check out the exhibit at the New-York Historical Society “I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli, co-curated by 2012 NYU History Ph.D. Graduate Lara Rabinovitch.

See you there!

“I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli | New-York Historical Society Our special exhibition examines how Jewish immigrants, mostly from Central and Eastern Europe, imported and adapted traditions to create a uniquely American restaurant and reveals how Jewish delicatessens became a cornerstone of American food culture.

Check out the Department calendar for events happening around History this week!

https://as.nyu.edu/departments/history/about-us/WeeklyCalendar.html

Got buttons, flyers, or VHS tapes? Do you have photos from protests, panels, and Pride parades on your phone?

Join Community Archives students for an open house and archiving workshop at the The Le***an, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center on Thursday November 10 from 5:30-8pm at 208 West 13th Street, 4th floor.

Check out this update from Dr. Elaine Ayers on "Inverting the Wunderkammer: Rethinking Digital Humanities through Botanic Histories & Archives" co-led by NYU Faculty Ahmed Ansari and Tega Brain.

https://digitalhumanities.nyu.edu/news/2022-11-01-seed-grant-spotlight-wunderkammer/

Join NYU History tomorrow at 12:30pm via Zoom for Demystifying Archives. Come to share your experiences with the archive and ask questions about archival research. See you there!

Alyssa Moore (APH 2024) accepted an internship with the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center Archives. Alyssa will help preserve, arrange, and describe unique historical collections documenting the history of the second-oldest hospital in the United States. She was also awarded the Phi Alpha Theta Thomas S. Morgan Memorial Graduate Student Scholarship for the 2022-23 academic year. Congratulations!

Aliza Hornblass, an alumna of the Archives and Public History/Long Island University Dual Degree Program (2022), was recently hired as a librarian trainee at Long Beach Public Library. Congratulations, Aliza!

Congratulations to Todd Simmons (APH 2022)! Todd presented his paper "Seeing the Swinish Multitude" at a conference in France. He also presented a second paper for a conference in Lisbon entitled "Consuming Werewolves, Consuming Humans" based on work with Professor Daniel Jütte.

Check out the link below for happenings around NYU History this week!

https://as.nyu.edu/departments/history/about-us/WeeklyCalendar.html

On Thursday, October 27th, hosted a documentary film screening of Gay, Black and Blue: The Raid on Blues Bar. Writer and Director , Beau Lancaster (APH 2022), spoke with audience members during the Q&A following the film.

Thank you to all who attended!

NYU Kimmel Windows Gallery presents "The Black Civil War Soldier," opening October 27th and on view through February 2023 on the corner of Washington Square East and West 4th Street, visible 24/7. The exhibition, curated by Deborah Willis and based on her book of the same name, considers how memory, personal and public, as viewed through the experience of photography, shaped the history of the Black Civil War soldier.