Public History in a Virtual Age, Season 3

Season 3, Episode 9: Meredith Horsford and the New-York Historical Society

The New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History is pleased to partner with the ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) at Iona University for the third season of their podcast, Public History in a Virtual Age. In the first half of the season, co-hosts Dr. Kellen Heniford, historical consultant and formerly of the ITPS, and Jeanne Gutierrez, Curatorial Scholar in Women’s History, will interview curators, educators, and scholars at the New-York Historical Society to explore the many ways in which New York’s first museum presents women’s history and gender history to the public. The second half of the season will focus specifically on how public historians in and around New York City address the history of women who are underrepresented in museum and archival collections, with a focus on enslaved women, Indigenous women, and immigrant women.

This episode’s guest, Meredith Horsford, is the Executive Director at Historic House Trust of NYC and Director of Historic Houses at the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. For more about the Historic House Trust, please see: https://historichousetrust.org/.   


Season 3, Episode 8: Michael Galban and the New-York Historical Society

The New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History is pleased to partner with the ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) at Iona University for the third season of their podcast, Public History in a Virtual Age. In the first half of the season, co-hosts Dr. Kellen Heniford, historical consultant and formerly of the ITPS, and Jeanne Gutierrez, Curatorial Scholar in Women’s History, will interview curators, educators, and scholars at the New-York Historical Society to explore the many ways in which New York’s first museum presents women’s history and gender history to the public. The second half of the season will focus specifically on how public historians in and around New York City address the history of women who are underrepresented in museum and archival collections, with a focus on enslaved women, Indigenous women, and immigrant women.

This episode’s guest, Michael Galban, is the Historic Site Manager of Ganondagan State Historic Site and the curator of the Seneca Art & Culture Center. 


Season 3, Episode 7: Deborah Hamer and the New-York Historical Society

The New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History is pleased to partner with the ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) at Iona University for the third season of their podcast, Public History in a Virtual Age. In the first half of the season, co-hosts Dr. Kellen Heniford, historical consultant and formerly of the ITPS, and Jeanne Gutierrez, Curatorial Scholar in Women’s History, will interview curators, educators, and scholars at the New-York Historical Society to explore the many ways in which New York’s first museum presents women’s history and gender history to the public. The second half of the season will focus specifically on how public historians in and around New York City address the history of women who are underrepresented in museum and archival collections, with a focus on enslaved women, Indigenous women, and immigrant women.

This episodes guest, Deborah Hamer, is the Director of the The New Netherland Institute (NNI). For more about the NNI, please see: https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/. 


Season 3, Episode 6: Sarah Litvin and the New-York Historical Society

The New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History is pleased to partner with the ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) at Iona University for the third season of their podcast, Public History in a Virtual Age. In the first half of the season, co-hosts Dr. Kellen Heniford, historical consultant and formerly of the ITPS, and Jeanne Gutierrez, Curatorial Scholar in Women’s History, will interview curators, educators, and scholars at the New-York Historical Society to explore the many ways in which New York’s first museum presents women’s history and gender history to the public. The second half of the season will focus specifically on how public historians in and around New York City address the history of women who are underrepresented in museum and archival collections, with a focus on enslaved women, Indigenous women, and immigrant women.

Dr. Sarah Litvin serves as Executive Director of the Reher Center For Immigrant Culture and History, located in Kingston, New York. In Spring, 2022, the Kingston Library and the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History launched a collaborative project to gather, document, preserve, and share the oral histories of the immigrant experience in our community.

Recorded oral histories and transcriptions of the interviews are now part of the Library’s and Center’s collections, ensuring that marginalized voices are included in the historical record and made accessible through public institutions.


Season 3, Episode 5: Sean Fader and the New-York Historical Society

The New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History is pleased to partner with the ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) at Iona University for the third season of their podcast, Public History in a Virtual Age. In the first half of the season, co-hosts Dr. Kellen Heniford, historical consultant and formerly of the ITPS, and Jeanne Gutierrez, Curatorial Scholar in Women’s History, will interview curators, educators, and scholars at the New-York Historical Society to explore the many ways in which New York’s first museum presents women’s history and gender history to the public. The second half of the season will focus specifically on how public historians in and around New York City address the history of women who are underrepresented in museum and archival collections, with a focus on enslaved women, Indigenous women, and immigrant women.

This episode’s guest, Sean Fader, is currently an Assistant Professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in the Department of Photography and Imaging.  Sean received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, his MA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, and his BFA from the New School in New York City.   Fader is represented by Denny Dimin Gallery in New York City and Hong Kong. Fader is also a collective member of Antenna in New Orleans, where he had his most recent solo show, Insufficient Memory. Learn more about Sean here!

Season 3, Episode 4: Madeline DeDe-Panken and the New-York Historical Society

The New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History is pleased to partner with the ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) at Iona University for the third season of their podcast, Public History in a Virtual Age. In the first half of the season, co-hosts Dr. Kellen Heniford, historical consultant and formerly of the ITPS, and Jeanne Gutierrez, Curatorial Scholar in Women’s History, will interview curators, educators, and scholars at the New-York Historical Society to explore the many ways in which New York’s first museum presents women’s history and gender history to the public. The second half of the season will focus specifically on how public historians in and around New York City address the history of women who are underrepresented in museum and archival collections, with a focus on enslaved women, Indigenous women, and immigrant women.

This episode’s guest, Madeline DeDe-Panken, is a former ​​Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Predoctoral Fellow in Women’s History at the New-York Historical Society and the co-chair of the CUNY Public History Collective.  


Season 3, Episode 3: Leslie Hayes and the New-York Historical Society

The New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History is pleased to partner with the ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) at Iona University for the third season of their podcast, Public History in a Virtual Age. In the first half of the season, co-hosts Dr. Kellen Heniford, historical consultant and formerly of the ITPS, and Jeanne Gutierrez, Curatorial Scholar in Women’s History, will interview curators, educators, and scholars at the New-York Historical Society to explore the many ways in which New York’s first museum presents women’s history and gender history to the public. The second half of the season will focus specifically on how public historians in and around New York City address the history of women who are underrepresented in museum and archival collections, with a focus on enslaved women, Indigenous women, and immigrant women.

This episode’s guest, Leslie Hayes, is the Vice-President for Education at the New-York Historical Society.  


Season 3, Episode 2: Anna Danziger Halperin and the New-York Historical Society

The New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History is pleased to partner with the ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) at Iona University for the third season of their podcast, Public History in a Virtual Age. In the first half of the season, co-hosts Dr. Kellen Heniford, historical consultant and formerly of the ITPS, and Jeanne Gutierrez, Curatorial Scholar in Women’s History, will interview curators, educators, and scholars at the New-York Historical Society to explore the many ways in which New York’s first museum presents women’s history and gender history to the public. The second half of the season will focus specifically on how public historians in and around New York City address the history of women who are underrepresented in museum and archival collections, with a focus on enslaved women, Indigenous women, and immigrant women.

This episode’s guest, Dr. Anna Danziger Halperin, is the Associate Director of the Center for Women’s History and the lead curator of Women March at the New-York Historical Society.


Season 3, Episode 1: Valerie Paley and the New-York Historical Society

The New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History is pleased to partner with the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies at Iona University for the third season of their podcast, Public History in a Virtual Age. In the first half of the season, co-hosts Kellen Heniford, historical consultant and formerly of the ITPS, and Jeanne Gutierrez, Curatorial Scholar in Women’s History, will interview curators, educators, and scholars at the New-York Historical Society to explore the many ways in which New York’s first museum presents women’s history and gender history to the public. The second half of the season will focus specifically on how public historians in and around New York City address the history of women who are underrepresented in museum and archival collections, with a focus on enslaved women, Indigenous women, and immigrant women. 

This episode’s guest, Dr. Valerie Payley, is the Senior Vice President, Chief Historian, Founding Director of the Center for Women’s History,  and the Sue Ann Weinberg Director of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library at the New-York Historical Society. 

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