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Marc Lorenc: RCHA Event
Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:00am - 01:00pm
Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis
2023-2024 Seminar Series:
“Repairing The Past”
Co-directors, Jochen Hellbeck (History) and Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan (History)
Please join the RCHA Repairing the Past seminar for our final gathering, an off-site field visit and dialogue about the politics and practice of commemoration with staff from the NJ Historical Commission.
Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis
"Repairing the Past” Seminar
"Restorative Justice: Collective Memory and Community Engagement during the 250th"
Marc Lorenc, PhD
Chief Public Historian, New Jersey Historical Commission
April 23, 11am-1pm
followed by catered lunch
1050 River Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
ample free, on-site parking is available
this site is also accessible by Rutgers bus routes A, C, & H, stopping across the street at the Stadium West Lot
The discussion will be anchored by this document, a handbook and interpretive framework produced by the NJ Historical Commission, in collaboration with scholars and public history practitioners, based on historical scholarship and community feedback. The document is designed to act as a toolkit for New Jersey educators and historic site staff who are interpreting and commemorating the American Revolution in the lead-up to the Semiquincentennial in 2026.
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