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Peter Feinman

The State of NY History: The Westchester Experience

January 10, 2013 by Peter Feinman Leave a Comment

January is the traditional time for looking forward and backwards according to the two-faced Roman god Janus. In that spirit, I wish to start 2013 with a look back on some developments in local and state history by focusing on Westchester County both because I live there and because I happen to go through an old folder of Westchester material as I was cleaning up. [Read more…] about The State of NY History: The Westchester Experience

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Education, Historic Preservation, Hudson River, Institute for Westchester and Local History, Peter Feinman, Public History, Purchase College, Westchester County, Westchester County Hist Soc

Peter Feinman: NY and The End of the World

December 27, 2012 by Peter Feinman Leave a Comment

It is with deep regret and heavy heart that I have the onerous task to inform you that once again the world has come to an end. The passing of our beloved planet marks the third time in this still young century when we endured this ignominious ending to our long history.

First came the secular Y2K ending, then the Christian rapture in 2011, and now the Mayan recycling of 2012. The ending of the world has become as frequent as the storms of the century. We scarcely have time to catch our breath before once again the world will fall over its cliff into an abyss from which it can never recover. [Read more…] about Peter Feinman: NY and The End of the World

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Cultural History, Education, Path Through History, Peter Feinman, Public History, Religion, Washington County

Peter Feinman On New York’s ‘Ruin Porn’

December 10, 2012 by Peter Feinman 3 Comments

Ruin porn is in. Ruin porn is hot. Ruin porn is sexy. Ruin porn is the term coined by Jim Griffioen, who writes a blog about his life as a stay-at-home dad in Detroit.

As part of that effort he periodically posts photographs he has taken of the more than 70,000 abandoned buildings in his city. Such images included (as reported in the New York Times) “‘feral’ houses almost completely overgrown with vegetation; a decommissioned public-school book depository in which trees were growing out of the piles of rotting textbooks”. The term has become a familiar one in the city not without some misgivings by the locals as they watch tourists take souvenirs of their city back home. [Read more…] about Peter Feinman On New York’s ‘Ruin Porn’

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Architecture, Historic Preservation, Hudson River, Industrial History, Labor History, Mohawk River, New Jersey, Peter Feinman, Staten Island, Tourism, Transportation, Urban History

Civil War in New York Historyhostel/Teacherhostel

November 29, 2012 by Peter Feinman Leave a Comment

Experience the Civil War in New York with the new exhibit at the New York State Museum and representatives from related historic sites on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at a free Historyhostel / Teacherhostel event sponsored by the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education. [Read more…] about Civil War in New York Historyhostel/Teacherhostel

Filed Under: Events, New Exhibits Tagged With: Abolition, Civil War, Education, IHARE, Military History, New York State Museum, Peter Feinman, Slavery

Urban History Association Conference Report

November 19, 2012 by Peter Feinman Leave a Comment

The Urban History Association held its sixth biennial conference at Columbia University, October 25-28. The final session that Sunday was a bit discombobulated as people were scurrying about trying to verify travel arrangements before Sandy hit. [Read more…] about Urban History Association Conference Report

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Architecture, Columbia University, Conferences, New York City, Peter Feinman, Urban History

Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums Conference Report

November 15, 2012 by Peter Feinman Leave a Comment

The annual conference of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) which I attended was held in Tarrytown, NY, on October 7-9. The conference rotates locations and since this year it was only a few miles away and had many sessions related to New York, it seemed worth attending. It is unlikely that I will attend next’s year conference in Washington, DC, but it definitely was worth attending this one. [Read more…] about Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums Conference Report

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Conferences, Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums, Peter Feinman

Another Storm of the Century:
What Are Your Historical Responsibilities?

November 12, 2012 by Peter Feinman 1 Comment

New York has been hit with another storm of the century (8 days, 2 hours, 25 minutes without power for me). I have lived through so many storms of the century that I must be challenging Methuselah for the longest-lived human being. Maybe it is time for the phrase “storm of the century” to be bid a not-so-fond farewell to be replaced by something more appropriate if less grandiose, like “storm of the year”! [Read more…] about Another Storm of the Century:
What Are Your Historical Responsibilities?

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Hurricane Sandy, Natural History, New York City, Peter Feinman, Public History

What Can New York Learn from Connecticut?

October 11, 2012 by Peter Feinman Leave a Comment

New York is not the only state turning to cultural heritage tourism or seeking to develop its historic community. Let’s look at our neighbor to the east and see what lessons we might learn from them.

Note – this post contains five items on what Connecticut is doing and four recommendations on what New York should do so it is too long to read on a computer at work in one sitting. [Read more…] about What Can New York Learn from Connecticut?

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Academia, Association of Public Historians of NYS, Connecticut, New York State Historical Association, Online Resources, Peter Feinman, Public History

Peter Feinman: The Greater Hudson Heritage Conference

October 4, 2012 by Peter Feinman 1 Comment

The Greater Hudson Heritage Network (GHNN) held its annual conference on September 28 at the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center, Hyde Park. The theme of the conference was “Mining the Museum: Using Your Existing Resources in New Ways” with Executive Director Priscilla Brendler presiding. The meeting was so-well attended I didn’t even have a chance to speak with the all the people I would like to have talked to. The format has been expanded beyond being primarily an awards ceremony to be more like the Museumwise conference with a plenary speaker followed by concurrent sessions but for one day instead of two. [Read more…] about Peter Feinman: The Greater Hudson Heritage Conference

Filed Under: Events, New Exhibits Tagged With: Conferences, Greater Hudson Heritage Network, Historic House Trust, Hudson River, Joslyn Gage Center, Peter Feinman, Public History

Planning Your Spring County History Conference

September 27, 2012 by Peter Feinman 1 Comment

Summer is over. Fall is upon us. Schools are back in session (even in Chicago), and now is the time to start planning a Spring 2013 County History Conference.

It is a time of breaking bread and sharing stories among people with similar interests. We are a social species so bringing people together is good and it has advantages as people plan for collaborative activities in the future. [Read more…] about Planning Your Spring County History Conference

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Academia, Education, Municipal Historians, Peter Feinman, Public History

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