Each year we choose the three best research papers in the field of Museum Studies submitted by our graduate students in fulfillment of the writing requirement for the Master of Arts in Museum Studies and the Museum Studies Certificate Program. These three students present an overview of their papers at the annual symposium followed by a brief speech by an influential museum professional.

Our student presenters will be announced later this month!

Keynote Speaker
Our keynote speaker for the event will be Nancy Bercaw, curator of Political History at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, where she also serves as senior advisor for the Center for Restorative History.

Bio
Nancy Bercaw is a curator of Political History at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, where she also serves as senior advisor for the Center for Restorative History. Her work focuses on creating space for histories excluded from our national narrative. At the NMAH, she co-curated the exhibitions Girlhood (It’s complicated) and Reckoning with Remembrance: History, Injustice, and the Murder of Emmett Till; founded the Undocumented Organizing Collecting Initiative; and co-produced Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like. She received her BA in history from Oberlin College and her MA and PhD in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania.