This panel explores a diversity of heritages, languages, and methods of cultural preservation conducted by student interns and researchers. Our work engaged with Chinese, Jewish, and Indigenous American histories through archival research, community engagement, and event and activity planning. By attending this panel, you can gain insight into the work that supports public history, cultural appreciation and reclpmation. Students interested in language reclpmation, non-profit and museum work, independent research, and library and archival systems can learn more about these fields, including professional skills required for success, at our panel presentation.

Moderator: Mara Benjamin, Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor of Jewish Studies

Presenters:

• Naomi Piper-Pell '26 Religion/French
• Mira Crane '27 History/Jewish Studies/Museums, Archives, Public History Nexus 
• Lila Hancock '26 Anthropology/Spanish
• Rosy Tate '27 Sociology