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Preserving Your New York Story: Family History as Public History

05/13/2026 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM ET

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Free - Online Attendance
Free - In-Person Attendance

Summary

How does family history research that begins with personal interest become part of the larger story of our communities? Reem Awad-Rashmawi explores the connections between genealogy and public history, emphasizing that history is not only created within academic spaces, but also lives in the stories families preserve, share, and reclaim. She considers how oral histories, connecting with ancestral homelands, and recovering family narratives inform and reflect academic practices, while maintaining value as community-based research. Based on her recent chapter, “Arab American Genealogy Research as a Form of Public History” in Edward E. Curtis IV’s Arab American Public History, Awad-Rashmawi draws from a deeply personal research journey, her work as a professional genealogist, and her nonprofit efforts to build community around Arab and Arab American family history.

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