Around the Field March 6, 2024

From Around the Field this week: National History Day invites participants for their alumni survey; the Society of US Intellectual History accept applicants for their 2024 scholars program; the National Council for History Education hosts their annual meeting; the Society of Civil War Historians Graduate Connections Meeting hosts a webinar

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • During NCPH’s 2024 annual meeting in Salt Lake City join WWII camp survivors on an one-day visit to Topaz, Utah on April 13 in attending the 81st memorial ceremony for James Wakasa, killed by a guard at the incarceration camp in 1943
  • NCPH’s Public History Book Club will host its first read of the year on David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon, March 7, 2024 at 7:00 pm Eastern.
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Black History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Placement at York University”

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Editor’s Note: This is piece is written from two perspectives to reflect on a collaborative public history placement at York University in Toronto, Canada. The authors, Alanna Brown and Leena Hussein, are profiled at the end of the piece.

Introduction:

Credible sources are essential to improving both the reliability and credibility of Wikipedia as an academic resource. Read More

Editor’s Corner: Engaging the past

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Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the February 2024 issue of The Public Historian here. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and to others with subscription access.

We begin this issue with the third installment of our series, “Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution” (see Part 1, “Considering the Revolution: Indigenous Histories and Memory in Alaska, Hawai‘i, and the Indigenous Plateau” and “Decolonizing Museums, Memorials, and Monuments” in the November 2021 issue, and Part 2, Jean-Pierre Morin’s “Considering the Revolution: The Identities Created by the American Revolutionary War,” in the February 2023 issue). Read More

Around the Field February 21, 2024

From Around the Field this week: Society of American Archivists looks for survey respondents; the National Fund for Sacred Places accept applicants for their grant program; the Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium takes place; the Organization of American Historians host a webinar

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • During NCPH’s 2024 annual meeting in Salt Lake City join WWII camp survivors on an one-day visit to Topaz, Utah on April 13 in attending the 81st memorial ceremony for James Wakasa, killed by a guard at the incarceration camp in 1943
  • NCPH will host “Public History + ?:
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TBD to Historical Urgency: Reflections on Gathering as Public Historians

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In the Spring of 2023 public historians gathered—in person for the first time in four years—for our annual meeting in Atlanta. Months later, as I organized my photographs from the trip, I kept coming back to a series of images from the exhibit hall, images of a puzzle slowly coming together, one piece at a time. Read More

Around the Field February 7, 2024

From Around the Field this week: The American Association for State and Local History hosts their online symposium; the American Historical Association hosts a webinar; the National Endowment for Humanities accepts grant applications

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • During NCPH’s 2024 annual meeting in Salt Lake City join WWII camp survivors on an one-day visit to Topaz, Utah on April 13 in attending the 81st memorial ceremony for James Wakasa, killed by a guard at the incarceration camp in 1943
  • NCPH will host “Public History + ?:
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Around the Field January 24, 2024

From Around the Field this week: The American Alliance of Museums closes applications for two awards; the Florida Conference of Historians host their 2024 conference; the Oral History Association calls for proposals for their virtual symposium

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • During NCPH’s 2024 annual meeting in Salt Lake City join WWII camp survivors on an one-day visit to Topaz, Utah on April 13 in attending the 81st memorial ceremony for James Wakasa, killed by a guard at the incarceration camp in 1943
  • The American Alliance of Museums is accepting nominations for their Recognition for the Advancement of DEAI in Museums through January, 26, 2024
  • NCPH will host “Public History + ?:
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Chicago Murals Celebrating Women: Fighting Erasure and Marginalization through Public Art

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The United States has a long history of banning, erasing, or marginalizing African American people and history from books, curricula, public spaces, institutions, and representation in art. Huge swaths of information and entire communities have been grossly underrepresented in art galleries, museums, and public artwork.  Read More

Around the Field January 10, 2024

From Around the Field this week: NCPH closes our 2024 election; the National Endowment for Humanities closes applications for two grant programs; the Midwestern History Association calls for paper proposals for their 2024 conference

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • This is the final week for NCPH members to participate in the organization’s 2024 election, cast your ballots by January 15, 2024
  • Museums Advocacy Day 2024 will take place in Washington, DC, US, February 26-27, 2024, register by January 19, 2024, to participate in person or check out resources to participate from home
  • The American Association for State and Local History will host this month’s History Hour, an informal networking event, online on January 23, 2024 at 3:00 pm Eastern
  • The American Alliance of Museums is accepting nominations for their Recognition for the Advancement of DEAI in Museums through January, 26, 2024

AWARDS AND FUNDING

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Around the Field December 13, 2023

From Around the Field this week: NCPH opens student volunteer application for our 2024 meeting; NPS closes applications on a grant program; the Museum Association of New York hosts a webinar; the American Historical Review closes submissions for a special issue

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AWARDS AND FUNDING

  • Cornerstone: Learning for Living calls for humanities project applications for their grant program, deadline is December 15, 2023
  • The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for their two Digital Justice Grants, Digital Justice Seed Grants and Digital Justice Development Grants, through December 15, 2023
  • The Newberry is accepting applicants for their short-term fellowships, with applications due December 15, 2023
  • The Women’s History Institute of Historic Hudson Valley calls for applications for their Summer Research Fellowships, due December 15, 2023
  • The Society for the History in the Federal Government have opened submissions for their 2024 awards, deadline of December 15, 2023
  • The National Park Service is accepting applicants for their Save America’s Treasures  grant program until December 19, 2023
  • The Research Society for American Periodicals invites submissions for their 2022-2023 Article Prize through December 22, 2023
  • The Maryland Center for History and Culture is accepting applications for their Ashby M.
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