Around the field April 12, 2016
12 April 2016 – editors
From around the field this week: Registration ends tomorrow for public history boot camp on collections assessment in Camden, New Jersey, U.S.; Visitor Studies Association takes on the Data Revolution; international symposium on Cultural Heritage Conservation and Digitization in Beijing; learning from LGBTQ lives in Oral History Review.
CONFERENCES and CALLS
- “Preservation in the U.S.: 50 Years On” – Oct. 13-15, 2016, Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. (DEADLINE: April 15, 2016)
- “The Data Revolution,” Visitor Studies Association Conference – July 19-23, 2016, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- “Heritage in Transition, Syros, Greece” – July 27-29, 2016, Syros, Greece (DEADLINE: April 30, 2016)
- 4th International Symposium on Cultural Heritage Conservation and Digitization (CHCD 2016) – Aug. 7-9, 2016, Beijing, China (DEADLINE: April 30, 2016)
- 2016 Ohio Valley History Conference – Oct. 6-8, 2016, Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S. (DEADLINE EXTENDED: May 15, 2016)
- “Transforming Public History from Charleston to the Atlantic World” – June 15-17, 2017, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. (DEADLINE: Nov. 1, 2016)
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- “Assessing Your Collection: New Jersey’s CAPES and Artifact Assessment Program” – April 20, 2016, Camden, New Jersey, U.S. (DEADLINE: April 13, 2016)
- “Environmental Sustainability in Museums,” online Museum Study course with Sarah Sutton – May 2, 2016
- Registration now open for 2016 Humanities Intensive Learning & Teaching Institute – Jun 13-16, 2016, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. (Some scholarships available)
- Digital Native American Studies Project – multiple dates and venues (DEADLINE: May 10, 2016)
PUBLICATIONS
- Oral History Review Vol. 43, No. 1 (Spring 2016), Special Issue, “Listening to and Learning from LGBTQ Lives” – Table of Contents and articles available online
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