Around the Field April 4, 2018

04 April 2018 – editors

From around the field this week: PubComm 2018 (Public History Community Forum on Racism and Resistance) is tomorrow, April 5, in Philadelphia; “Reap the Whirlwind: A Holistic Approach to Museum Internships” webinar from the Virginia Association of Museums, is next Monday, April 9; AASLH’s Call for Posters for their 2018 meeting (an event sponsored by NCPH) is now open through June 10; The Public Historian is open-access for the month of April. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• “Racism & Resistance” Public History Community Forum – April 5, 2018, Philadelphia, PA, US
• Indianapolis Museum Networking Event organized by IUPUI Museum Studies – April 16, 2018, Indianapolis, IN, US
• The AHA is looking for three student summer bloggers – Apply by April 27
• “Curated! A Symposium on Collecting” hosted by the DAR – May 4, 2018, Washington, DC, US
• NCPH-sponsored Call for Posters for AASLH 2018 is now open – posters due June 10

AWARDS and FUNDING

• National Endowment for the Humanities announces Statehood Grants for humanities projects celebrating state history

CONFERENCES and CALLS

• Pennsylvania Statewide Museum Conference – April 15-17, 2018, Bellefonte, PA, US
• Indiana’s 2018 Preserving Historic Places conference – April 17-20, 2018, Columbus, IN, US
• Encuentro 2018 – 2018 Latinos in Heritage Conservation & Rhode Island Statewide Historic Preservation Conference – April 26-28, 2018, Providence, RI, US
• “Telling (Untold) Histories” unconference – May 17, 2018, Newark, NJ, US
• “African Americans in Times of War”- annual meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History – October 3-7, 2018, Indianapolis, IN, US (Proposals due April 15, 2018)
• Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums annual meeting – October 17-19, 2018, Baltimore, MD, US (Proposals due April 10, 2018)

 LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• National History Day’s online class schedule for Summer/Fall 2018
• “Reap the Whirlwind: A Holistic Approach to Museum Internships” webinar from the Virginia Association of Museums – April 9, 2018
• “Understanding Your Collections Environment” and “Improving Your Collections Environment” webinars from the Northeast Document Conservation Center – April 10 and 11, 2018
• “Connecting Your Collections to Teachers and Students” AASLH workshop – April 23-24, 2018, Concord, NH, US

PUBLICATIONS

The Public Historian, along with all UC Press journals, is free to access in the month of April

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