Around the field Aug. 17, 2016
17 August 2016 – editors
From around the field this week: Aug 20 workshop on enhancing online access to oral histories, conference on representing perpetrators of violence, public history and/as labor and rural history, public history working group in New York City launches new conference.
CONFERENCES and CALLS
- “Representing Perpetrators of Mass Violence” – Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2016, Utrecht, Netherlands
- HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory) Digital History Group seeks reviews of digital history projects (DEADLINE for nominations: Sept. 1)
- Southern Labor Studies Conference, March 2-5, 2017, Tampa, Florida, U.S. (DEADLINE: Sept. 15, 2016)
- “Rural Utah, Western Issues,” 2016 Annual State History Conference – Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2016, West Valley City, Utah, U.S.
- Special public history issue of Tempo e Argumento journal (in English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish – DEADLINE: Oct. 2, 2016)
- “Afterlives: Place, Story, Memory,” CUNY Public History Collective Conference – Oct. 28, 2016, New York, New York, U.S.
- “Changing Attitudes Towards Preserving History and the Environment: A Forum Inspired by the National Park Service Centennial,” 2016 New Jersey Forum – Nov. 18-19, 2016, Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
FUNDING and AWARDS
- 2016-17 American Council of Learned Societies competitions are now open for fellowships and grants promoting humanities and humanistic social sciences research at all stages of academic careers
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- “OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) Workshop: Enhancing Access to Oral History Online” – Aug. 20, 2016, Fullerton, California, U.S.
- “Assessing Risk to Cultural Property” introductory online course starting Sept. 6 from MuseumStudy
- Fall historic preservation classes starting Sept. 6 at Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities, Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
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