Around the field August 2, 2017
02 August 2017 – editors
From around the field this week: the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) at Rutgers University – Camden is offering a new continuing education certificate program in historic preservation, with classes and workshops starting in September; the Centre for Public History at Queen’s University Belfast has announced its first annual conference will take place later this year; and the New England Museum Association’s Excellence Award nominations are due before the end of the month.
AWARDS and FUNDING
- New England Museum Association Excellence Awards (DEADLINE: Aug 26, 2017)
- Organization of American Historians’ Japan Residencies Program (DEADLINE: Oct 2, 2017)
- Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Internship Grants (DEADLINE: Jan 1, 2018)
CONFERENCES and CALLS
- “Universities, Slavery, Public Memory, & the Built Landscape” – Oct 18-21, 2017, Charlottesville, VA, US
- “Researching New York: A Conference on New York State History” – Nov 16-18, 2017, Albany, NY, US
- “Why Public History?” – Dec 7-8, 2017, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Ireland
- “Educate, Engage, Elevate! America’s Museums on the Rise” – American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting, May 6-9, 2018, Phoenix, AZ, US (PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Sept 1, 2017)
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- Continuing Education Certificate Program in Historic Preservation beginning this fall at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities, Rutgers University-Camden
- 4-week long “Keeping Historic Houses & Museums Clean” online course starts August 7 on MuseumStudy.com.
- “Arguing with Digital History” workshop, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, September 15-16, 2017, Fairfax, VA, US
PUBLICATIONS
- New book from Harvard University Press: Inside the Lost Museum: Curating, Past and Present (Lubar)
- New article in Historical Research: “Negotiating public history in the Republic of Ireland: collaborative, applied and usable practices for the profession” (Cauvin and O’Neill)
- Review of George Washington Written Upon the Land: Nature, Memory, Myth, and Landscape (Levy)
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