Around the field Jan 25, 2017

25 January 2017 – editors

From around the field this week: Award spotlighting unrecognized work on behalf of archives; call for posters at international public history conference in Italy; edited volume on “The Museum as Experience” seeks contributions; apply to Museum Camp in California; summer trip to study history and memory in Athens; recent book on the politics of mourning at Arlington National Cemetery

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• “Local Roots/Global Routes: the Legacies of Slavery in Hackney,” Public History Discussion Group presentation – Jan 28, 2017, London, UK

AWARDS and FUNDING

• Fellowships for research at the Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky (DEADLINE: Feb 15, 2017)
• 2017 Spotlight Award from the Society of American Archivists for publicly unrecognized work that advances the archives profession (DEADLINE: Feb 28, 2017)

CONFERENCES and CALLS

• “Reframing the Archive: The Reuse of Film and Photographic Images in Postcolonial Southeast Asia” – June 1, 2017, London, UK (DEADLINE: Feb 17, 2017)
• Poster session, 4th International Public History Conference – June 5-9, 2017, Bologna, Italy (DEADLINE: March 15, 2017)
• “Cultural Heritage in Migration” – June 15-16, 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria (DEADLINE: March 31, 2017)
• “The Museum As Experience” – seeking contributions for edited volume (DEADLINE: April 30, 2017)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• “Getting Started with Oral History,” live, online audio workshop from Baylor University Institute for Oral History – Feb 8 and 15, 2017
• Summer field school in archaeological field excavations and survey, mapping, artifact analysis, museum practices and engagement with local community near Casma, Peru – May 26-June 24 and June 26-July 24, 2017 (DEADLINE: Feb 28, 2017)
• Museum Camp at Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History – Aug 9-11, 2017 (DEADLINE: March 15, 2017)
• “Athens: Coexistence of Memory and Modernity” trip with the International Institute for Restoration and Preservation Studies – June 25-July 6, 2017 (DEADLINE: May 1, 2017)

PUBLICATIONS

• Review of “The Politics of Mourning: Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery” (McElya)

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