Around the Field January 10, 2018

10 January 2018 – editors

From around the field this week: the International Federation for Public History (IFPH) seeks nominations for their steering committee and proposals for their 2018 conference in São Paulo, Brazil; applications are now being accepted for this cycle’s Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Competition; submit a proposal for the 2018 World Humanities Forum in Busan, South Korea by January 31; sign up for next week’s free “Historical Storytelling through Technology” webinar from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Call for Nominations: The International Federation for Public History seeks to fill a delegate position on their steering committee. The position is for a four-year term starting March 1. NOMINATIONS DUE Jan 31, 2018
• National Endowment for the Humanities revises grant guidelines to support temporary, single-site exhibitions. The revision will allow a wider variety of institutions, especially smaller museums and historical societies, to qualify for NEH grant funding
• The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia is seeking authors to help complete priority subject categories and editors for the next phase of the project.

AWARDS and FUNDING

• National Park Service and National Park Foundation post-doctoral fellowship in gender and sexuality equality – Applications due Jan 17, 2018
• Association for Documentary Editing invites nominations for the 2018 Boydston Essay Prize – Nominations due Jan 31, 2018
• Civil War Institute (CWI) Public History Fellows Scholarships and Teacher Scholarships to attend CWI Summer Conference – Applications due Feb 15, 2018
• National Park Service Save America’s Treasures Grant Program – Applications due Feb 21, 2018
• Society of American Archivists’ 2018 J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award – Nominations due Feb 28, 2018
• Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Competition – Applications due March 14, 2018

CONFERENCES and CALLS

• “Curated! A Symposium on Collecting” hosted by the DAR Museum – May 4, 2018, Washington, DC, US (PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Jan 29, 2018)
• “The Human Image in a Changing World” World Humanities Forum – Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2018, Busan, South Korea (PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Jan 31, 2018)
• “Till Earth and Heaven Ring: Celebrating the Progress and Sustaining the Promise of African American Museums” Association of African American Museums Annual Conference – Aug 8-11, Hampton, VA, US (PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Feb 9, 2018)
• International Federation for Public History 2018 Conference – Aug 21-24, 2018, São Paulo, Brazil (PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Feb 15, 2018)
• Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals seeks submissions for their upcoming focus issue Women & Collections. Submit an abstract by Feb 15, 2018.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• “Historical Storytelling through Technology” free webinar from the National Trust for Historic Preservation – Jan 16, 2018
• Upcoming online courses from AASLH: Leadership and Administration in History Organizations and Developing Exhibitions (both Jan 22-March 23, 2018) and Collections Management (Jan 29-March 20, 2018)
• Upcoming Introduction to Oral History day courses from the British Library and the Oral History Society – various dates Feb-May 2018, London, Manchester, and Sheffield, UK
• History Lab Plus Public History Workshop – March 9, 2018, Leeds, UK
• Field School on Vernacular Balkan Architecture – July 14-28, 2018, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria – Apply by May 25, 2018

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