Around the Field March 7, 2018

07 March 2018 – editors

From around the field this week: The National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Park Service, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services have all opened grant and fellowship applications due May 1; AASLH’s webinar on Cultural Heritage & Climate Science is this Thursday, March 8; Jason Steinhauer is delivering a talk at the University of Michigan (open to the public) on “The Future of (Public) History” Friday, March 9; the annual Wellesley-Deerfield Symposium, this year on “Monumental Narratives: Revisiting New England’s Public Memorials,” is Saturday, March 10.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Jon Parrish Peede, current Senior Deputy Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), will be nominated by President Trump as the 11^th Chairman of the NEH.
• Submit comments on the National Park Service’s draft significance statement for Stonewall National Monument through April 30 (deadline extended)
• Jason Steinhauer talks “The Future of (Public) History” at the University of Michigan – March 9, 2018, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

AWARDS and FUNDING

• Princeton University Manuscripts Division Archival fellowship – Applications due March 12, 2018
• Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts Paper Conservation Fellowship – Applications due March 26, 2018
• The National Park Service is now accepting applications for $4 million in grants to support the preservation of buildings on the campuses of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) – Applications due May 1, 2018
• National Trust for Historic Preservation now accepting Diversity Scholarship Program applicants for November’s PastForward conference in San Francisco – Applications due May 1, 2018
• The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services Enhancement Grants – Applications due May 1, 2018

CONFERENCES and CALLS

• “Monumental Narratives: Revisiting New England’s Public Memorials” – Annual Wellesley-Deerfield Symposium – March 10, 2018, Wellesley, MA, US
• Brick by Brick: Careers in the Museum Sector – March 22, 2018, London, England, UK
• “Racism & Resistance” Public History Community Forum – April 5, 2018, Philadelphia, PA, US
• “Moving Statues – Shifted Meanings: Contested Memorials in Ireland and the US South” – June 8-9, 2018, Belfast, Ireland, UK (Proposals due March 26)
• 53^rd Northern Great Plains History Conference – Sept 20-22, 2018, Mankato, Minnesota, US (Proposals due April 5)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• “Cultural Heritage & Climate Change: Science, Threats, and Opportunity” webinar from AASLH – March 8, 2018
• Including Women in the Sequel: Re-Interpretation and Telling the Full History at Historic Sites webinar from the Preservation Leadership Forum – March 14, 2018
• Focusing on Visitors: Public Programming and Exhibits at History Institutions workshop – March 15-16, 2018, Louisville, KY, US
• The Cabinet of Death: Tales of Conservation and Storage from the Mütter Abditory webinar – March 22, 2018
• Federal History Jobs Workshop from the Society for History in the Federal Government – March 23, 2018, Shepherdstown, WV, US

PUBLICATIONS

• Upcoming from the University of Illinois Press: Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism from World War II into the Cold War (Rocksborough-Smith)
• Recently published by the University Press of Florida: Race, Place, and Memory: Deep Currents in Wilmington, North Carolina (Mulrooney)

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