Around the field May 2, 2017
02 May 2017 – editors
From around the field this week: Day of Public Humanities on May 9; nominate US public historians for Herbert Feis Award; journal issue seeks contributions on “Museums in the Age of Trump”; biographers converge on Boston; new issues of oral history, city museums journals
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- On Tuesday, May 9, join the Day of Public Humanities (#DayofPH) initiative to define, debate, and describe the past, present, and future of public humanities
AWARDS and FUNDING
- American Historical Association seeks nominations for the Herbert Feis Award for distinguished contributions to public history (DEADLINE: May 15)
CONFERENCES and CALLS
- “The Visual History Archive Research Experience” – Oct 26-27, 2017, Paris, France (DEADLINE: May 9, 2017)
- Museums & Social Issues: A Journal of Reflective Discourse seeks contributors to a Forum Discussion on “Museums in the Era of Trump” (DEADLINE: May 15, 2017) – Email for details
- “Memory Building: Engaging Society in Self-Reflective Museums” – Oct 14-18, 2017, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (DEADLINE: May 15, 2017)
- BIO (Biographers International Organization) 2017 Conference – May 19-21, 2017, Boston, Massachusetts, US
- “Public History in New York State,” a new series of books from the State University of New York (SUNY) Press – Email for details
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- May classes from LYRASIS on digital projects, disaster planning, online exhibits, more
- e-Live courses on Interpretive Writing from the Heritage Interpretation Training Center
- “Sharpen Your Skills” advanced oral history interviewing workshop from Baylor University Institute for Oral History – May 31, 2017 (online)
PUBLICATIONS
- CAMOC Museums of Cities Review issue 01/ 2017
- Oral History Review Vol 44 # 1 (Winter/Spring 2017) Table of Contents available online
- Review of Landscapes of Exclusion: State Parks and Jim Crow in the American South (O’Brien)
- Review of Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War (Nguyen)
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