Around the field May 22, 2017
22 May 2017 – editors
From around the field this week: In or around Washington DC? Attend the board meeting of the National Museum and Library Services board on May 24; conferences on digital directions, placeless memories, the Underground Railroad’s unfinished business, history in action, memory studies; National Council on Public History submission deadlines coming up
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Public is invited to attend next meeting of the National Museum and Library Services Board (May 24, 2017) – Washington, DC, US (please RSVP)
AWARDS and FUNDING
- Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (HCRR) grants from Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the Humanities (DEADLINE: July 20, 2017)
CONFERENCES and CALLS
- “Digital Directions: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections,” Aug 21-23, 2016, Seattle, Washington, US (EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 26, 2017)
- “Placeless Memories: Digital Constructions of Memory and Identity” – July 14, 2017, York, UK (DEADLINE: May 31, 2017)
- Submit an early topic proposal by June 1 or a full proposal by July 15 for the 2018 National Council on Public History conference – April 18-21, 2018, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
- “’How long, O God, how long?’ The Underground Railroad’s Unfinished Business,” 3rd Annual Ohio River National Freedom Corridor Underground Railroad Conference – Sept 29-30, 2017, Richmond, Indiana, US (DEADLINE: June 2, 2017)
- History In Action showcase of collaborative history projects – June 10, 2017, Huddersfield, UK
- Second Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association – Dec 14-16, 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark (DEADLINE: July 1, 2017)
PUBLICATIONS
- Review of African Heritage and Memories of Slavery in Brazil and the South Atlantic World (Araujo)
- Review of Power, Memory, Architecture: Contested Sites on India’s Deccan Plateau, 1300-1600 (Eaton)
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