Around the Field October 11, 2017
11 October 2017 – editors
From around the field this week: Attend “Reclaiming our Ancestors: Community Conversations about Racial Justice and Public History” conference next weekend in Buffalo, New York; AASLH’s Call for Proposals for their 2018 conference, “Truth or Consequences,” is now open with a deadline of December 8; upcoming public lectures in Washington, DC next week include Olwen Purdue’s talk about doing public history in Northern Ireland and SHFG’s annual Hewlett Lecture; applications for the 2018 Rome Prize Fellowships supporting innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities are open through November 1; upcoming workshops in Florida and Mississippi from the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- “Dealing with divided pasts: doing public history in Northern Ireland” public lecture by Dr. Olwen Purdue, Director of the Centre for Public History, Queen’s University Belfast – Oct 18, 2017, Washington, DC, US
- 38th Annual Richard G. Hewlett Lecture and Reception hosted by the Society for History in the Federal Government – Oct 18, 2017, Washington, DC, US
- “Monument, Myth, and Meaning” panel discussion hosted by The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art – Oct 23, 2017, New York, NY, US
AWARDS and FUNDING
- 2018 John Kinard Scholarship Fund to support two staff members from Association of African American Museums institutional museums or two AAAM members to attend the Southeastern Museums Conference’s Jekyll Island Management Institute (APPLY BY Oct 15, 2017)
- 2018 Rome Prize Fellowships available to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities (DEADLINE: Nov 1, 2017)
- Mount Vernon 2018-2019 Fellowship Program (DEADLINE: Dec 31, 2017)
- Linda Hall Library Fellowships (DEADLINE: Jan 19, 2018)
CONFERENCES and CALLS
- “Reclaiming our Ancestors: Community Conversations about Racial Justice and Public History” – Oct 19-21, 2017, Buffalo, NY, US
- “Black Communities: A Conference for Collaboration” – April 23-25, 2018, Durham, NC, US (PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Nov 14, 2017)
- “Truth or Consequences” – Call for Proposals for 2018 American Association for State and Local History – Sept 26-29, 2018, Kansas City, MO, US (PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Dec 8, 2017)
- “Cities at the Crossroads” – Call for Proposals for the 9th biennial conference of the Urban History Association – Oct 18-21, 2018 (PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Feb 15, 2018)
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Collections workshop, hosted by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) – Oct 25, 2017, Tallahassee, FL, US; Oct 30, 2017, Hernando, MS, US
- Risk Assessment for Cultural Institutions workshop, hosted by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) – Oct 26, 2017, Tallahassee, FL, US; Oct 31, 2017, Hernando, MS, US
- Collection Protection – Are You Prepared? Online course from the Northern States Conservation Center – Nov 6-10, 2017
- Architecture in Color: Historic Paints and Finishes, Their Investigation and Reproduction, hosted by Rutgers University – Camden – Nov 11, 2017, Camden, NJ, US
- National History Day’s Normandy: Sacrifice for Freedom Albert H. Small Student & Teacher Institute – June 16-28, 2018, Washington, DC, US (APPLICATION DEADLINE: Nov 27, 2017)
PUBLICATIONS
- New open access textbook from UCL Press : Key Concepts in Public Archaeology (ed. Moshenska)
- New digital publication from the WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado, Social Writing/Social Media: Publics, Presentations, and Pedagogies (eds. Walls and Vie)
- Review of Artifacts and Allegiances: How Museums Put the Nation and the World on Display (Levitt)
- Review of Linking the Histories of Slavery: North America and Its Borderlands (eds. Martin and Brooks)
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