Around the field Sept. 6, 2016
06 September 2016 – editors
From around the field this week: Canadian historians ponder sesquicentennial; practitioners reinvent historic house museums; iconic British heritage site focuses on bridging; and awards for US federal history exhibits and applied anthropology students CONFERENCES and CALLS
- “From Far and Wide: The Next 150,” Canadian Historical Association annual meeting – May 29-31, 2017, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (DEADLINE: Oct. 17, 2016)
- Symposium on “Reinventing the Historic House Museum” – Oct. 27, 2016, Denver, Colorado, US
- “BRIDGE: The Heritage of Connecting Places and Cultures” – July 6-10, 2016, Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire, UK (DEADLINE: Nov. 1, 2016)
FUNDING and AWARDS
- John Wesley Powell Prize from the Society for History in the Federal Government for historic exhibit or display projects completed in 2015 or 2016 within or on behalf of US government (DEADLINE: Nov. 30, 2016)
- Peter K. New Student Research Competition/Award from Society for Applied Anthropology for graduate and undergraduate students in the social and behavioral sciences (DEADLINE: Dec. 31, 2016)
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