Author Archive
12 June 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: The Monument Lab is holding a town hall in Philadelphia June 28; the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums is seeking nominations for their Guardian of Culture and Lifeways Awards by June 28; proposals for the “Reimagining the Museum: Conference of the Americas” meeting this October in Oaxaca are due June 16. Read More
29 May 2019 – editors
From around the field this week:
Last chance to submit a proposal for the NCPH Poster Session at AASLH 2019; applications for two National Endowment for the Humanities grants are due soon; the first issue of the new open access Journal of Festive Studies is available online Read More
15 May 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: applications are due for the New-York Historical Society’s women’s history fellowship by mid-June; registration is now open for our webinar with AASLH on writing for history publications; check out the newest offerings from Routledge Read More
01 May 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: Registration for inaugural Chesapeake Studies Conference closes at the end of the month; check out CAM’s free webinar on succession planning tomorrow; make sure to look through the latest offerings from Michigan State University Press Read More
17 April 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: Apply for OAH’s award for a non-English article on American history; check out the NPS’ Q&A webinar if you are interested in learning more about the proposed changes to the National Register; early bird registration for AASLH’s latest in-person workshop ends this week Read More
20 March 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: Apply for Library of Congress education funding; proposals for the ASEH’s second Twitter conference are due tonight; Attending SHFG’s Annual Meeting next month? Registration to their workshop for federal history jobs is included! Read More
05 March 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: Make sure your voice is heard by providing public feedback to the NPS on their proposed changes to the National Register; proposals are due at the beginning of May for the DAR’s 2019 symposium; registration is now open for AASLH’s March webinar on budgets Read More
01 March 2019 – editors
public engagement, community history, sense of place, collaboration, TPH 40.4, museums, MDOC Q&A, scholarship, Montpelier, race, The Public Historian, slavery, methods
Editor’s Note: Want to know more about what it takes to develop an award-winning exhibition about the lives of enslaved people at a founding father’s historic site? We did, too! In this series, we will learn more about what went into the new permanent exhibition The Mere Distinction of Colour (MDOC) at James Madison’s Montpelier (JMM) in Virginia. Read More
26 February 2019 – editors
Childhood, Consumerism, and Gender in Public History
The Public Historian is publishing a special issue on childhood, consumerism, and gender, inspired in part by the continuing popularity of the American Girl dolls and books. Read More
22 February 2019 – editors
slavery, methods, public engagement, community history, sense of place, collaboration, TPH 40.4, museums, MDOC Q&A, scholarship, Montpelier, race, The Public Historian
Editor’s Note: Want to know more about what it takes to develop an award-winning exhibition about the lives of enslaved people at a founding father’s historic site? We did, too! In this series, we will learn more about what went into the new permanent exhibition The Mere Distinction of Colour (MDOC) at James Madison’s Montpelier (JMM) in Virginia. Read More