Around the Field – April 22, 2026

22 April 2026 –

From Around the Field this week: Sharing Stories from 1977 is accepting applications for its 2026-2027 Graduate Fellows Program; Award nominations for the Association of Midwest Museums close soon; SUNY Brockport is finishing up its ten-part public history webinar series; The Alliance for Texas History is seeking a new Co-Editor for The Journal of Texas History

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Digital humanities project Sharing Stories from 1977 is accepting applications for its 2026-2027 Graduate Fellows Program to serve on the project’s Editorial Board. The application deadline is April 30, 2026
  • The Southeastern Cemetery Consortium (SCC) has recently launched to connect and coordinate organizations, institutions, project teams, private firms, and individuals working to document, restore, preserve, and memorialize historic cemeteries
  • NCPH, on behalf of Sarah Marsom, is inviting people to fill out an anonymous cultural resource worker salary survey in order to shift compensation transparency expectations in the cultural resource field. Any cultural resource worker, broadly defined, is welcome to complete the survey – this includes historic preservationists, cultural resource workers, archaeologists, historic site managers, public historians, etc. The deadline to submit is December 31, 2026

AWARDS AND FUNDING

  • The Center for Painted Wall Preservation is offering a $2,000 scholarship for a project proposal that best furthers the study, understanding, and appreciation of paint-decorated plaster walls in 18th- and 19th-century New England. Applications are due by April 30, 2026
  • Latinos in Heritage Conservation is offering the Next-Gen Student Scholarship for university students interested in attending the organization’s upcoming Congreso summit. Applications are due by April 30, 2026
  • The Association of Midwest Museums has opened their 2026 award nominations. Nominations are due by April 30, 2026
  • The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced a new Collections Stewardship grant program. Application deadlines this year are May 11, 2026, and December 15, 2026
  • Nominations for the 2026 American Historical Association Awards are open until May 15, 2026
  • The Western History Association seeks applications for its Louise Pubols Public History Prize, which supports the attendance of a public historian to the organization’s annual meeting. Applications are due by May 15, 2026
  • The Robert & Elizabeth Dole Archives & Special Collections seeks applications for its 2026 Research Fellowship and Travel Grants. Applications are due July 1, 2026
  • The Oral History Association is accepting applications for its 2026 Awards. Applications for most awards are due by July 1, 2026

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

  • The Association for Gravestone Studies is offering a virtual lecture series, “First in the Grave,” which explores the burial sites and memorialization of our first four presidents. The last event, on April 23, 2026, will feature a talk from Kurt Deion, History Education Manager at Historic Congressional Cemetery
  • The American Association for State and Local History is presenting a five-part webinar series about core issues in the history sector. The next two are “Disaster Preparedness for History Organizations and Sites” on April 29, 2026 and “Engaging Younger Generations at History Organizations” on May 6, 2026
  • SUNY Brockport is offering a 10-part Public History Webinar series. The last two are “Public History in New York State,” on April 29, 2026 and “Public History Research Lab” on May 4, 2026
  • NCPH’s Professional Development Committee is hosting a three-part webinar series, “How to Publish Your Public History Work.” The second event, “How to Get Published: What Reviewers Want You to Know,” will take place May 5, 2026
  • The Organization of American Historians is hosting a virtual discussion of Freedom Was In Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, DC Region on May 7, 2026, as part of its K-12 Teachers’ Book Club
  • The National Humanities Alliance is presenting “Building Applied and Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Programs,” a four-part virtual professional development workshop series for faculty and administrators interested in creating courses and programs that integrate the humanities with other fields of study. The series will take place from July 27-August 6, 2026

PUBLICATIONS

  • Excelsior University has published Past Makes Perfect: A Mini Handbook for Student Historians, an open-access work that provides information on how to perform history research. It also includes scenarios in which students can put their knowledge to the test
  • University of Iowa Press has published Baltimore’s Black Arts Then & Now: Behind the Scenes of a Collaborative Public Humanities Project, by NCPH member Mary Rizzo
  • Arab Americana, a new scholarly journal centering around Arab-American life, is holding an open-call for research articles, essays and reports, book reviews, round table comments, research notes, interviews, and edited primary sources
  • The Alliance for Texas History is seeking a new Co-Editor for The Journal of Texas History. To indicate your interest in this position, please send a cover letter describing your interest along with a CV to [email protected] by May 15, 2026
  • The Coalition of Master’s Scholars on Material Culture is seeking submissions from master’s scholars for its 2026 issue of their journal Material Matters around the theme of “Animal Materialities.” Submissions are due by June 5, 2026

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