Around the Field – June 17, 2026

17 June 2026 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: Students at Carl I. Bergerson Middle School in Albion, New York, have received funding from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation to install two historical markers honoring notable individuals buried in a local cemetery; the Council of State Archivists will host its annual meeting, “Preserve, Adapt, Endure: Building Resilient and Territorial Archives,” in Columbia, South Carolina, this September; the American Historical Association is offering an Advocacy 101 Training Workshop on engaging policymakers and staff in federal advocacy; and the Journal of Texas History has published new research examining the history and legacy of Juneteenth

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Students at Carl I. Bergerson Middle School in Albion, New York, have received funding from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation to install two historical markers commemorating notable individuals buried in a local cemetery
• The new Southeastern Cemetery Consortium (SCC) 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 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

• Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation has opened its Placekeepers Fund grant program. There are two grant categories available: designation and planning grants and on-site preservation grants. Applications are due by June 30, 2026
• The Robert & Elizabeth Dole Archives & Special Collections is seeking applications for its 2026 Research Fellowship and Travel Grants. The deadline to apply is July 1, 2026
• The U.S. Department of Education and Department of Labor have launched their American History and Civics National Activities grants to support colleges, nonprofits, and for-profits in promoting history and civics education. Applications are accepted through July 13, 2026
• The Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee of MARAC (Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference) is looking for submissions for its annual award recognizing the best books and articles written or compiled by individuals and institutions in the MARAC region. Works must be relevant to the general public and to the archival community and published between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026. All submissions must be received by July 31, 2026

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The Association for Gravestone Studies is hosting their annual conference and annual meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, from June 23-26, 2026
• Slavery North, a research hub at University of Massachusetts Amherst, is hosting a conference, “Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution,” from July 9-12, 2026, in Amherst, Massachusetts, US
• The Association of Midwest Museums is hosting its annual conference, “We Hold These Truths,” in Chicago, Illinois, US, from July 26-29, 2026
• The Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association will hold its 119th Annual Meeting, “We Hold These Truths,” in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, from July 29-31, 2026
• The Society of American Archivists will host its 90th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, from July 29-August 1, 2026
• The Association of African American Museums is hosting its 2026 Annual Meeting, “This Land Holds Our Stories,” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, from August 19-21, 2026
• Latinos in Heritage Conservation is hosting its biennial Congreso Leadership Summit in Chicago, Illinois, US, from August 19-22, 2026
• The American Historical Association will hold the Virginia Conference on Introductory History Courses, which will be in person from August 28-29 at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond, Virginia
• The International Federation for Public History will host its 8th international conference on public history, “The Public History of Difficult Pasts,” in Lisbon, Portugal from September 7-11, 2026
• The Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation is hosting its biennial National Asian & Pacific Islander American Historic Preservation Forum in Denver & Aurora, Colorado, US, from September 10-13, 2026
• NCPH and AASLH are hosting their joint conference, “The Work of Revolution,” in Providence, Rhode Island, US, from September 16-19, 2026
• The Council of State Archivists is hosting its annual meeting, “Preserve, Adapt, Endure: Building Resilient and Territorial Archives,” in Columbia, South Carolina, from September 23-25, 2026
• The Southeastern Museums Conference is hosting its annual conference, “Forged in Culture – Focused on the Future,” in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US, from September 28-30, 2026
• The Slave Dwelling Project is hosting its 9th conference, “250 Years and Counting: Reckoning, Resilience, and Remembrance,” to be held in Charleston, South Carolina, US, from October 1-3, 2026
• The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums is hosting its 2026 Annual Conference in New Brunswick, New Jersey, US, from October 6-8, 2026
• The Organization of American Historians is hosting, “Coasts, Currents, and Islands: Exploring the Interwoven Histories of the United States & the Pacific,” part of its History in Place Symposium series, in Honolulu, Hawai’i, US, from October 10-11, 2026. The call for proposals is open until June 30, 2026
• The Oral History Association is hosting its 2026 Annual Meeting, “Landscapes of Memory,” in Portland, Oregon, US, from October 14-17, 2026
• Qatar National Library’s Heritage Library & Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies are jointly hosting a conference in Doha, Qatar, from October 19–20, 2026, that focuses on the public history field in the Middle East
• The Western History Association is hosting its 66th Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon, US, from October 21-24, 2026
• The Universities Studying Slavery consortium will host its fall conference, “250 Years of Freedom and Unfreedom: Truth, Liberty, and Justice for All,” in College Park, Maryland, US from October 22-25, 2026
• Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life is meeting for its 2026 National Gathering, “Tides of Transition: Restoring Collective Spirit in Troubled Times,” in Davis, California, US, from October 23-25, 2026. The call for participation is open until June 30, 2026
• The Museums Association of the Caribbean is hosting its 2026 annual conference, “Caribbean Museums: Connectors, Conveners, and Catalysts for Change,” in Port of Spain, Trinidad, from November 9-13, 2026
• The Association of Critical Heritage Studies is meeting for its 8th biennial conference in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, from November 30-December 2, 2026
• The National Humanities Alliance is hosting their Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day in Arlington, Virginia, US, from March 7-9, 2027
• The Organization of American Historians will host their 2027 Conference in San Francisco, California, US, April 1-4, 2027
• The Italian Association for Urban History is hosting a congress, “The Wounded City. Urban Spaces as Sites of Conflicts, Life, and Memory,” in Genoa, Italy, from September 7-10, 2027
• The Fort Ticonderoga Museum is hosting its virtual conference “Material Matters: It’s in the Details” on January 23, 2027. They are seeking papers that focus on material culture made, used, or altered in a military context in the period 1609-1815. The deadline for papers is July 1, 2026

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The American Association for State and Local History is offering a half-day virtual workshop, Reframing History, to help history practitioners effectively communicate their work to build a wider understanding of history and history organizations. The workshop will take place on June 24, 2026 
• NCPH’s Advocacy Committee is hosting a comment-a-thon on July 10, 2026. It will focus on a proposed Office of Management and Budget rule that would require political appointees to review and approve federal grants, and will provide public historians with an opportunity to submit feedback on the proposal 
• The American Historical Association is hosting an Advocacy 101 Training Workshop on June 26, 2026. It will introduce attendees to the basics of federal advocacy and how to engage policymakers and staff 
• NCPH’s Professional Development Committee is hosting book club discussions for We Were Illegal: Uncovering a Texas Family’s Mythmaking and Migration by Jessica Goudeau on July 21 and Fleshing the Archive: An Intimate Genealogy of Chicana Knowledge Praxis by María Eugenia Cotera on August 18
• 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
• The Organization of American Historians is hosting a virtual discussion of Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home on September 24, 2026, as part of its K-12 Teachers’ Book Club

PUBLICATIONS

• The Journal of Texas History has published new research on Juneteenth. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Caleb McDaniel’s article, “The First Juneteenth: Black Churches, Reconstruction Politics, and the Houston Origins of June 19 Celebrations,” examines newly accessible primary sources, including a rare newspaper article overlooked by previous historians, to shed new light on the holiday’s origins
• The American Historical Review (AHR) is accepting papers that frame AI as a historical and historiographic phenomenon to be contextualized, interrogated, and reinterpreted. Proposals should be submitted by June 30, 2026. Papers will appear as a series in the AHR History Lab
• The American Historical Association has released the 2026 edition of Careers for History Majors. The updated guide provides students and graduates with practical knowledge, strategies, and insights to help them make the most of their history degree. 
• The newly established open-journal Everyday Life is accepting calls for papers that engage with everyday life through diverse disciplinary and methodological perspectives. Submissions for their inaugural issue are accepted through July 1, 2026

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