Around the Field April 20, 2022
20 April 2022 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The American Council of Learned Societies announces new fellowship program; the Texas Historical Commission offers multiple virtual programs; the University of California Press has recently published a new book.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The American Council of Learned Societies announced they will begin accepting applications for the launch of their new program, the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship, in May 2022.
- The National Humanities Alliance has made the first season of their podcast, What Are You Going to Do with That?, available for listening.
- The Missouri Equity Education Partnership will be holding a national March for Education April 30, 2022.
AWARDS AND FUNDING
- The National Archives Foundation is accepting applications for the Cokie Roberts Research Fund for Women’s History, due April 30, 2022
- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is accepting nominations for National History Teacher of the Year, due April 30, 2022
- The Organization of American Historians is accepting nominations for the Willi Paul Adams Award, due May 1, 2022
- The Association of Midwest Museums is accepting nominations for several awards, due May 2, 2022
- The National Park Service is accepting applications for their Semiquincentennial Grant Program, due May 3, 2022
- The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Division of Education Programs is accepting applications for several grants opportunities, due May 9, 2022
- The American Historical Association is accepting submissions for several book awards, due May 15, 2022
- Queen’s University Belfast is accepting applications for a PhD Studentship on museums, public history, and the environment, due May 16, 2022
- The National Historical Publications & Records Commission is accepting applications for the NHPRC-Mellon Planning Grants for Collaborative Digital Editions in African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American History and Ethnic Studies, due June 8, 2022
- The Western History Association is accepting nominations for the Louise Pubols Public History Prize, due June 30, 2022
CONFERENCES AND CALLS
- The John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage at Brown University is holding a virtual symposium, “Inheritance,” April 27-30, 2022
- The American Council of Learned Societies will hold their 2022 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, April 28-30, 2022
- The Society for History in the Federal Government will hold their annual meeting, “The Resiliency of Institutions,” in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, US, June 2-3, 2022
- The Montana State University Library and University of Wyoming Libraries are co-hosting the conference “Conversations on Collecting Yellowstone” in Bozeman, Montana, US, June 5-8, 2022
- The Committee on LGBT History, San Francisco State University, and the GLBT Historical Society will hold their conference, “QHC 2022,” in San Francisco, California, US, June 12-15, 2022
- The Oral History Association and the Oral History Center at the University of California Berkeley will hold their virtual symposium, “Assessing the Role of Race and Power in Oral History Theory and Practice,” June 27-29, 2022
- The Indiana Historical Society will hold the Midwestern Roots conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, July 15-16, 2022
- The Association of African American Museums will hold their 44th Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, US, August 10-12, 2022
- The Slave Dwelling Project calls for proposals for their conference, “2022 Slave Dwelling Project Conference: The Stono Rebellion and the Atlantic World,” in Charleston, South Carolina, September 8-10, 2022 (deadline is May 1, 2022)
- The Society of Georgia Archivists calls for proposals for their annual meeting, “Sustaining Archives: Practical Solutions for the Future,” at the Jekyll Island Club, Georgia, US, October 25-28, 2022
- The New York State History and Education conference, “History Fights Back!,” will be held at SUNY Oneonta, New York, US, October 28-30, 2022
- The DAR Museum call for proposals for their annual symposium, “Impacts of a Nation,” in Washington, DC, US, November 4, 2022 (deadline is May 6, 2022)
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- The IUPUI School of Liberal Arts is offering a virtual program, “Religion & Spirituality in Museums,” April 21, 2022
- The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is offering a virtual program, “Reporting for Change: Engaging Media Outlets to Support Transitional Justice,” April 21, 2022
- The Documentary Heritage & Preservation Services for New York is offering a virtual program, “Making Your Website Accessible,” April 22, 2022
- The Texas Historical Commission is offering a virtual program, “What’s in a Name: Rebranding Your History Organization,” April 27, 2022
- The American Association for State and Local History is offering a virtual program, “Recruiting Teachers with Cemetery Programming,” April 27, 2022
- The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation is offering a virtual program, “Collections Intake in a Remote Work Environment,” April 28, 2022
- The Costume Society of America is offering a virtual program, “Hidden Gems: An Introduction to Fashion Archives in Japan,” April 28, 2022
- The National Archives Foundation is offering a virtual program, “Exploring Immigrant Experiences through Census Records,” April 28, 2022
- The Texas Historical Commission is offering a virtual program, “Beyond the Bake Sale: Fundraising for Local History Organizations,” May 4, 2022
- The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions is offering a virtual program, “A Talk on the 1950 United States Census,” May 4, 2022
- The Documentary Heritage & Preservation Services for New York is offering a virtual program, “Stories from the Field: Oral Histories at Queen Memory Project,” May 4, 2022
- The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University is offering a virtual program, “Strategies for Settler Allyship, Un-leanring and Building Community with Indigenous People,” May 12, 2022
- The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is offering a virtual program, “The Time is Now: Restorative History and Racial Justice in America,” May 19, 2022
- The International Federation for Public History, in partnership with several organizations, will be hosting the “Public History Summer School” at the University of Wroclaw, Poland, June 6-10, 2022
- The UC Berkeley Oral History Center is offering a one-week virtual advanced institute August 8-12, 2022
PUBLICATIONS
- The University of California Press has recently published Queer Public History: Essays on Scholarly Activism, by Marc Stein
- The University of Arkansas Press has recently published Curating the American Past, by Pete Daniel
- Utrecht University is accepting abstract submissions for the edited volume, Archiving Activism in the Digital Age, edited by Ann Rigney and Daniele Salerno, due May 15, 2022
- New York History calls for paper submissions
- The White House History Quarterly calls for abstracts on a variety of topics
- The Coalition of Master’s Scholars on Material Culture calls for papers relating to the study of Material Culture
- The Museum Scholar calls for paper submissions from museum students and emerging professionals
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