Around the Field April 26, 2023

26 April 2023 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for a grant program; the Association of African American Museum is accepting applications for travel scholarships; the University of Manchester calls for proposals

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• A community-led oral history project, Kin/Folk/Lore, has launched
• Parks Canada has launched a new history and archaeology podcast, Recollections
• The Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia will present the David McCullough Prize for Excellence in American Public History in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, April 26, 2023
• The William G. Pomeroy Foundation invites people to volunteer for National Historic Marker Day, April 28, 2023
• Made By Us invites people to submit items to the Civic Season website, due April 30, 2023

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• Mass Humanities is accepting applications for Staffing Recovery Grants, due May 1, 2023
• The Association of Midwest Museums is accepting nominations for their Annual Awards Program, due May 5, 2023
• The Association of African American Museums is accepting applications for 2023 AAAM Conference Travel Scholarships, due May 11, 2023
• The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for the Public Impact Projects at Smaller Organizations grant program, due June 28, 2023

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The American Association for State and Local History will hold a virtual summit, “Commemoration Reconsidered: Ethics, Justice, and America’s 250th Anniversary,” April 27-28, 2023
• The American & New England Studies Program at Boston University will hold a symposium, “Archives and Knowledge Keepers: Native American and Indigenous Studies and the Art of History,” virtually and in Boston, Massachusetts, US, May 4, 2023
• The Midwestern History Conference, “Many Histories, One Midwest?,” will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, May 18-19, 2023
• Fort Ticonderoga will hold the Twenty-Seventh Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War in Ticonderoga, New York, US, May 19-21, 2023
• The Costume Society of America will hold their annual meeting, “Crossroads of Dress & Adornment: Creativity, Culture, & Collaboration,” in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, May 23-27, 2023
• The Society for History in the Federal Government will hold their annual meeting, “Federal History 2.0: Rethinking Methods and Approaches in the Wake of a Pandemic,” in Washington, DC, US, June 1-2, 2023
• The Massachusetts History Alliance will hold the 18th Annual Massachusetts History Conference in Devens, Massachusetts, US, June 5, 2023
• The Agricultural History Society will hold their annual meeting, “Agricultural Pasts of the Climate Crisis,” in Knoxville, Tennessee, US, June 8-10, 2023
• The Friends of New Jersey Heritage will hold their annual conference, “Fun and Fury,” in Atlantic City, New Jersey, US, June 12-13, 2023
• The Social Science Education Consortium will hold their annual conference, “Dismantling Spaces of Silence,” in Bellingham, Washington, US, June 21-25, 2023
• The Association for Documentary Editing will hold their annual meeting, “Modalities of Text and Editing,” in Washington, DC, US, June 22-25, 2023
• Historic Deerfield will hold the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, “Indigenous Histories in New England: Pastkeepers and Pastkeeping,” in Deerfield, Massachusetts, US, June 23-24, 2023
• The University of Manchester calls for proposals for a workshop, “Hidden Worlds: Histories of Disability Things and Material Culture,” virtually and in Manchester, England, September 2023 (deadline is May 1, 2023)
• The Costume Society of America calls for proposals for the Western Region 2023 Symposium, “Raising Native Voices: Power Shifts and Politics Reflected in Dress Traditions,” in Cody, Wyoming, US, September 15-17, 2023 (deadline is May 1, 2023)
• The Association for the Study of African American Life and History calls for proposals for their 108th Annual Meeting & Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, US, September 20-24, 2023 (deadline is April 30, 2023)
• The American Swedish Historical Museum calls for proposals for the Twenty-Second Biennial New Sweden History Conference, “Contested Spaces: Colonial and Indigenous Concepts of Landscape Along the Delaware River Valley,” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, November 4, 2023 (deadline is June 2, 2023)
• The National Security Agency calls for proposals for the 19th Cryptologic History Symposium, “Engage the Past – Educate the Future,” in Laurel, Maryland, US, May 8-10, 2024 (deadline is September 5, 2023)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The National Humanities Alliance will hold a webinar, “Making the Case to Upper Administrators,” April 27, 2023
• The Smithsonian American Art Museum is accepting applications for Toward Equity in Publishing, due May 1, 2023
• The American Historical Association will hold weekly virtual events in their Washington History Seminar series through May 22, 2023
• The Historical Society of PA and the Genealogical Society of PA will hold a virtual event, “Family History Sampler: Different Strategies for Diverse Ancestors,” May 20, 2023
• The American Association for State and Local History will hold a workshop, “Project Management for History Professionals,” in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, June 5-6, 2023

PUBLICATIONS

• The National Historic Landmarks Program has released a new theme study, African American Outdoor Recreation

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