Around the Field April 3, 2024

03 April 2024 – Hunter Marsh

From Around the Field this week: NCPH hosts our joint conference with the Utah Historical Society; the Oral History Association accepts applications for a research fund; the Learning Disabilities Association of America hosts a history webinar

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• During NCPH’s 2024 annual meeting in Salt Lake City join WWII camp survivors on an one-day visit to Topaz, Utah on April 13 in attending the 81st memorial ceremony for James Wakasa, killed by a guard at the incarceration camp in 1943
• The National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites have released a free, online toolkit that helps historic site staff and volunteers looking to incorporate women’s history
• Consider volunteering for National Historic Marker Day on Friday, April 26, 2024
• NCPH board members will host a Committee Interest Info Session via Zoom on April 26, 2024 at 12:00 pm Eastern

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The State Historical Society of Iowa accepts applications for their grant program to support history of Iowa or the Midwest through April 15, 2024
• The Oral History Association is accepting applications for their Emerging Crises Oral History Research Fund until April 15, 2024
• The Journal of Women’s History is accepting applicants for their Scholars Research Grant through April 19, 2024
• The Western History Association is accepting applicants for two public history prizes, the Autry Public History Prize due on April 15, 2024 and the Louise Pubols Public History Prize due on June 30, 2024
• The National Archives Foundation is accepting applications for the 2024 Cokie Roberts Research Fund for Women’s History until May 15, 2024
• The American Historical Association will accept applications for the Herbert Feis Award through May 15, 2024
• the Disability History Association is accepting applicants for their Public Disability History Award until May 15, 2024
• The American Historical Association is accepting submissions for the Raymond J. Cunningham Prize until May 15, 2024

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The Indiana Association of Historians will host their 2024 conference, “Historical Intelligence,” in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, April 5-6, 2024
• The Society of Architectural Historians Latrobe Chapter, DC Preservation League, CUA School of Architecture and Planning will host the Architecture of Food Symposium in Washington, DC, US, April 6-7, 2024
• The Museum Association of New York will host their 2024 conference, “Giving Voice to Value,” to be held in Albany, New York, US, April 6-9, 2024
• NCPH and the Utah Division of State History/Utah Historical Society will host our joint conference, “Historical Urgency,” in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, April 10-13, 2024
• The Organization of American Historians will host their 2024 conference, “Public Dialogue, Relevance, and Change: Being in Service to Communities and the Nation,” in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, April 11-14, 2024
• PA Museums will host their 2024 conference, “Chance for Change: Opportunities in a Community,” in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US, April 14-16, 2024
• NCPH and the Organization of American Historians will host our joint, virtual conference series, “Public Dialogue, Relevance, and Change: Being in Service to Communities and the Nation,” from April 30 – May 2, 2024
• The Midwest Archives Conference will host their 2024 Annual Meeting, in Des Moines, Iowa, US, May 2-4, 2024.
• The American Alliance of Museums will host their 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo in Baltimore, Maryland, US, May 16-19, 2024
• The Midwestern History Association will host their annual Midwestern History Conference, “Finding the Lost Region,” in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, May 30-31, 2024
• The Society for History in the Federal Government will host their annual meeting, Making History Accessible, in the Library of Congress, Madison Building, Washington, DC, US, May 30-31, 2024
• The Southwest Oral History Association will host their conference, Rooted in Memory and Resistance: Cultivating Radical Futures, at the University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California, US, May 31 – June 3, 2024
• The Massachusetts Historical Alliance will host the 2024 Massachusetts History Conference, History is for Everyone, in Devens, Massachusetts, US, June 3, 2023
• The Agricultural History Society will host their 2024 meeting, Borderlands, Marginal Spaces, and Agriculture In-Between, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, US, June 6-8, 2024
• The Committee on LGBT History will host their Queer History Conference 2024, at California State University, Fullerton in Fullerton, California, US, June 10-13, 2024
• The Oral History Association will host their AI in OH Virtual Symposium, from July 15-19, 2024
• The Association of African American Museums will hold their 2024 conference, Acknowledging Legacy, Fostering Progress: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, to be held in Baltimore, Maryland, US, August 13-16, 2023
• The Society of American Archivists will host Archives*Records 2024 in Chicago, Illinois, US, August 14-17, 2024
• The International Federation for Public History will host their 2024 World Conference in Belval, Luxembourg, September 3-7, 2024
• The Virginia Museum of History and Culture calls for proposals for their 2024 VMHC History Matters Symposium to be held in Richmond, Virginia, US, September 7, 2024 (proposals due on April 12, 2024)
• The American Association for State and Local History will host their 2024 conference, Doing History, to be held in Mobile, Alabama, US, September 11-14, 2024
• The Society of Architectural Historians calls for session proposals for SAH Virtual 2024 to be held online September 19-21, 2024 (proposals due May 20, 2024)
• The Association for the Study of African American Life and History calls for proposals for their 2024 Conference to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, September 25-29, 2024 (submissions due by April 30, 2024)
• The Slave Dwelling Project calls for proposals for their conference, The Illusion of Freedom: Slavery in the Northern States, to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, October 3-5, 2024 (call ends April 22, 2024)
• The American Journalism Historians Association calls for papers and panels for their 2024 conference to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, October 3-5, 2024 (submissions due by June 1, 2024)
• The Society for the History of Discoveries calls for papers for their annual conference to be held in San Antonio, Texas, US, October 24-26, 2024 (call ends April 15, 2024)
• William & Mary call for proposals for their conference, For 2026: Virginia’s Revolutionary Histories & Beyond, to be held in Williamsburg, Virginia, US, October 24-26, 2024 (proposals due by April 30, 2024)
• The Oral History Association calls for proposals will hold their 2024 annual meeting, Oral History: Bridging Past, Present, and Future,  in Cincinnati, Ohio, US, October 30 – November 2, 2024
• The American Folklore Society calls for proposals for their annual meeting, Crossing the Global Storm: Networks, Solidarities, and Communities in the Struggle, to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 6-9, 2024 (proposals due by April 10, 2024)
• The Federation of State Humanities Councils and the National Humanities Alliance invites proposals for the National Humanities Conference 2024, Making Waves, Navigating Currents of Change, to be held in Providence, Rhode Island, US, November 13-17, 2024 (deadline for submissions is April 3, 2024)
• The American Historical Association will host their 2025 annual conference in New York City, New York, US, January 3-6, 2025

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The Wisconsin Historical Society will host a local history webinar, “Boards: What Are They Good For?,” on April 4, 2024 at 11:00 am Eastern
• The Learning Disabilities Association of America will host a webinar on Empowerment through Disability History on April 9, 2024 at 5:00 pm Eastern
• The Northeast Document Conservation Center will host a webinar on Managing Moving Image Collections, April 9, 2024 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm Eastern (registration deadline is April 7, 2024)
• IU Indianapolis’ Museum Studies Colloquium will host a panel of experienced museum professionals titled “Representation Reimagined: Engaging Dialogues About Museums” at the Masonic Library and Museum of Indiana in Indianapolis, Indiana, US and via Zoom on April 16, 2024 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm Eastern
• The Oregon Museums Association will host a workshop, “Exploring Exhibit Design and Creation from a DIY Perspective,” at the Robert M. Richmond Memorial Library and Museum in Forest Grove, Oregon, US, April 17, 2024 from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Pacific
• The George Washing University Museum will host a webinar, “Museums Today: NAGPRA Compliance, Meaningful Collaboration, and Transparency in Exhibitions,” on April 17, 2024 from 6:00 – 7:00 pm Eastern
• The American Association for State and Local History will host a workshop, Reimagining the Historic House Museum, at the Montpelier House Museum in Laurel, Maryland, US on April 19, 2024 (register by April 12, 2024)
• The American Historical Association will host the next installment of their online chairs’ workshop, “History in the Current Gen Ed Landscape,” on April 19, 2024 at 1:00 pm Eastern
• The American Association for State and Local History will host a webinar, “Climate and Weather History as Local History,” on April 24, 2024 at 3:00 pm Eastern
• The Society of American Archivists will host a course on Preserving Digital Archives in Reno, Nevada, US, May 29, 2024 from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm Central
• NCPH will host a virtual workshop, “Interpreting the History and Legacies of Slavery in School Programs Virtual Workshop,” May 30 and 31, 2024 at 1:00 pm Eastern
• The Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy will host a digital humanities workshop, “Archives as Data: An Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities for Archivists and Historians,” at Columbia University in New York, New York, US, June 10-21, 2024

PUBLICATIONS

• Seeking chapter proposals for an upcoming edited collection titled Subversive Intrusions: Redefining the Museum through Activist Interventions by April 8, 2024
• Radical History Review calls for abstracts for a future issue, The Rest is Political: Radical Histories of Repose, by May 15, 2024
• Contingent Magazine is accepting pitches for pieces on history and the process of doing history