Around the Field April 7, 2021

07 April 2021 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: the State Historical Society of Iowa offers research grants; the National Humanities Alliance calls for conference proposals; the National Preservation Institute hosts a webinar series.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Getty and the American Council of Learned Societies announce the winners of their 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Art

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The deadline for the Middle Eastern Studies Association of North America Global Academy’s scholarships is April 15, 2021
• Applications for the State Historical Society of Iowa’s research grants are due April 15, 2021
• Applications for the Medical Heritage Library’s “Jaipreet Virdi 2021 Fellowship for Disability Studies” and “2021 Education Resources Fellow” are due April 19, 2021
• The deadline for Humanities Texas’ “2021 Winter Storm Recovery Grants” is April 30, 2021
• Applications for the National Park Service’s “Battlefield Interpretation Grants” are due May 5, 2021
• The American Council of Learned Societies is offering their “Leading Edge Fellowships,” due May 6, 2021
• The National Endowment for the Humanities is offering two “American Rescue Plan” grants: one for “Humanities Grantmaking,” due May 13, 2021, and one for “Humanities Organizations,” due May 14, 2021
• The deadline for the American Historical Association’s 2021 awards and prizes nominations is May 15, 2021
• The Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network is accepting applications for “Professional Development Funding” and “Emergency Hardware Support” funding on a rolling basis until June 2021

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The National Humanities Alliance calls for proposals for their “2021 National Humanities Conference” in Detroit, Michigan, US, November 11-14, 2021 (deadline is April 9, 2021)
• The Institute of History of the University of Wrocław, Poland, Zajezdnia History Centre, and the International Federation for Public History call for research project proposals for their 4th annual “Public History Summer School,” held virtually June 7-11, 2021 (deadline is April 12, 2021)
• The Texas Association of Museums will host their virtual 2021 conference, “Roots and Reckoning: Museums Respond and Redefine,” April 12-16, 2021
• The Organization of American Historians will host their virtual annual meeting, April 15-18, 2021
• PA Museums will hold their virtual annual conference, April 19-23, 2021
• Case Western Reserve and IUPUI will host a virtual conference, “Building an Engaged Art History,” April 22-23, 2021
• Meridian and the National Endowment for the Humanities calls for paper proposals for their virtual “Global Humanities Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy” on June 11, 2021 (deadline is April 30, 2021)
• The Mountain-Plains Museums Association calls for poster proposals for their conference, “Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges,” in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US, October 5-8, 2021 (deadline is April 30, 2021)
• The Society for Georgia Archivists calls for session proposals for their virtual annual conference, October 20-22, 2021 (deadline is May 15, 2021)
• The Costume Society of America will host their 2021 virtual symposium, May 26-29, 2021
• The Congress 2021 of the Humanities and Social Sciences’ virtual conference will be held May 27-June 4, 2021

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The next webinar series in Villanova University’s “Decolonizing History” series, “Decolonizing COVID-19,” begins today, April 7, 2021
• The National Preservation Institute is offering a webinar series, “NAGPRA Grant Proposal Development,” today, April 7 and on April 14, 2021
• The National Endowment for the Humanities is offering a virtual grant workshop series, the next of which, “NEH Virtual Workshop: Historically Black Colleges and Universities,” is tomorrow, April 8, 2021
• Middle Tennessee State University’s Department of History and Public History Program is hosting a webinar series, “Diverse Histories for a Diverse Nation,” starting tomorrow, April 8, 2021
• The American Historical Association is offering a host of webinars this month, starting with “Temporary Unions in the Early Modern World: Marriage, Economy, Family, Intimacy” tomorrow, April 8, 2021
• The Mountain-Plains Museums Association is hosting a webinar, “Why Do We Collect? Why Is This Stuff So Interesting?” on April 14, 2021
• The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience will hold a webinar, “Last in Line: Racism and the History of Public Health,” on April 15, 2021
• The International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection is offering two webinars, “Introduction to the Protection of Cultural Property” on April 12, 2021, and “Situational Awareness” on April 22, 2021
• The DC Bar Association is hosting a webinar, “Indian Claims Commission Act at 75: A Look Back and a Look Forward,” on April 13, 2021
• The Association of Midwest Museums, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and the Wisconsin Historical Society are hosting a webinar series, “Audience Engagement: Preparing for the Virtual Long Game,” April 26-May 26, 2021

PUBLICATIONS

• Routledge, Taylor & Francis, and the National Humanities Alliance published “Public Humanities and Publication: A Working Paper,” discussing model practices for publishing on public and publicly engaged humanities work
• 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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