Around the Field August 22, 2018
22 August 2018 – editors
From around the field this week: The Association for Computers and the Humanities is seeking reviewers for conference submissions; the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums seeks to award Graduate Students and Emerging Museum Professionals; The National Humanities Center is offering an online course on Digital Literacy in the Classroom.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Transcribe-a-thon: USS Jeanette Logbooks with the National Archives – Aug 23, 2018, Washington, DC, US
- The Association for Computers and the Humanities is seeking reviewers for conference proposal submissions during Dec 2018 and Jan 2019 – apply by Sept 1, 2018
- International Forum of Young Museum Professionals Call for Grant Applications – apply by Sept 10, 2018
AWARDS and FUNDING
- The Koninklijke Blbiotheek, National Library of the Netherlands, is seeking researchers-in-residence for 2019
- Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums seeks to award four Bruce Craig Fellowships for Promising Graduate Students and Emerging Museum Professionals – apply by Sept 4, 2018
CONFERENCES and CALLS
- Cultural and Historic Preservation Conference – Oct 12-13, 2018, Newport, RI, US
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference – Oct 11-13, 2018, Wilmington, DE, US
- Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries 2019 – March 6-8, 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark (Workshop proposals due Sept 30, paper proposals due Oct 21)
- Museums and the Web Boston Call for Proposals – April 2-6, 2019, Boston, MA, US (Proposals due Sept 30, 2018)
- “Trust, Transparency, and Transformation” PA Museums annual conference – April 7-9, 2019, Philadelphia, PA, US (Proposals due Nov 2, 2018)
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- Digital Literacy in the Classroom online course from the National Humanities Center – begins Sept 4, 2018
- Leadership and Administration online course from AASLH – Sept 17- Nov 12, 2018
- The People of Medieval Scotland: a day of interactive history from Newbattle Abbey College – Sept 22, 2018, Newbattle, UK
PUBLICATIONS
- Recently published by Rowman & Littlefield: Interpreting Religion at Museums and Historic Sites (Buggeln and Franco); 101 Museum Programs under $100: Proven Programs that Work on a Shoestring Budget (Hunley)
- Recently published by Routledge: Saving Spaces: Historic Land Conservation in The United States (Sprinkle); Arts and Cultural Management: sense and Sensibilities in the State of the Field (DeVereaux); Creating Heritage for Tourism (Palmer, Tivers)
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