Around the Field August 23, 2023

22 August 2023 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums closes applications for their 2023 awards; the 2023 National Humanities Conference calls for late-breaking session proposals; the American Historical Association hosts a webinar

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• NCPH will host a series of webinars through September 13-27, 2023 exploring the criteria outlined by Congress for designating World War II Heritage Cities
• The National Conference of State Historic Preservation requests proposals for three projects by September 14, 2023
• Ruth J. Simmons will deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, “Facing History to Find a Better Future,” at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, US, September 26, 2023 at 7:00 pm Eastern
• The Historical Materials Committee of the American Library Association is accepting nominations for their annual “Best Historical Materials” list through September 30, 2023

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting grant applications for their Preserving Black Churches project, deadline August 23, 2023
• The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums is accepting nominations for their 2023 awards through August 28, 2023
• The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for the ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award, due September 1, 2023
• The Lepage Center at Villanova University is accepting proposals for their “Cities in Historical Perspective” grants, due September 3, 2023
• Ohio History Connection is accepting applications for their Ohio History Fund Grants until September 12, 2023
• The State Historical Society of Missouri is accepting applications for their Richard S. Brownlee Missouri Local History Grant, through September 15, 2023
• The Institute of Museum and Library Services is accepting proposals for their National Leadership Grants for Libraries and Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program, due September 20, 2023
• American Council of Learned Societies announces 2023-2024 fellowships and grants, with applications due in September and October, 2023
• The National Humanities Center is accepting applications for their fellowship, due October 5, 2023
• The Dan David Prize is accepting nominations through October 11, 2023
• The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for their new grant program, “Dangers & Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities,” deadline is October 11, 2023
• The Organization of American Historians are accepting applications for multiple awards for graduate students through October and November, 2023
• NCPH invites nominations for our 2024 Book Award and 2024 Robert Kelley Memorial Award by November 1, 2023
• The Institute of Museum and Library Services is accepting applications for six of their grant programs: Museums for America, Inspire! Grants for Small Museums, Museums Empowered, National Leadership Grants for Museums, Museum Grants for African American History and Culture, and Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services. Applications for all six are due November 15, 2023

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The London School of Economics and Political Science and Tufts University call for papers for their joint 2023-2024 Seminar in Contemporary International History, due August 30, 2023
• The American Association for State and Local History will host their annual conference, “I, Too, Am America,” in Boise, Idaho, US, September 6-9, 2023
• The Public History as the New Citizen Science of the Past will hold an online, international conference on the long history of public historical practices in Europe, September 14-15, 2023
• Flagler College will host their conference, “The Freedom to Teach: Confronting Complex Themes in Contested Spaces,”  in St. Augustine, Florida, US, September 28 – October 1, 2023
• NCPH opened registration for our virtual, follow-up conference to our 2023 Annual Meeting, “To Be Continued,” October 4-6, 2023 (register by October 2, 2023)
• The Great Lakes History Conference will host their 2023 conference, “Division and Reaction,” in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, October 5-7, 2023
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation will host their 2023 National Preservation Law Conference in Washington, DC, US, October 10, 2023
• The American Historical Association will host the 2023 Texas Conference on Introductory History Courses at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, US, October 13-14, 2023
• The Wisconsin Historical Society will host the 17th Annual Local History & Historic Preservation Conference in La Crosse, Wisconsin, US, October 18-20, 2023
• The Oral History Association will host their annual conference, “Oral History As/And Education: Teaching and Learning in the Classroom and Beyond,” in Baltimore, Maryland, US, October 18-21, 2023
• The New England Historical Association will host their Fall 2023 meeting in New Haven, Connecticut, US, October 21, 2023
• The Federation of State Humanities Councils and the National Humanities Alliance are accepting late-breaking session proposals for the 2023 National Humanities Conference, “Crossroads,” to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, October 24-29, 2023 (proposals due September 5, 2023)
• The Washington Conservation Guild will host their hybrid 2023 Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit, Preserving Our Heritage and Protecting Our Health, October 27, 2023
• The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation will host their symposium, “Photomechanical Prints: History, Technology, Aesthetics, and Use,” in Washington, DC, US, October 31 – November 2, 2023
• The American Alliance of Museums will host their “Future of Museums Summit” virtually, November 1-2, 2023
• The American Folklore Society will hold their annual meeting, “Roots, Rootlessness, and Uprooting,” in Portland, Oregon, US, November 1-4, 2023
• The Daughters of the American Revolution Museum will host “Pleasing Truths, Framing Identity: A Symposium,”  virtually and in Washington, DC, US, November 3, 2023
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation will host their national preservation conference, PastForward 2023, in Washington, DC, US, November 8-10, 2023
• The African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Center at James Madison is inviting paper proposals for their 14th annual conference, “Reckoning,” to be held virtually and in Harrisonburg, Virginia, US, February 7-10, 2024 (paper proposals due October 15, 2023)
• The Small Museum Association will host their 2024 conference, “Telling Tough Stories,” in Richmond, Virginia, US, February 19-21, 2024 (early bird registration available through August 31, 2023)
• The National Council for History Education is accepting proposals for their 2024 conference, “History at the Crossroads,” to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, US, March 7-9, 2024 (proposals due September 25, 2023)
• The Missouri Conference on History calls for paper, panel, and poster proposals for their 2024 conference to be held in Columbia, Missouri, US, March 13-15, 2024 (proposals due November 3, 2023)
• NCPH and the Utah Division of State History/Utah Historical Society call for posters for our joint conference, “Historical Urgency,” in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, April 10-13, 2024 (deadline is October 18, 2023)
• The Midwest Archives Conference will host their 2024 Annual Meeting, in Des Moines, Iowa, US, May 2-4, 2024
• The Costume Society of America call for submissions for their 2024 meeting and symposium, “Looking Forward, Reflecting Back,” to be held in Washington, DC, US, May 21-25, 2024 (submission deadline is October 15, 2023)
• The American Library Association is accepting proposals for education programs for their 2024 annual conference to be held in San Diego, California, US, June 27 – July 2, 2024 (proposals due September 18, 2023)
• The Southern Historical Association seeks proposals for their 90th Annual Meeting to be held in Kansas City, Missouri, US, October 24-27, 2024 (proposal deadline is September 15, 2023)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The American Historical Association will host a webinar titled, “History Behind the Headlines: African American History and State Standards in Florida and Beyond,” August 25, 2023 at 1:00 pm Eastern
• The American Association for State and Local History will host their online course, “Basics of Archives,” August 28 – October 1, 2023
• Kentucky Humanities will host two online workshops in their Disaster Recovery Workshops series, “Disaster Recovery: Getting Back in Business!” on August 29, 2023 from 10:00 – 11:30 am Eastern and “Disaster Resilience and Mitigation: Preparing for Next Time” on September 12 from 10:00 – 11:30 am Eastern
• The Ohio Museums Association will host a webinar titled, “Connecting with Universities and Students,” September 18, 2023 from 10:00 – 11:00 am Eastern
• Fort Ticonderoga will host the Nineteenth Annual Seminar on the American Revolution, online and in Ticonderoga, New York, US, September 22-24, 2023
• The American Association for State and Local History will host their upcoming webinar, “Is Your Organization Ready for Self-Assessment? An Introduction to STEPS,” on October 4, 2023 at 3:00 pm Eastern
• The Society of American Archivists will host their webinar, Navigating Barriers to Ethical Labor Practices, on October 30, 2023 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm Central (early registration ends September 30, 2023)

PUBLICATIONS

• The Metropolitan Museum Journal is inviting submissions for their 59th Volume through September 25, 2023
• Seeking chapter proposals for an upcoming edited collection, Writing Artifacts, by September 25, 2023
• The International Council on Museums calls for papers for an open edition of Museum International to be published in summer 2024, abstracts due October 2, 2023
• Rejoinder calls for submissions for a special issue, “The Archival is Political,” by December 15, 2023

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