Around the field August 30, 2017

30 August 2017 – editors

From around the field this week: the Chapel Hill public library is holding a panel discussion on Confederate monuments this evening, August 30; NCPH’s 2018 awards cycle is open; the American Association for State and Local History has issued a Call for Book Proposals on controversial monuments and memorials; submit a proposal for the 2018 Museums and the Web conference in Vancouver by September 30; The New School is offering a free online course, “Race in the USA,” this fall; register now for October’s workshop on writing a grant proposal under NAGPRA in Austin, Texas.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• “Beyond the Headlines: Confederate Monuments, Historical Memory, and Free Speech” panel discussion – Aug 30, 2017, Chapel Hill Public Library, Chapel Hill, NC, US
• Art & Architecture on Historic Cooper Street tour co-sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities, Oct 1, 2017, Camden, NJ, US
• The American Association for State and Local History has issued a Call for Book Proposals for a work entitled Controversial Monuments and Memorials (DEADLINE: Sept 18, 2017)

AWARDS and FUNDING

• National Council on Public History 2018 awards cycle opens (DEADLINES: Nov 1 and Dec 1, 2017)
• NEH Summer Stipends (DEADLINE: Sept 27, 2017) and Humanities Connections Planning Grants (DEADLINE: Oct 17, 2017)
• Historic Preservation Education Foundation Partners in Training grants (DEADLINE: Oct 3, 2017)
• American Antiquarian Society Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers (DEADLINE: Oct 5, 2017)
• American Society for Environmental History’s Public Outreach Project Award (DEADLINE: Nov 17, 2017)

CONFERENCES and CALLS

• 2017 AASLH Online Conference registration extended through 9/1 – American Association of State and Local History Annual Online Conference, Sept 7-8, 2017
• MuseumNext USA – Oct 2-4, 2017, Portland, OR, US
• Conference on Illinois History – Oct 5-6, 2017, Springfield, IL, US
• Museums and the Web 2018 – April 18-21, 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada (PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Sept 30, 2017)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• “Race in the USA” free online course from The New School (runs Aug 28-Dec 18)
• “Planning and Presenting Live Interpretive Programs” and “Moving Museum Collections” online courses – Sept 4, 2017, MuseumStudy.com
• “Word Up! How to Make Your Own Professional Object Labels” workshop – Sauk County Historical Society, Sept 11, 2017, Baraboo, WI, USA
• Historic Preservation CAMP presented by the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions – Sept 15, 2017, Bangor, ME, US
• NAGPRA: Preparing for and Writing Grant Proposals seminar – Oct 3-4, 2017, Austin, TX, US
• Reconstruct: Log Cabin Workshop – James Madison’s Montpelier, Oct 29-Nov 4, 2017, Orange County, VA, US

PUBLICATIONS

• New article in The Black Scholar: “Black Scholars Matter: #BlkTwitterstorians Building a Digital Community” (Brown and Crutchfield)
• New book from MuseumsEtc: Museum Participation: New Directions for Audience Collaboration (McSweeney and Kavanagh)

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