Around the Field August 7, 2019

07 August 2019 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: AASLH reintroduces the History Leadership Institute; The Midwest Archives Conference Call for Proposals now open through September 6; The Small Museum Association seeks session proposals for their 2020 conference through September 20; The National Archives announces new webinars on teaching with archives; IFPH publishes new issue of International Public History.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The National Park Service and the National Writing Project (NWP) announces Write Out, an activity series focused on public exploration, media creation, and place-based learning – October 13-26, 2019.
• The American Association for State and Local History reintroduces the History Leadership Institute – June 1-13, 2020 (Virtual) and June 14-27, 2020 (Indianapolis, IN, US)
• Take University of Massachusetts Boston survey on participatory archiving by September 15, 2019.

AWARDS and FUNDING

• Applications for the John H. Daniels Fellowship at the National Sporting Library & Museum due August 15, 2019.
• Telfair Museums seeking applicants for the Tenenbaum Museum Education Fellowship
• American Council of Learned Societies fellowship applications due September 25, 2019; applications to host Mellon/ACLS public fellows due October 2019
• NCPH 2020 awards cycle is now open, with deadlines of November 1 and December 1, 2019

CONFERENCES and CALLS

• Call for Book Proposals: New Series – Vernon Press Series in Classical Studies.
• Call for Manuscripts: New Series on Latin American Environmental Humanities.
• Midwest Archives Conference 2020 Call for Proposals now open – May 6-9, 2020, Des Moines, Iowa, US (proposals due September 6, 2019)
• Museum Scholar journal call for submissions
• The International Council of Museums (ICOM) 25^th General Conference – September 1-7, 2019, Kyoto, Japan.
• 21^st Annual Conference on Illinois History – October 3-4, 2019, Springfield, Illinois, US

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The National Archives announces new webinars on teaching using archival materials. Registration now open.
• South Carolina Archives & History Foundation Fall Speaker Series 2019 registration now open – September 10, October 8, and November 12, 2019.
• Self-Care in the Museum Workplace – Webinar by the Center for the Future of Museums – August 8, 2019.
• Focusing on Visitors: Public Programming and Exhibits at History Institutions – AASLH workshop – September 23-24, St. Paul, Minnesota, US
• Archival Processing: Principles and Practical Strategies – webinar by the Connecting to Collections Care Online Community – September 5, 2019

PUBLICATIONS

• New issue of International Public History, journal of the International Federation for Public History, has been published.
• Temple University Press publishes The Battle of Germantown: Effective Public History in America (Young)

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