Around the Field December 1, 2021

01 December 2021 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The American Council of Learned Societies accepts applications for two grants; The Organization of American Historians calls for conference proposals; the Museum Learning Hub offers multiple virtual programs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University has issued a call for partners to host interns during the summer of 2022.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Fund is accepting applications for several grants, due on multiple dates in December or January
• The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for their ACLS Sustaining Public Engagement Grants, due December 7, 2021
• The American Historical Association, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, is accepting applications for their Grants to Sustain and Advance the Work of Historical Organizations Program, due December 14, 2021
• The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for their Public Scholars grant, due December 15, 2021
• The Organization of American Historians is accepting submissions for their Stanton-Horton Award for Excellence in National Park Service History, due December 15, 2021
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting applications for their “Telling the Full History Preservation Fund” grants, due December 15, 2021
• The Society for History in the Federal Government is accepting submissions for several of their awards, due December 15, 2021
• The Organization of American Historians is accepting applications for the Huggins-Quarles Award, due January 1, 2022
• The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for their Public Humanities Projects grant, due January 12, 2022
• The Disability History Association is accepting applications for their Public Disability History Award, due January 14, 2022
• The Oral History Association is accepting applications for their year-long fellowships and mini-grants, due January 15, 2022
• The Humanities Action Lab is accepting applications for their “Climates of Inequality and the COVID Crisis: Building Leadership at Minority Serving Institutions” fellowships, due January 18, 2022
• The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for their ACLS Digital Justice Grants, due February 15, 2022

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History will virtually host their symposium, “Participation and Public Interpretations: How to Navigate Multiple Historical Narratives in Museums?,” December 6-7, 2021
• MueseumNext will virtually host their “Digital Exhibitions Summit” December 6-8, 2021
• Queer History South will hold their conference, “Archives for All, Y’all,” in Dallas, Texas, US, February 18-20, 2022
• The Organization of American Historians will hold their annual conference, “Indigenous/American Pasts and Futures,” in Boston, Massachusetts, US, March 31-April 3, 2022
• The Ohio Academy of History calls for proposals for their annual conference in Akron, Ohio, US, April 8-9, 2022 (deadline is December 15, 2021)
• The Indiana Association of Historians calls for papers for their annual conference, “Rethinking Education,” in Hammond, Indiana, US, April 9, 2022 (deadline is December 20, 2021)
• The American Alliance of Museums calls for proposals for their 2022 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo in Boston, Massachusetts, US, May 19-22, 2022 (deadline is December 3, 2021)
• The Society for History in the Federal Government calls for papers for their annual meeting, “The Resiliency of Institutions,” in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, US, June 2-3, 2022 (deadline is January 15, 2022)
• The Association of African American Museums will hold their 44th Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, US, August 10-12, 2022
• The Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association calls for papers for their annual meeting, “Reckoning with the Past: Naming, Memorializing, and Remembering,” in Portland, Oregon, US, August 10-12, 2022 (deadline is February 1, 2022)
• The American Association of State and Local History is accepting proposals for their 2022 Annual Meeting in Buffalo, New York, US, September 14-17, 2022 and 2022 Online Conference November 1-4, 2022 (deadline is December 10, 2021)
• The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums calls for proposals for their conference, “International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries & Museums,” in Temecula, California, US, October 25-27, 2022 (deadline is February 25, 2022)
• The Organization of American Historians calls for proposals for their conference, “Confronting Crises: History for Uncertain Times,” in Los Angeles, California, US, March 30-April 2, 2023 and virtual April 13-May 4, 2023 (deadline is February 1, 2022)
• The Berkshire Conference of Women, Genders, and Sexualities calls for papers for their conference, “Oceans, Islands, and Continents: Reconceptualizing the Spatialization of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Histories” in Santa Clara, California, US, June 28-July 2, 2023 (deadline is December 31, 2021)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The Museum Learning Hub is offering a virtual program, “Get Inspired for Social Media in Museums,” December 2, 2021
• Nonprofit Tech for Good is offering a virtual program, “How to Grow Donor Retention in 2022: Ask, Thank, Report, Repeat!,” December 7, 2021
• The National Humanities Alliance is offering a virtual program, “Starting Points: Higher Ed Perspectives on how to Begin a Publicly Engaged Humanities Practice,” December 9, 2021
• The Museum Learning Hub is offering a virtual program, “Build a Simple Social Media Strategy,” December 9, 2021
• The National Park Service is offering a virtual event, “Monumental Labor: Working People’s Hidden Histories,” December 9, 2021
• The National Preservation Institute is hosting a virtual roundtable, “GIS for Cultural Resources: Roundtable Conversation,” December 9, 2021
• The International Coalition for Sites of Conscience is offering a virtual program, “Virtual Advocacy in Support of Women, Girls, and the LGBTI Community,” December 10, 2021
• The Museum Learning Hub is offering a virtual program, “Time-Saving Social Media Tools & Cross-Channel Integration,” December 14, 2021
• The Museum Learning Hub is offering a virtual program, “Creating Engaging Social Media Campaigns for Museums,” December 16, 2021
• Humanities North Dakota is offering a year-long virtual research program, “Chautauqua Training Institute,” January-December, 2022 (deadline is December 1, 2021)
• The National Humanities Alliance is offering a virtual program, “Supporting Humanities Faculty in Creating Engaged Courses,” January 13, 2022
• Connecting to Collections Care is offering a virtual program, “Introduction to Digital Collection Management,” January 19, 2022
• The National Humanities Alliance is offering a virtual program, “Scaling Up: Growing Public Humanities Projects Beyond Higher Ed,” January 27, 2022
• The National Humanities Alliance is offering a virtual program, “Measuring Impact: The Role of Assessment in the Publicly Engaged Humanities,” February 16, 2022

PUBLICATIONS

• The Society for Classical Studies calls for proposals for the TAPA issue, “Race and Racism: Beyond the Spectacular,” due February 18, 2022
• The Journal for Academic Freedom calls for papers for their volume, “Memory Laws or Gag Laws? Disinformation Meets Academic Freedom,” due March 10, 2022
• New York History calls for paper submissions
• 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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