Around the Field – December 11, 2024

11 December 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: Nominations for two American Association for State and Local History awards open; the National Park Service wraps up applications for its Save America’s Treasures grant program.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The National Park Service is now accepting applications to its Save America’s Treasures grant program through December 12, 2024
• The Society for History in the Federal Government is accepting 2025 award nominations through December 15, 2024
• The 2025 Society for History in the Federal Government Awards are now open for submissions until December 15, 2024
• The Fitch Foundation is now accepting applications for 2025 fellowship and grant funding, with a deadline of December 16, 2024
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation is seeking nominations for their National Preservation Award through January 10, 2025
• The National Endowment for the Humanities invites Chair’s Grant requests of up to $30k to support free Juneteenth events. Apply by January 15, 2025 for consideration
• The William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan is accepting applications for 2025-2026 research fellowships, which will be undertaken between June 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026. Apply by January 15, 2025
• The Black, Indigenous, & Trans of Color Histories Lab is seeking applications for four Humanists-in-Residence through January 17, 2025
• The National Endowment for Humanities Division of Education Programs is accepting applications for the 2025 Landmarks of American History and Culture program for K-12 educators and for higher education faculty and/or humanities professionals through February 12, 2025. Drafts are accepted for feedback to [email protected] by January 6, 2025
• The American Association for State and Local History is accepting preliminary nominations for their Award of Distinction through February 1, 2025
• The Society of American Archivists is accepting nominations for their Mark A. Greene Emerging Leader Award through February 28, 2025
• The American Association for State and Local History is accepting nominations for their Award of Excellence through March 1, 2025

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• Columbia University’s History Lab will hold their conference, Archives as Data: New Directions in Historical Research, in New York, New York, US, in January 2025
• The American Historical Association will host their 2025 annual conference in New York City, New York, US, January 3-6, 2025
• The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission will hold their 2025 annual conference in Columbia, South Carolina, US, on February 22, 2025
• Loyola History Graduate Student Association will hold their conference, History in the World: Engaging Communities, Connecting Scholarship, in Chicago, Illinois, US, February 22-23, 2025 
• Park University and the State Historical Society of Missouri will host the 2025 Missouri Conference on History in Blue Springs, Missouri, US, from March 12-14, 2025
• Indianapolis Arts & Humanities Institute will host Objectivity, Neutrality, and the Pursuit of Knowledge Across the Disciplines Symposium to be held at Indiana University Indianapolis, US, March 24-25, 2025
• The Society for Applied Anthropology calls for proposals for their 2025 annual meeting, Revitalizing Applied Anthropology, to be held in Portland, Oregon, US, March 25-29, 2025
• The Organization of American Historians will hold their 2025 annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois, US, April 3-6, 2025
• The Society of Indiana Archivists will host its 2025 annual meeting, When Cloning Coworkers Isn’t an Option (Yet): Practical Tips and Tricks in Archives in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, April 4, 2025
• The Midwestern Archives Conference will hold its 2025 annual meeting, Serving It Up, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, from April 10-12, 2025
• Seattle University calls for abstracts for a conference, Race, Racialization, and Resistance: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Humanities, to be held in Seattle, Washington, US, April 25-27, 2025
• The Center for Cryptologic History and the National Cryptologic Foundation call for papers and posters for their 19th Cryptologic History Symposium in Laurel, Maryland, US, from April 30 – May 2, 2025
• The Society for History in the Federal Government calls for papers for its 2025 annual meeting in Washington, DC, US, May 29-30, 2025
• The European Society for Environmental History is holding their bi-annual Climate Histories Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, in August 2025
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation is seeking input for their PastForward 2025 conference in Milwaukee, WI, US, September 16-18. Submissions are due January 10, 2025
• The Mountain-Plains Museums Association calls for proposals for their “Crossroads and Collections” in Omaha, Nebraska, US, October 2-4, 2025

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The National Trust for Historic Preservation will host the webinar “African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund: Revitalization & Culture” on December 12 at 2 pm Eastern
• The National Humanities Alliance will host a workshop “Documenting the Impact of Integrative Initiatives” on December 17 from 2-3 pm Eastern
• The National Humanities Alliance will host webinar “Integrating Liberal Arts and Business Education” on January 14, 2025, from 1-2 pm Eastern

PUBLICATIONS 

• The Cambridge University Press announces the launch of Public Humanities, a cross-disciplinary, open-access journal, and invites submissions for Of the Moment articles and proposals for themed issues
• California History calls for papers for a special issue, American Revolutions in California, deadline for proposals is December 15, 2024
• Cogitatio Press seeks submissions for the open-access journal Urban Planning‘s upcoming issue, Aligning Heritage Conservation and Climate Mitigation Through Adaptive Reuse. Abstracts are due by December 15, 2024
• The Public Historian calls for proposals for a special issue, Public History as Resistance: The Evolution of Black Museums, Historically Black Colleges, and Universities (HBCUs), and Cultural Spaces, the deadline for submissions is December 31, 2024
• Fwd: Museums seeks submissions for their 2025 issue, Guide: {…}, by January 5, 2025
• The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission calls for proposals for authors interested in contributing to a study on the South Carolina Green Book by January 15, 2025
• Federal History and the Society for History in the Federal Government opens submissions for its 2026 issue, due March 30, 2025