Around the Field December 4, 2019

04 December 2019 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: The Newberry Library is offering short-term fellowships; AASLH seeks nominations for Leadership in History Awards; National Humanities Alliance Annual Meeting to be held March 8-10; and The Tenement Museum is hosting a panel discussion on im/migrants.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Historic Tax Credit Legislation signed into law in California

AWARDS and FUNDING

• Applications open for The Robert Frederick Smith Applied Public History Fellowship for HBCU Graduates (applications due December 15, 2019)
• The Newberry Library offering short-term fellowships (applications due December 15, 2019)
• The Washington Library at Mount Vernon accepting applications for annual research fellowship program (applications due December 31, 2019)
• National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services accepting applications for Digital Humanities Advancement Grants (applications due January 15, 2020)
• The Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin offering Resident Fellowships for 2020-2021 academic year (applications due January 15, 2020)
• American Association for State and Local History seeks nominations for Leadership in History Awards (see website for deadlines)

CONFERENCES and CALLS

• Virginia Association of Museums Annual Conference 2020 – March 7-10, 2020, Chantilly, Virginia, US
• National Humanities Alliance Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day – March 8-10, 2020, Washington, DC, US
• Museum Association of New York 2020 Annual Conference – March 29-31, 2020, Albany, New York, US
• Southeastern Museums Conference 2020 – October 19-21, 2020, Louisville, Kentucky, US
• Call for Proposals: The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums Annual Meeting and Conference – June 21-25, Boston, Massachusetts, US (proposals due December 15, 2019)
• Call for Proposals: Public History Weekly International History PhD Workshop – July 2-4, 2020, Rigi Kulm, Switzerland (proposals due January 1, 2020)
• Call for Papers: Penn Cultural Heritage Center 2^nd Annual Meeting – April 4, 2020, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US (proposals due January 3, 2020)
• Call for Proposals: Association of Midwest Museums and Wisconsin Federation of Museums 2020 Joint Conference – July 22-25, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US (proposals due January 10, 2020)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• Colorado State University graduate students and brewing enthusiasts to host History Harvest event on December 7, 2019
• Oral History Association to host “Finding Common Ground at the Intersection of Cultural Sustainability and Oral History” webinar on December 11, 2019
• St. Anne’s-Belfield School to host Greenway Symposium on December 15, 2019
• The Tenement Museum to host panel discussion exploring the role of digital games in building empathy for im/migrants on December 19, 2019
• The American Association for State and Local History to host History Leadership Institute in June, 2020 (applications due December 15, 2019)

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