Around the Field February 10, 2021

10 February 2021 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: the National Park Service offers preservation grants; the National Trust for Historic Preservation calls for proposals; Villanova University hosts a webinar series.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Assessment of Measures and Metrics for Public Services (AMMPS) Sub-Committee of the Reference, Access, and Outreach Section (RAO) of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) is conducting a survey of academic, governmental, corporate, and public archives, libraries, museums, historical societies, and other institutions utilizing the 2018 Standardized Measures and Metrics for Public Services in Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries which will close on February 28, 2021
• Imagining America invites applications to participate in their “Stories of Change Documentary Project” by March 10, 2021
• The American Association for State and Local History is accepting responses to their “National Visitation Survey for History Organizations” now through March 31, 2021

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The National Park Service’s “Battlefield Preservation Planning Grants” applications are due February 12, 2021
• The deadline for the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2021 awards nominations is February 15, 2021
• The American Historical Association’s research grant applications are due February 15, 2021
• The deadline for the Society of American Archivists’ “Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award” and “Waldo Gifford Leland Award” applications is February 28, 2021
• Applications for the American Alliance of Museum’s “2021 AAM Annual Meeting Scholarship” are due March 3, 2021
• The deadline for the Carl & Marilynn Arts Foundation’s  “Digital Changemaker Grants” is March 11, 2021

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The National Trust for Historic Preservation calls for session proposals for their “PastForward National Preservation Conference,” November 2-6, 2021 (deadline is February 15, 2021)
• The American Historical Association calls for proposals for their annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, January 6-9, 2022 (deadline is February 15, 2021)
• The Organization of American Historians has extended their proposal deadline for their hybrid virtual and in-person annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, US, March 31-April 3, 2022 (deadline is February 17, 2021)
• The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will host their virtual “David B. Warren Symposium” February 26-28, 2021
• The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning at the City University of New York Graduate Center will host “An NEH [National Endowment for the Humanities] Summer Institute for College and University Teachers” virtually June 28-July 14, 2021 (application deadline is March 1, 2021)
• Early Bird Registration is now open for the American Alliance of Museums’ virtual “2021 AAM Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo,” May 24 and June 7-9, 2021 (Early Bird ends March 3, 2021)
• The University of California-Berkley’s Oral History Center offers a two-day virtual “Introduction to Oral History Workshop,” March 5-6, 2021
• Registration is now open for Ohio Local History Alliance’s regional meetings, starting on March 6, 2021
• The National Humanities Alliance will host their virtual annual meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day, March 8-11, 2021
• Registration is open for the State Historical Society of Missouri’s virtual Missouri Conference on History, March 10-12, 2021
• Registration is open for Congress 2021 of the Humanities and Social Sciences’ virtual conference, May 27-June 4, 2021

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• Villanova University will host part two of their “Decolonizing Empire and Decolonization” webinar series tonight, February 10, 2021
• Registration for The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History’s “American Indian History: Recasting the Narrative” course ends today, February 10, 2021
• The American Historical Association is offering a host of webinars this month, starting with “Teaching Premodern Women and Gender” tomorrow, February 11, 2021
• The Society for History in the Federal Government will host a virtual colloquium on “The Power of Political Journalism: Leaks, Lies, and Libel in Drew Pearson’s Washington” on February 12, 2021
• Slavery in the Colonial North will offer a “National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History Workshop” for K-12 teachers in July 2021 (application deadline is March 1, 2021)
• The Association of Midwest Museums will host a webinar, “General MacArthur: Strategic Priorities with a Shrinking Budget,” on March 3, 2021
• Historic New England will hold a webinar, “Using Objects of Intolerance to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice: Lessons from the Jim Crow Museum,” on March 3, 2021
• The American Council of Learned Societies will host a webinar, “Forward-Looking Philanthropy: A Virtual Conversation Among Funders and Black Scholars,” on March 3, 2021
• Middle Tennessee State University will host a webinar series, “Diverse Histories for a Diverse Nation,” on March 4 and April 8, 2021
• The Association of Midwest Museums will start their “Virtual Happy Hour Series” with “Cable Natural History Museum: Mysteries of the Night Exhibit” on March 24, 2021

PUBLICATIONS

• Download the American Alliance of Museum and Wilkening Consulting’s new resource, Audiences and Inclusion: A Primer for Cultivating More Inclusive Attitudes Among the Public, for free
• Southern Cultures calls for submissions for their “The Sonic South” issue by February 22, 2021
• Public History ( >>公众史学<< ) calls for papers for a special issue discussing “Public History in the Global Context” by February 28, 2021
• Reading Southern Art calls for paper proposals by March 12, 2021
• Dr. Greg Gordon calls for chapter submissions for his upcoming book, Rewilding Urban Rivers
• 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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