Around the Field – February 11, 2026

11 February 2026 –

From Around the Field this week: The Call for Papers for the Society for History in the Federal Government’s annual conferences closes soon; Cities in certain US states are eligible to apply to be a American World War II Heritage City; Chicago Women’s History Center is welcoming proposals for its conference, “Women’s Health Justice: Recovering the Past to Shape our Future”; SUNY Brockport is offering a 10-part Public History Webinar series; the Call for Proposals for the Oral History Association’s annual meeting closes soon

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • The American Historical Association welcomes submissions of articles and other resources tracking federal actions affecting history
  • The American Council of Learned Societies, the American Academy of Religion, the Institute for Diversity and Civic Life, and the National Humanities Alliance are collaborating on the Publicly Engaged Religion Mapping Project, an initiative to document and analyze the landscape of publicly engaged scholarship on religion in North America. They are inviting scholars, practitioners, and community partners to contribute to this project by completing a survey about scholarship working at the intersection of religion and public engagement
  • The American Historical Association has started the Community Action and Resource Exchange (CARE), where historians can come together in working groups to discuss shared professional issues and concerns, exchange ideas, and collaborate on strategies and solutions that strengthen the discipline
  • The Organization of American Historians’ Federal Employees and Contractors Oral History Project (FECOHP) is continuing to collect oral histories of federal employees and contractors to capture their lived experiences, institutional knowledge, and overlooked perspectives
  • The National Humanities Alliance invites you to share about efforts on your campus to engage local employers and support students’ exploration of professional opportunities in your region by filling out a short survey. Research will demonstrate how the humanities prepare graduates to contribute to the national workforce
  • The International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations is accepting site proposals for its upcoming World Congress of Environmental History in 2029, preferably in July or August of that year. View more details here. Submissions are due by April 15, 2026
  • Dr. Matthew Herbst is seeking one additional panelist and a panel chair for a teaching-focused panel for the 2027 American Historical Association conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, on “Leveraging the History Classroom: Collaboration, Engagement, and Discernment.” Check the link for more details and contact information if interested
  • Dr. George Holmes and Dr. Monica Vasile are seeking conservation historians and humanities researchers to present at their panel “Conservation Histories and Humanities: Understanding the Present, Unearthing the Past” at the 2026 European Congress of Conservation Biology in Leiden, the Netherlands. Check the link for more details and contact information if interested
  • Cities in certain US states are eligible to apply to be a National Park Service American World War II Heritage City. The nomination period is open until April 2, 2026

AWARDS AND FUNDING

  • Permanent Legacy Foundation offers Byte4Byte storage grants for nonprofit organizations seeking to complete digital preservation projects. The application deadline is rolling
  • Rocky Mountain National Park and Rocky Mountain Conservancy are accepting applications for the 2026 Bailey Research Fellowship, which supports graduate students to conduct research in the park and communicate their work to the public. Applications accepted through February 16, 2026
  • The Society of American Archivists is accepting nominations for its Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award, which recognizes an individual or group that has increased public awareness of a specific body of documents. Nominations are due by February 28, 2026
  • The Society of American Archivists is accepting applications for its 2026 Awards for Excellence, which honor categories such as contributions to the archives profession, advocacy, and writing. The due date for all nominations is February 28, 2026
  • The Hoover Presidential Foundation is sponsoring a Herbert Hoover Research Travel Grant Award to alleviate travel and research costs for individuals traveling to the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. Applications are due by March 1, 2026
  • The American Association for State and Local History is accepting nominations for its Leadership in History Awards. Award of Excellence nominations are due by March 1, 2026
  • The Library of Congress seeks applicants for its National Stereoscopic Association Research Fellowship to support research within the Prints & Photographs holdings of stereoscopic photography. Completed applications are due by March 1, 2026
  • The Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation is accepting applications for its William L. Thompson Collections Fellowship, a short-term (1 week) residential fellowship designed for emerging museum professionals and graduate students with an interest in a career focusing on collections and material culture within historic house museums. The deadline for application is March 2, 2026
  • Applications are open for the American Council of Learned Societies’ Leading Edge Fellowship program, which offers 14 two-year fellowship opportunities with mission-driven nonprofits for recent PhDs in the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Submissions are due March 11, 2026
  • Schmidt Sciences’ Humanities and AI Virtual Institute is requesting proposals for research projects which foster research in the digital humanities with a particular focus on artificial intelligence. Projects can request budgets up to $800,000, and the deadline for submission is March 13, 2026
  • The Brigham Young University Charles Redd Center for Western Studies is accepting applications for its 2026 awards that recognize scholars, students, or organizations conducting research or producing public programming related to the Intermountain states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. Applications are due by March 15, 2026
  • The International Committee for the History of Technology is welcoming submissions for the Maurice Daumas Prize, which aims to encourage innovative scholarship in the history of technology. Submissions are due by March 22, 2026
  • NCPH is accepting applications for its 2026 Student Travel Award. The deadline has been extended to April 1, 2026
  • The Oral History Association is accepting applications for its 2026 Awards. Applications for the Book Award are due April 1, 2026, and applications for the Emerging Crises Oral History Research Fund are due April 15, 2026. The remaining award applications are due July 1, 2026
  • The National Archives Foundation seeks applicants for its Cokie Roberts Fellowship for Women’s History for emerging and established historians, journalists, authors, or graduate students who perform and publish new research to elevate women’s history using the records held by the National Archives. All application materials must be received by April 15, 2026
  • The Center for Painted Wall Preservation is offering a $2,000 scholarship for a project proposal that best furthers the study, understanding, and appreciation of paint-decorated plaster walls in 18th- and 19th-century New England. Applications are due by April 30, 2026

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

  • The National Preservation Institute offers continuing education and professional training for those involved in the management, preservation, and stewardship of cultural heritage
  • Living Landscape Observer has made recordings from their ongoing webinar series available
  • NCPH is offering a multi-part virtual series on “Ethics, AI, and the Public Humanities.” The next two sessions will be “The Ethics of AI: What’s the Harm?” on February 12, 2026, and “Ethical AI Use in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM)” on February 26, 2026
  • NCPH is presenting “11th Agent of Deterioration in Collections: Incorrect Cultural Care” on February 17, 2026. Melanie Deer will discuss her project to add Incorrect Cultural Care as an 11th Agent of Deterioration and discuss that agent in particular
  • SUNY Brockport is offering a 10-part Public History Webinar series. The first one, “Public Historians in and Beyond the Academy,” will take place online on February 25, 2026
  • NCPH is presenting a webinar “Make Local History Shine as a National Historic Marker Weekend Volunteer” on February 25, 2026. Our colleagues at the William G. Pomeroy Foundation will introduce National Historic Marker Weekend and share practical guidance for planning a marker cleaning project
  • NCPH is hosting a virtual event, “Pricing Strategies for Professionals in Public History,” on March 2, 2026. This event will help consultants and independent historians, or those looking to take on contract work, as you figure out what to charge for your services
  • The Lincoln Presidential Foundation and Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History are partnering to present “Reframing Lincoln: Myth, Memory, and Changing Narratives,” a week-long professional development seminar for K–12 teachers at Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois, US from July 19–24, 2026. Applications are due March 6, 2026
  • iCivics is hosting a Civic Learning Week National Forum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, from March 9-10, 2026
  • The Organization of American Historians is hosting a virtual discussion of An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South on March 9, 2026, as part of its K-12 Teachers’ Book Club
  • The San Gemini Preservation Studies Program is hosting a field school in Italy this Summer 2026 with two possible sessions. This program is dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage, offering students hands-on experience in restoration and conservation. Applications are due March 15, 2026
  • The American Association for State and Local History is hosting a two-day virtual summit, “Data, Equity, and the History Workforce,” from March 17-18, 2026, to reflect on results of the 2025 National Survey of History Practitioners and chart a path forward

PUBLICATIONS

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