Around the Field February 24, 2021

24 February 2021 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: the National Archives Foundation offers a research grant; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, holds a symposium; Historic Deerfield hosts a webinar.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Check out NCPH’s 2021 Award Winners! Awards ceremony will be held March 27, 2021, at 7:00 pm ET via Twitter
• NCPH is offering four events, open to the public, for those who are unable to attend the full 2021 annual meeting (pre-registration still required)

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• 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
• Applications for the National Archives Foundation’s “Cokie Roberts Research Fund for Women’s History” are due March 12, 2021
• The National Preservation Institute’s National NAGPRA Program offers a webinar series on, starting April 7, 2021, how to successfully develop a grant proposal for their consultation/documentation grants, due March 12, 2021, and repatriation grants, due May 14, 2021
• Applications for California State University, Sacramento’s “Library Research Fellowship Program” are due April 2, 2021
• The deadline for the Middle Eastern Studies Association of North America Global Academy’s scholarships is April 15, 2021
• Applications for the State Historical Society of Iowa’s research grants are due April 15, 2021
• The Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network is accepting applications for “Professional Development Funding” and “Emergency Hardware Support” funding on a rolling basis until June 2021

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• 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 American Historical Association has extended the proposal deadline for their annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, January 6-9, 2022
• 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
• The West Virginia Association of Museums will host their virtual “Stayin’ Alive: Sustainability, Relevance, and Culture,” March 22-26, 2021
• The National Humanities Alliance calls for proposals for their “2021 National Humanities Conference” in Detroit, Michigan, US, November 11-14, 2021 (deadline is April 9, 2021)
• The Organization of American Historians will host their virtual annual meeting, April 15-18, 2021
• Case Western Reserve and Indiana University IUPUI will host a virtual conference, “Building an Engaged Art History,” April 22-23, 2021
• Registration is open for Congress 2021 of the Humanities and Social Sciences’ virtual conference, May 27-June 4, 2021

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• Historic Deerfield will host a webinar series, “The Vernacular Architecture of Historic New England,” on March 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2021 (registration deadline is February 28, 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 Delaware Museum Association will host a webinar, “Building Audience,” on March 2, 2021
• The American Historical Society will hold two webinars, “AHR Conversations: Black Internationalism” on March 2, 2021, and “Slavery and Space: Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives” on March 9, 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
• The Society for History in the Federal Government will hold a webinar, “Before the Opioid Epidemic: Historical Origins of the War on Drugs in the Andes,” on March 4, 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
• Check out Professor of Public History Thomas Caulvin’s (University of Luxembourg) YouTube Channel about International Public History

PUBLICATIONS

• The International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion‘s special issue on “Diversity, Recordkeeping, and Archivy” is available to the public
• 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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