Around the Field February 8, 2023

07 February 2023 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: NCPH calls for proposals; Preserve New York is accepting grant applications; the Thomasville History Center is accepting applications for a workshop

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The first episode of a new podcast for museum workers, We the Museum, has been released
• The American Alliance of Museums is accepting applications for the EdCom Museum Education Mentorship Program, due February 14, 2023
• unRedact the Facts is inviting people to participate in Redacted BINGO for Black History Month, due February 28, 2023
• The American Association for State and Local History is asking for responses to the 2023 National Visitation Survey for History Organizations, due March 15, 2023

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The Association of African American Museums is accepting applications for the Margaret T. G. Burroughs and Charles H. Wright Conference Fellowship, due February 15, 2023
• The Association of African American Museums is accepting nominations for their 2023 Awards, due February 15, 2023
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting letters of intent for the National Fund for Sacred Places, due February 24, 2023
• The William G. Pomeroy Foundation is accepting application for the Hungry for History Marker Grant Program, due March 13, 2023
• The Wyoming Historical Society is accepting applications for the Lola Homsher Research Grant Program, due February 28, 2023
• The Society of American Archivists is accepting nominations for several Awards for Excellence, due February 28, 2023
• The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for Leading Edge Fellowships, due March 15, 2023
• Preserve New York is accepting applications for their 2023 grant cycle, due March 31, 2023
• The Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University is accepting submissions for the Local History Publication Award, due March 31, 2023

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The Loyola University Chicago History Graduate Student Association will hold their annual conference, “From Local to Global: History at Every Scale,” in Chicago, Illinois, US, February 11-12, 2023
• The Graduate Association for African-American History at the University of Memphis will hold their annual conference, “The Long Civil Rights Movement: From Slavery to the Present,” in Memphis, Tennessee, US, February 16-17, 2023
• The Association for Asian Studies will hold their 2023 Annual Conference & Expo virtually, February 17-18, 2023, and in Boston, Massachusetts, US, March 16-19, 2023
• The Small Museum Association will hold their annual conference, “Curating a Culture of Care,” in Wilmington, Delaware, US, February 20-22, 2023
• The Museums Association of the Caribbean will hold their annual conference, “The Power of Museums,” in Nassau, Bahamas, March 1-5, 2023
• The conference, “Item Not Found: Accounting for Loss in Libraries, Archives, and Other Heritage and Memory Organizations,” will be held virtually, March 8-9, 2023
• The New York State Council for the Social Studies will hold their annual convention, “Pivotal Learning: Teaching Social Studies in a Changing World,” in Albany, New York, US, March 9-11, 2023
• The 65th Annual Missouri Conference on History will be held in Springfield, Missouri, US, March 15-17, 2023
• The Virginia Forum will hold their annual conference, “Crossroads,” in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, US, March 16-18, 2023
• The Black Geographies Graduate Student Conference will be held in Berkeley, California, US, March 17-18, 2023
• The National Humanities Alliance will hold their 2023 Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day in Washington, DC, US, March 19-21, 2023
• The American Society for Environmental History will hold their annual conference, “Transformations: Reckoning, Resistance, and Reparations,” in Boston, Massachusetts, US, March 22-26, 2023
• The National Council for History Education will hold their annual conference, “Freedom From, Freedom To,” in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, March 23-25, 2023
• The Nineteenth-Century Studies Association will hold their annual conference, “Remaking the Past,” in Sacramento, California, US, March 30-April 1, 2023
• The Organization of American Historians will hold their annual meeting, “Confronting Crises: History for Uncertain Times,” in Los Angeles, California, US, March 30-April 2, 2023
• The History Graduate Student Association at Virginia Tech will hold the 26th Annual Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in History Conference in Blacksburg, Virginia, US, March 31-April 1, 2023
• The Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast at Lamar University will hold the Greater Gulf Symposium in Beaumont, Texas, US, April 4, 2023
• NCPH calls for proposals for their annual meeting, “To Be Determined,” in Atlanta, Georgia, US, April 12-15, 2023 (deadline is March 1, 2023)
• The Society for History in the Federal Government calls for proposals for their annual meeting, “Federal History 2.0: Rethinking Methods and Approaches in the Wake of a Pandemic,” in Washington, DC, US, June 1-2, 2023 (deadline is March 15, 2023)
• The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife calls for papers for their meeting “Indigenous Histories in New England: Pastkeepers and Pastkeeping,” virtually and in Deerfield, Massachusetts, US, June 23-24, 2023 (deadline is March 3, 2023)
• The Association of African American Museums calls for proposals for their annual conference, “Museums, Music, and Movements,” in Nashville, Tennessee, US, July 26-28, 2023 (deadline is March 13, 2023)
• The Association for the Study of African American Life and History calls for proposals for their 108th Annual Meeting & Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, US, September 20-24, 2023 (deadline is April 30, 2023)
• The Oral History Association calls for proposals for their annual meeting, “Oral History As/And Education: Teaching and Learning in the Classroom and Beyond,” in Baltimore, Maryland, US, October 18-21, 2023 (deadline is February 24, 2023)
• The Federation of State Humanities Councils and the National Humanities Alliance call for proposals for the annual National Humanities Conference, “Crossroads,” in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, October 25-29, 2023 (deadline is April 3, 2023)
• The American Historical Association calls for proposals for their 137th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, US, January 4-7, 2024 (deadline is February 15, 2023)
• The Organization of American Historians calls for proposals for their annual meeting, “Public Dialogue, Relevance, & Change: Being in Service to Communities and the Nation,” in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, April 11-14, 2024, and virtually April 25-May 16, 2024 (deadline is March 1, 2023)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The Disability History Association will hold a virtual workshop, “Requesting and Writing Effective Letters of Recommendation,” February 21, 2023
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation will hold a webinar, “Historic Preservation Advocacy in the 118th Congress,” February 23, 2023
• The University of Texas at Austin is accepting applications for the Voces Oral History Research Summer Institute in Austin, Texas, US, June 5-9, 2023, due February 27, 2023
• The Thomasville History Center is accepting applications for a workshop, “The Quest for Freedom: The African American Community and the Aftermath of Slavery, 1865-1954,” in Thomasville, Georgia, US, July 9-14 and 23-28, 2023, due March 3, 2023
• The American Association for State and Local History will hold a workshop, “Reimagining the Historic House Museum,” in Pasadena, California, US, April 1, 2023

PUBLICATIONS

• Edward E. Curtis IV calls for abstracts for an edited volume, Introduction to Arab American Public History, due March 15, 2023

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