Around the Field – January 15, 2025
15 January 2025 – NCPH Office
From Around the Field this week: The University of Michigan William L. Clements Library wraps up applications for 2025-2026 research fellowships; The American Historical Association calls for proposals for their 2026 Annual Meeting in Chicago; The Indiana Association of Historians extends their call for proposals to February 1, 2025, for their 2025 conference in Hanover.
AWARDS AND FUNDING
- The William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan is accepting applications for 2025-2026 research fellowships, which will be undertaken between June 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026. Apply by January 15, 2025
- The Black, Indigenous, & Trans of Color Histories Lab is seeking applications for four Humanists-in-Residence through January 17, 2025
- The Colorado State University Water Resources Archive is accepting applications for the 2025 Water Scholar Award through January 31, 2025
- The Colorado State University Archives and Special Collections is accepting applications for its 2025 Friedman Feminist Press Collection Research Grant through February 9, 2025
- The National Endowment for Humanities Division of Education Programs is accepting applications for the 2025 Landmarks of American History and Culture program for K-12 educators and for higher education faculty and/or humanities professionals through February 12, 2025
- The American Association for State and Local History is accepting preliminary nominations for their Award of Distinction through February 1, 2025
- The Society of American Archivists is accepting nominations for their Mark A. Greene Emerging Leader Award through February 28, 2025
- The Society of American Archivists seeks nominations for the 2025 Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award through February 28, 2025
- The American Association for State and Local History is accepting nominations for their Award of Excellence through March 1, 2025
CONFERENCES AND CALLS
- The Connecticut Digital Humanities Conference will be held in New Britain, Connecticut, US, February 21-22, 2025
- The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission will hold their 2025 annual conference in Columbia, South Carolina, US, on February 22, 2025
- Loyola History Graduate Student Association will hold their conference, History in the World: Engaging Communities, Connecting Scholarship, in Chicago, Illinois, US, February 22-23, 2025
- Park University and the State Historical Society of Missouri will host the 2025 Missouri Conference on History in Blue Springs, Missouri, US, from March 12-14, 2025
- Indianapolis Arts & Humanities Institute will host Objectivity, Neutrality, and the Pursuit of Knowledge Across the Disciplines Symposium to be held at Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, US, March 24-25, 2025
- The Society for Applied Anthropology calls for proposals for their 2025 annual meeting, Revitalizing Applied Anthropology, to be held in Portland, Oregon, US, March 25-29, 2025
- The Organization of American Historians will hold their 2025 annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois, US, April 3-6, 2025
- The Society of Indiana Archivists will host its 2025 annual meeting, When Cloning Coworkers Isn’t an Option (Yet): Practical Tips and Tricks in Archives in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, April 4, 2025
- The Indiana Association of Historians will host their annual conference Revolutionary Eras: Long Past, Gone Astray, and Still Underway in Hanover, Indiana, US, April 4-5, 2025. Calls for proposals have been extended to February 1, 2025
- The Midwestern Archives Conference will hold its 2025 annual meeting, Serving It Up, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, from April 10-12, 2025
- Seattle University calls for abstracts for a conference, Race, Racialization, and Resistance: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Humanities, to be held in Seattle, Washington, US, April 25-27, 2025
- The Center for Cryptologic History and the National Cryptologic Foundation call for papers and posters for their 19th Cryptologic History Symposium in Laurel, Maryland, US, from April 30 – May 2, 2025
- The Society for History in the Federal Government calls for papers for its 2025 annual meeting in Washington, DC, US, May 29-30, 2025
- The European Society for Environmental History is holding their bi-annual Climate Histories Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, in August 2025
- The National Trust for Historic Preservation is seeking input for their PastForward 2025 conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, September 16-18, 2025
- The Preserving Historic Places conference will be held in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US, September 30 – October 3, 2025. Submissions for proposals are due February 7, 2025
- The Mountain-Plains Museums Association calls for proposals for their “Crossroads and Collections” in Omaha, Nebraska, US, October 2-4, 2025
- The American Historical Association invites will host their 139th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, US, January 8-11, 2026. Proposals due February 15, 2025
- The Organization of American Historians will host their 2026 OAH Conference on American History in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, April 16-19, 2026. Proposals due April 14, 2025
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- The American Association for State and Local History will host their virtual summit Activating Environmental Care and Strength at Museums and Historic Sites on January 28-29, 2025
PUBLICATIONS
- The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission calls for proposals for authors interested in contributing to a study on the South Carolina Green Book by January 15, 2025
- Federal History and the Society for History in the Federal Government opens submissions for its 2026 issue, due March 30, 2025