Around the Field January 23, 2019

23 January 2019 – editors

From around the field this week: read on to learn more about the Museum and Library Services Act of 2018; Mellon/ACLS’ postdoctoral fellowships in the public sector are open for applications; send in your proposals for the Kentucky Council on Archives Spring Meeting by the beginning of March

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Before the shutdown, the Museum and Library Services Act of 2018 was signed into law. Check out what that means for you and your profession here.

AWARDS and FUNDING

• Award of Distinction – American Association for State and Local History – preliminary nominations due Jan 31
• Predoctoral Fellowship in History Education – Museum of the City of New York – applications due Feb 15, 2019
• Thomas Cole Fellowship – Thomas Cole National Historic Site – applications due Feb 15, 2019
• Waldo Gifford Leland Award – Society of American Archivists – nominations due Feb 28
• Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Competition – American Council of Learned Societies – applications due March 13, 2019

CONFERENCES and CALLS

• “Changing the Narrative” – 2019 California Association of Museums Conference – Feb 7-9, 2019, San Francisco, CA, US (registration now open)
• “Open Bar” – Kentucky Council on Archives Spring Meeting – May 16, 2019, Frankfort, KY, US (proposals due March 1, 2019)
• “Dynamic, Relevant, Essential: Sustaining Vibrant Museums” – 2019 American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo – May 19-22, 2019, New Orleans, Louisiana
• “Community & Empathy: Reaching Out to Serve” – Joint Conference of the Mountain-Plains Museums Association and the New Mexico Association of Museums – Sept 22-25, 2019, Albuquerque, NM, US (poster proposals due Feb 22)
• “Boston Environmental History Seminar Series” – Massachusetts Historical Society – Boston, MA, US (proposals due March 15, 2019)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• “Collections Management for Smaller Cultural Institutions” – Connecting to Collections – begins Feb 12, 2019, online course (registration now open)
• “Break the Budget Bubble: How to Build and Read Budgets” – American Association for State and Local History – March 20, 2019, webinar (registration now open)
• “Introduction to Collections Care” – Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Virginia Association of Museums – April 10, 2019, Richmond, VA, US, workshop (registration now open)

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