Around the Field July 10, 2019

10 July 2019 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: History Relevance Initiative seeks feedback on new guiding framework; submissions are due for two prizes from MARAC and the Western History Association; proposals for NCPH 2020 are due next Monday, July 15; applications are now open for the second cohort of DC Public Library’s Memory Lab Network.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Six Qualities of a Relevant History Experience – History Relevance Initiative seeks feedback on new guiding framework

AWARDS and FUNDING 

• Arline Custer Memorial Award from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) – Award recognizes the best books and articles written in the MARAC region (DC, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia – submissions due July 31, 2019
• Louise Pubols Public History Prize from the Western History Association –  submissions now due Aug 1, 2019 (deadline extended)

CONFERENCES and CALLS

• Deadline reminder! National Council on Public History Annual Meeting – March 18-21, Atlanta, GA, US (proposals due July 15)
• PastForward 2019 – National Trust for Historic Preservation annual conference – Oct 10-12, 2019, Denver, CO, US
• “Researching New York 2019” Call for Papers extended through July 15 – Nov 21-23, Albany, NY, US
• “Catalysts of Social Change: Honoring the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage” –  Small Museums Association Conference – Feb 16-18, 2020, College Park, MD, US (proposals due Sept 20, 2019)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• “Creating Community in Black Los Angeles During the Great Migration” talk from Alison Rose Jefferson at the California African American Museum – July 10, 2019, Los Angeles, CA, US
• Applications now open for the second cohort of DC Public Library’s Memory Lab Network – Q&A session July 12, applications due Aug 16, 2019
• Transatlantic Seminar for Museum Curators and Educators: “Museums as Spaces for Social Discourse and Learning” – Nov 4-7, 2019, Berlin, Germany

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