Around the Field July 14, 2021

13 July 2021 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: Proposals for NCPH 2022 are due tomorrow, July 15; Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University accepts proposals for grant; International Society of Landscape, Place, and Material Culture calls for proposals for annual conference; Texas Historical Commission offers multiple webinars.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• AASLH published Making History at 250: The Field Guide for the Semiquincentennial on July 1 as a resource for the history community to help think of guiding themes, goals, and ideas as the 250^th commemoration of the United States approaches in 2026.
• The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced $51.6 million in emergency relief funding for state and jurisdictional humanities councils.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference is accepting submissions for the Arline Custer Memorial Award, due July 31, 2021
• AASLH is accepting applications for several Small Museums Scholarships for their 2021 online conference, due by August 1, 2021
• AASLH is accepting applications for the 2021 Douglas Evelyn Diversity Fellowship, due by August 2, 2021
• The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University is accepting proposals for their Turning Points in History Grant, due August 31, 2021
• The State Historical Society of Missouri is accepting proposals for the 2022 Center for Missouri Studies Fellowships, due October 15, 2021

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• Goucher College’s M.A. in Historic Preservation Program’s virtual forum, “Preservation Forum: Preserving Place in a Rapidly Changing World,” will be held July 31, 2021
• The International Society of Landscape, Place, and Material Culture calls for proposals for their annual conference, “Livin’ on Tulsa Time,” in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US, October 20-23, 2021 (deadline is September 15, 2021)
• The Association of Midwest Museum’s calls for proposals for their virtual conference, “Museum’s Evolving,” to be held November 1-5, 2021, (deadline is July 30, 2021)
• NCPH calls for proposals for our 2022 annual meeting, “Crossroads,” in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 23-26, 2022 (deadline is July 15, 2021)
• The American Society for Environmental History calls for proposals for their annual conference, “Disaster and Renewal,” in Eugene, Oregon, US, March 23-27, 2022 (deadline is July 16, 2021)
• The Business History Conference calls for proposals for their annual meeting, “Business History in Times of Disruption: Embracing Complexity and Diversity,” in Mexico City, Mexico, April 7-9, 2022 (deadline is October 1, 2021)
• The Center for Cryptologic History and the National Cryptologic Foundation call for paper proposals for their “18th Cryptologic History Symposium” in Laurel, Maryland, US, May 11-13, 2022 (deadline is September 7, 2021)
• The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History calls for papers for their “Queer History Conference 2022” in San Francisco, California, US, June 12-15, 2022 (deadline is November 1, 2021)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The National Trust for Historic Preservation is offering a two part webinar series, “Women Are Essential,” June 24 and August 12, 2021
• The Museum Learning Hub is offering webinars on managing website projects, July 21 and 27, 2021
• The Texas Historical Commission is offering a virtual program, “Basic Object Photography on a Budget,” July 22, 2021
• The Maine Historical Society is offering a virtual program, “Nineteenth-Century Black Politics in Maine: Historical Research and Legacies,” July 22, 2021
• The Rocky Mountain Center for Preservation Field School is offering field experience for students in Twin Lakes, Colorado, US, July 25-August 7, 2021
• The American Women’s History Initiative is hosting a virtual Wikipedia edit-a-thon, “Wiki Focus: Black Women in Food History,” July 27, 2021
• The National Preservation Institute is offering virtual training of NAGPRA Grant Proposal Development, August 5 and 12, 2021
• The University of California Berkeley Oral History Center is offering virtual training on all aspects of oral history, August 9-13, 2021 (applications due July 16, 2021)
• The Maine Historical Society is offering a virtual program, “Teacher Workshop: History and Justice in the Classroom,” August 18, 2021
• The New England Museum Association is offering a virtual discussion on “Interpreting Slavery & Liberation,” August 18, 2021
• The Texas Historical Commission is offering a virtual program, “Does Your Board Reflect Your Story and Your Audience?,” August 25, 2021

PUBLICATIONS

• The National Historic Landmarks Program has released a new theme study, Civil Rights in America: Racial Discrimination in Housing by Matthew D. Lassiter and Susan Cianci Salvatore
• Southern Cultures calls for submissions for its special issue, Sanctuaries, through July 26, 2021
• Routledge has published two new books this summer, Experimental Museology: Institutions, Representations, Users edited by Marianne Achiam, Michael Haldrup, and Kirsten Drotner and Autoethnography for Librarians and Information Scientists edited by Ina Fourie, and a third book, Museum Innovation: Building More Equitable, Relevant and Impactful Museums edited by Haitham Eid and Melissa Forstrom, is forthcoming this July
• New York History calls for paper submissions
• 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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