Around the Field June 12, 2019
12 June 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: The Monument Lab is holding a town hall in Philadelphia June 28; the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums is seeking nominations for their Guardian of Culture and Lifeways Awards by June 28; proposals for the “Reimagining the Museum: Conference of the Americas” meeting this October in Oaxaca are due June 16.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s free resource “A Guide to Becoming an Historic Preservation Professional: The Work You Can Do, What Employers Want, and Educational Considerations” is now available online.
- Monument Lab annual meeting and town hall (free and open to the public) – June 28, 2019, Philadelphia, PA, US
AWARDS and FUNDING
- American Alliance of Museums’ Museum Publications Design Competition – Applications due June 14, 2019
- Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums’ Guardian of Culture and Lifeways Awards – Nominations due June 28, 2019
- National Endowment for the Humanities’ Humanities Collections and Reference Resources funding – Applications due July 16, 2019
CONFERENCES and CALLS
- “Reimagining the Museum: Conference of the Americas” Open Call for Presentations – Nov 20-22, 2019, Oaxaca, Mexico (Proposals due June 16, 2019)
- “Race, Ethnicity, and Architecture in the Nation’s Capital – 2020 Latrobe Symposium – April 18, 2020, Washington, DC, US (Proposals due August 1, 2019)
- Tenth International Conference on the Constructed Environment – May 13-14, 2020, Berkeley, California, US (Proposals due June 13, 2019)
- “Urban Diversities: Exclusion and Inclusion of Immigrants and Refugees at the Local Level” – Diversity in Organizations, Communities, & Nations International Conference – June 10-12, 2020 (Proposals due July 10, 2019)
- Open-access journal The Museum Scholar Call for Submissions – Deadline of October 31, 2019
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- “Collections Camp: Military Collections” workshop from AASLH – July 10-12, 2019, Tacoma, WA, US
- “Plaster and Plastering in Early New England” workshop hosted by Historic Deerfield – July 13, 2019, Deerfield, MA, US
- Board Building and Preservation Planning Workshop – Sept 19-21, 2019, Boston, Massachusetts, US
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