Around the Field – June 18, 2025

18 June 2025 – Jess Baloun

From Around the Field this week: AASLH announces the Leadership in History Awards of Excellence winners; The Association for Gravestone Studies will be hosted in York, Pennsylvania, this week; Research fellows sought for work on British and environmental work; and Black in Historic Preservation hosts a member talk and teach-in this week.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The American Association for State and Local History announces the winners of the 2025 Leadership in History Awards of Excellence
• The IU Indianapolis Arts and Humanities Institute (IAHI) and North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS) seek 5 visiting research fellows to support access to resources for scholars working on projects that bring together British and Environmental Studies. Apply by June 23, 2025
• The Folklore and Science Section of the American Folklore Society invites submissions for the 2025 Folklore and Science Prizes. Submissions due July 1, 2025
• The National Endowment for the Humanities is seeking applicants for their new grant program, “Public Impact Projects Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary,” due July 9, 2025 with projects starting between March 1 – May 1, 2026
• The Western Historical Association is accepting applications for the Louise Pubols Public History Prize through June 30, 2025
• The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference is accepting entries for the Arline Custer Memorial Award recognizing the best books and articles written or compiled by individuals and institutions in the MARAC region. Applications due July 31, 2025
• The Robert & Elizabeth Dole Archives & Special Collections seeks applications for its 2025 Research Fellowship and travel grants. Applications close August 1, 2025

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The Association for Gravestone Studies will host their annual conference at York College of Pennsylvania in York, Pennsylvania, US, June 17-22, 2025
• Imagining America is hosting their national gathering, “Gathering Providing Passage: Practicing the Worlds We Want,” in Las Cruces, New Mexico, US, on October 3-5, 2025. Call for proposals closes June 30, 2025
• The New Jersey Association of Museums will host their annual meeting in Manalapan, New Jersey, US, on July 10, 2025
• The California Association of Museums will host their annual conference, “Reframing,” in Los Angeles, California, US, from March 10-13, 2026. Call for proposals is open now until July 7, 2025
• The Association of African American Museums will host their 47th Annual Conference “Voices of Democracy: Commemorating the Voting Rights Act’s 60th Anniversary” in Charleston, South Carolina, US, July 23-25, 2025
• The Association of Midwest Museums, Illinois Association of Museums, and Iowa Museum Association will host their 2025 conference “Crosscurrents” virtually on July 25, 2025 and in Davenport, Iowa, US, July 30 – August 2, 2025
• The University of Rochester Humanities Center will host “Climate Havens: Humanistic Perspectives on Resilience, Migration, and Resources Symposium” from April 16-17, 2025. Call for papers due by August 15, 2025
• The European Society for Environmental History is holding their bi-annual Climate Histories Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, August 18-22, 2025
• The Society of Civil War Historians welcomes proposals for its biennial conference in Richmond, Virginia, US, from June 18–20, 2026. All proposals must be submitted by September 15, 2025
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation will host their PastForward 2025 conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, September 16-18, 2025
• The Association for the Study of African American Life and History will host their annual conference “African Americans & Labor” in Atlanta, Georgia, US, from September 24-27, 2025
• The Preserving Historic Places conference will be held in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US, September 30 – October 3, 2025
• The Society of Georgia Archivists will host their 2025 Annual Meeting, “Archivists ‘Macon’ It Happen: Back to the Basics” in Macon, Georgia, US, October 2, 2025
• The Mountain-Plains Museums Association will host their annual conference “Crossroads and Collections” in Omaha, Nebraska, US, October 2-4, 2025
• EUROPAST will host “The Past and Future of Public History” in Vilnius, Lithuania, October 9-10, 2025
• The Kentucky Historical Society will host their 2025 Ohio Valley History Conference “Borders, Boundaries, and Belonging” in Frankfort, Kentucky, US, October 9-11, 2025. Call for proposals due July 18, 2025
• The Urban History Association will host “Metropolitan Majorities” in Los Angeles, California, US, October 9-12, 2025
• The Oral History Association will host “Exploring Our American Stories” in Atlanta, Georgia, US, October 15-18, 2025
• The 91st Annual Meeting of the Southern Historical Association will take place in St. Pete Beach, Florida, US, November 5-8, 2025
• The Association of Registrars and Collection Specialists will host their 2025 conference PRESENT tense in St. Louis, Missouri, US, November 18-21, 2025
• The American Historical Association will host their 139th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, US, January 8-11, 2026
• The Organization of American Historians will host their 2026 OAH Conference  on “Re-Thinking American History at 250” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, April 16-19, 2026

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The National Preservation Institute offers continuing education and professional training for those involved in the management, preservation, and stewardship of cultural heritage
• Preservation Leadership Forum is hosting a series of webinars from June to August that will provide expert advice on topics addressing both fundraising and job search strategies, but also welcoming job seekers to join a LinkedIn group to connect with others in the field
• The Utah Historical Society is hosting multiple Introduction to Oral History training sessions. Virtual sessions include information on how to conduct interviews, as well as a session dedicated to interview transcriptions
• Black in Historic Preservation presents “(un)Redact the Facts to Tell a Fuller American Story Since 2020,” a virtual member talk and teach-in, on June 19, 2025
• Students completing their Master in Digital and Public History at the University of Luxembourg will host an online seminar, “Public history for contested and conflicting past(s),” on June 19, 2025
• The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will host a five day seminar, “Teaching the Holocaust” from July 14-18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois, US. A limited number of full and partial scholarships and travel stipends are available for those who qualify. Applications are due June 23, 2025
• The American Historical Association will host the 2025 Department Chairs’ Workshop online from June 23–⁠24, 2025
• The Oral History Association will host a webinar exploring oral history and the law on June 24, 2025
• The American Association for State and Local History will host a virtual workshop on “Strengthening History Communication” on June 25, 2025
• Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network will host “Climate Change, Archives, and Digital Preservation,” a 2-day webinar on June 25-26, 2025
• Session 3 of the American Revolutions in the Digital Age Webinar Series, “Slavery, Freedom, and Resistance,” will take place on July 9, 2025
• Session 4 of the American Revolutions in the Digital Age Webinar Series, “Information Technology and Lessons from the American Revolution,” will take place on August 7, 2025

PUBLICATIONS

• The Connell O’Donovan LGBT Utah History digital collection is now available. This collection includes photographs, biographies, and other documents
• The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and Gender, edited by Jenna C. Ashton, was published in May and provides an exceptional range of international contributions that interrogate and analyse the interactions within – and between – heritage and gender
• The Association for the Study of African American Life and History seeks contributing authors and citizen historians for a study, “African Americans and the National Park Service, 1872–1965.” Call for submissions close June 30, 2025
• The DAR Museum seeks abstracts for their 2026 museum catalog accompanying their exhibition Revolution in Their Words, due July 15, 2025. Article submissions are due January 1, 2026
• The Alliance for Texas History wishes to enlist a public history editor for its new publication, The Journal of Texas History. Apply by August 15, 2025
• The American Historical Review seeks proposals for a special issue on “Methods for Archival Silence in Early History” due September 15, 2025
• The American Historical Association welcomes submissions of op-eds, media appearances, or other resources that offer context and insight to the public on the recent actions by the federal government
• The American Historical Association welcomes submissions of articles and other resources tracking federal actions affecting history