Around the Field June 2, 2021

27 May 2021 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: Topic proposals for NCPH 2022 are now viewable, and we encourage you to leave feedback by July 1 so proposer submitters can incorporate it into their final proposals; Gilder Lehrman is hosting a conversation with Henry Louis Gates this evening, June 2; the Society for History in the Federal Government’s annual Trask Lecture is this Friday, June 4.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• NCPH received thirty topic proposals from people looking for feedback or co-presenters for next March’s annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. View the proposals and leave feedback by July 1 via https://ncph.org/phc/2022-annual-meeting-topic-proposals/. We recommend emailing the proposer directly with sensitive feedback or if you’re interested in joining their session.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The deadline for the Istanbul Research Institute’s 2021-2022 grants is July 5, 2021
• Applications for the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s “New Directions for Digital Scholarship in Cultural Institutions” grant are due July 8, 2021

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The Congress 2021 of the Humanities and Social Sciences’ virtual conference will be held May 27-June 4, 2021
• The John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies and Uppsala Universitet call for papers for their workshop, “Transatlantic Memories: History Activism, Memory, and Diplomacy across the Atlantic World,” to take place virtually and in Berlin, Germany, November 4-5, 2021 (deadline is June 10, 2021)
• Meridian and the National Endowment for the Humanities will hold their virtual “Global Humanities Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy” on June 11, 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 New Jersey Historical Commission calls for proposals for their virtual “2021 New Jersey History Conference” on November 12, 2021 (deadline is August of 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 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 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 Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is hosting a webinar, “A Conversation with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,” today, June 2, 2021
• The Society for History in the Federal Government is holding their virtual “2021 Trask Lecture: Anita Jones” on June 4, 2021
• The National Humanities Alliance is offering “Recruitment Strategies Webinars” starting on June 8, 2021
• Made by Us is hosting their inaugural “Civic Season” in a variety of locations and virtually, June 14-July 4, 2021
• The American Historical Association is offering a virtual course, “High-Impact Online Teaching and Learning Practices for History Faculty,” June 21-30, 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 Rocky Mountain Center for Preservation Field School is offering field experience for students in Twin Lakes, Colorado, US, July 25-August 7, 2021

PUBLICATIONS

• Thames & Hudson will publish four new books in the summer of 2021: Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic: Voice from History by Peter Furtado; The Viking Great Army and the Making of England by Dawn M. Hadley and Julian D. Richards; Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson, with twelve new essays by Jessica Helfand; and The Great Journeys in History edited by Robin Hanbury-Tenison
• 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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