Around the Field June 24, 2020

23 June 2020 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: the American Alliance of Museums offers awards for their “Museum Publications Design Competition”; the New Jersey Historical Society moves their 2020 conference online and calls for paper proposals; the National Association for Interpretation hosts a webinar on “Race, Social Justice, and Interpretation.”

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced $40 million in CARES Act grants for more than 300 cultural institutions across the country
• Cultural institutions can sign up to order free Rightfully Hers pop-up displays provided by The National Archives and Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission in honor of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage

AWARDS and FUNDING

• The American Alliance of Museums’ “Museum Publications Design Competition” entry deadline is June 30, 2020
• The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s 2020 Call for Proposals to Community-Based Archives applications are due July 1, 2020
• Applications for NEH’s Fellowships Open Book Program are due August 17, 2020

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The New Jersey Historical Society calls for proposals for their virtual 2020 New Jersey History Conference on November 13, 2020 (deadline is June 26, 2020)
• Wagner College Holocaust Center calls for proposals for their 2021 “Heroins of the Holocaust” symposium on June 2-3, 2021 (deadline is August 15, 2020)
• The Agricultural History Society calls for proposals for their 2021 annual meeting in Las Cruses, New Mexico, on June 2-5, 2021 (deadline is September 15, 2020)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• “Race, Social Justice, and Interpretation” webinar from the National Association for Interpretation on June 25, 2020
• The Texas Historical Commission hosts “Making the Most of Math Connections at Museums and Historic Sites” webinar on June 25, 2020
• “From Statements to Actions: Diversity and Inclusion at Your Museum” webinar from the Ohio History Connection on June 26, 2020
• Self-paced course from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on “The History of American Protests”
• Pre-recorded video series, “Watch & Talk,” from the American Alliance of Museums’ on “Evaluation in Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Work” and “Building Millennial Audiences”

PUBLICATIONS

• The Museum Scholar published their third installment of Theory and Practice: The Emerging Museum Professionals Journal, “Museum Futures: Museums as Change Agents,” on June 17, 2020

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