Around the Field June 29, 2022

28 June 2022 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: NCPH and other organizations release statements on the overturning of Roe v. Wade; the American Association for State and Local History accepts applications for scholarships for their annual meeting; the Organization of American Historians offers a webinar on Dobbs v. Jackson.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• NCPH has released a statement on the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Many other organizations have released statements, including the American Alliance of Museums, the National Women’s Studies Association, and the Oakland Museum of California

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The American Association for State and Local History is accepting applications for the Douglas Evelyn Diversity Fellowships and the AASLH Small Museums Scholarship, due June 30, 2022
• The Western History Association is accepting nominations for the Louise Pubols Public History Prize, due June 30, 2022
• The State Historical Society of Missouri is accepting nominations for the Missouri Book Award and the Lewis E. Atherton Prizes, due June 30, 2022
• The Mid Atlantic Regional Archives Conference calls for nominations for the Arline Custer Memorial Award by July 31, 2022
• Nominations for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 2022-2023 ACHP/HUD Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation are due August 15, 2022
• The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University is accepting applications for five Climate Change in Historical Perspective Grants, due August 31, 2022
• The State Historical Society of Missouri is accepting applications for two Center for Missouri Studies Fellowships, due September 6, 2022
• The Organization of American Historians’ 2023 awards cycle is now open, with nominations for most awards due October 1, 2022

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The Indiana Historical Society will hold the Midwestern Roots conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, July 15-16, 2022
• The Association of African American Museums will hold their 44th Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, US, August 10-12, 2022
• The Society of Georgia Archivists will hold their annual meeting, “Sustaining Archives: Practical Solutions for the Future,” at the Jekyll Island Club, Georgia, US, October 25-28, 2022
• The New York State History and Education Conference calls for proposals for “History Fights Back!,” in SUNY Oneonta, New York, US, October 28-30, 2022 (deadline is July 15, 2022)
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation will hold the PastForward National Preservation Conference virtually, November 1-4, 2022
• The Missouri Speakers Bureau is seeking applicants for the 2022-2024 program cycle, which will begin November 1, 2022 (deadline is August 1, 2022)
• The Coalition of Master’s Scholars on Material Culture calls for papers for the virtual symposium, “Tools of the Trade,” November 19, 2022 (deadline is October 14, 2022)
• The American Society for Environmental History calls for proposals for their annual conference, “Transformations: Reckoning, Resistance, and Reparations,” in Boston, Massachusetts, US, March 22-26, 2023 (deadline is July 15, 2022)
• The National Council for History Educators seeks proposals for their conference, “Freedom From, Freedom To,” March 23-25, 2023 (deadline is September 26, 2022)
• NCPH calls for proposals for the 2023 conference, “To Be Determined,” in Atlanta, Georgia, US, April 12-15, 2023 (deadline is July 15, 2022)
• The Agricultural History Society calls for proposals for their annual meeting, “Agricultural Pasts of the Climate Crisis,” in Knoxville, Tennessee, June 8-10, 2023 (deadline is September 15, 2022)
• The Western History Association calls for proposals for their conference, “Restorations and Repairs: Lives and Landscapes Across Many Wests,” in Los Angeles, California, US, October 26-29, 2023 (deadline is December 5, 2022)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The Organization of American Historians is offering a webinar, “Dobbs v. Jackson in Historical Perspective,” TBD
• The Dumbarton House is offering a virtual panel, “Preservation in Practice,” July 6, 2022
• The National Trust is offering a webinar, “Summer Federal Advocacy Update,” June 28, 2022
• The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is offering a virtual webinar, “Public Historians & the Climate Crisis,” July 21, 2022
• The UC Berkeley Oral History Center is offering a one-week virtual advanced institute August 8-12, 2022

PUBLICATIONS 

• The National Historic Landmarks Program has published Labor History in the United States, prepared by Rachel Donaldson

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