Around the Field June 30, 2021

29 June 2021 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference seeks nominations for an award; Southern Cultures calls for submissions for its special issue, Sanctuaries; Goucher College’s M.A. in Historic Preservation Program is hosting a virtual forum; AASLH releases their field guide to planning for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US.

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.
• AASLH will publish Making History at 250: The Field Guide for the Semiquincentennial on July 1 as a resource for the history community to help think of guiding themes, goals, and ideas as the 250^th commemoration of the United States approaches in 2026. AALSH will also host a live virtual event, “Making History at 250,” on July 1, 2021.
• The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced $51.6 million in emergency relief funding for state and jurisdictional humanities councils.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The State Historical Society of Missouri is seeking nominations for the Missouri History Book Award, the Lewis E. Atherton Prizes, and the Eagleton-Waters Book Award, due today, June 30, 2021
• 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
• The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference is accepting submissions for the Arline Custer Memorial Award, due July 31, 2021

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• Goucher College’s M.A. in Historic Preservation Program’s virtual forum, “Preservation Forum: Preserving Place in a Rapidly Changing World,” will be held July 31, 2021
• The Association of Midwest Museum’s virtual conference, “Museum’s Evolving,” to be held November 1-5, 2021, calls for session proposals (deadline is July 2, 2021) and expo proposals (deadline is July 30, 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 American Society for Environmental History calls for proposals for their annual conference, “Disaster and Renewal,” in Eugene, Oregon, US, March 23-27, 2022 (deadline is July 16, 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 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 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

• Made by Us is hosting their inaugural “Civic Season” in a variety of locations and virtually, June 14-July 4, 2021
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation is offering a two part webinar series, “Women Are Essential,” on June 24 and August 12, 2021
• The Museum Learning Hub is offering webinars on managing website projects on multiple dates, July 6, 13, 27, and 21, 2021
• The Maine Historical Society is offering a virtual program, “Nineteenth-Century Black Politics in Maine: Historical Research and Legacies,” July 22, 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
• The National Preservation Institute is offering virtual training of NAGPRA Grant Proposal Development, August 5 and 12, 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 Maine Historical Society is offering a virtual program, “Teacher Workshop: History and Justice in the Classroom,” on August 18, 2021

PUBLICATIONS

• Southern Cultures calls for submissions for its special issue, Sanctuaries, through July 26, 2021
• Routledge has published two new books this summer, Experimental Museology: Institutions, Representations, Users edited by Marianne Achiam, Michael Haldrup, and Kirsten Drotner and Autoethnography for Librarians and Information Scientists edited by Ina Fourie, and a third book, Museum Innovation: Building More Equitable, Relevant and Impactful Museums edited by Haitham Eid and Melissa Forstrom, is forthcoming this July
• 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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