Around the Field – June 4, 2025

04 June 2025 – Jess Baloun

From Around the Field this week: Latinos in Heritage Conservation closes endangered site nominations this week; The Association for Gravestone Studies hosts their annual conference this month; The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts will host a webinar on their new preservation glossary in two weeks.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• Massachusetts Humanities is seeking applications for their grant program, “Expand Massachusetts Stories: Promises of the Revolution,” due June 9, 2025
• The Latinos in Heritage Conservation is seeking nominations for the launch of The Endangered Latinx Landmarks program. Nominations are due June 15, 2025 and sites will be announced on September 16, 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

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 European Society for Environmental History is holding their bi-annual Climate Histories Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, August 18-22, 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 National Humanities Alliance and Federation of State Humanities Councils will host their annual meeting “Roots of Invention, Innovation, and Revitalization” in Detroit, Michigan, US, November 12-16, 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 Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts will host a webinar on their new Preservation Glossary on June 18, 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. 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 will be held online from June 23–⁠24, 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

• Mass Humanities invites grant proposals for “Expand Massachusetts Stories: Promises of the Revolution” by June 9, 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 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