Around the Field March 20, 2019
20 March 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: Apply for Library of Congress education funding; proposals for the ASEH’s second Twitter conference are due tonight; Attending SHFG’s Annual Meeting next month? Registration to their workshop for federal history jobs is included!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Earlier this month, the Library of Congress announced a $1.5 million funding program that will allow organizations to interact with their online primary sources and boost education strategies. Make sure to apply here by April 22!
AWARDS and FUNDING
- 2019 Pocantico Fellowship – National Trust for Historic Preservation – applications due April 19, 2019
- Awards for Publications and Awards for Scholarly and Professional Distinction – American Historical Associations – nominations due May 15, 2019
CONFERENCES and CALLS
- “Interpreting Difficult History” – Yale Public History Institute 2019 – June 9-14, 2019, New Haven, CT, US (applications due April 1, 2019)
- #ASEH2019Tweets – American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) Graduate Student Caucus Second Annual Twitter Conference – April 4-5, 2019 (proposals due March 20, 2019 – tonight)
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- Federal History Jobs Workshop – Society for History in the Federal Government – April 25, 2019, Washington, DC, US (registration included with 2019 SHFG Annual Meeting registration)
- Museums and Climate Change Workshop – King’s College London Memory Group – March 27, 2019, London, England, UK (applications to attend now open)
- “Museum Education and Outreach” – American Association for State and Local History – March 25-May 17, 2019, online course (registration now open)
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