Around the Field March 23, 2022

23 March 2022 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The Association for the Study of African American Life and History accepts award applications; the Slave Dwelling Project calls for proposals; the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University offers virtual programs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum has released a survey to gather input related to the future location of the museum. 

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for their Leading Edge Fellowships, due March 28, 2022
• The Association for the Study of African American Life and History is accepting nominations for several awards, due March 31, 2022
• The Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University Libraries is accepting submissions for their 2021 Local History Publication Awards, due March 31, 2022
• The National Archives Foundation is accepting applications for the Cokie Roberts Research Fund for Women’s History, due April 30, 2022
• The Organization of American Historians is accepting nominations for the Willi Paul Adams Award, due May 1, 2022
• The Association of Midwest Museums is accepting nominations for several awards, due May 2, 2022
• The National Park Service is accepting applications for their Semiquincentennial Grant Program, due May 3, 2022
• The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Division of Education Programs is accepting applications for several grants opportunities, due May 9, 2022
• Queen’s University Belfast is accepting applications for a PhD Studentship on museums, public history, and the environment, due May 16, 2022

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• MuseumNext will hold their virtual Green Museums Summit March 28-30, 2022
• The Organization of American Historians will hold their annual conference, “Indigenous/American Pasts and Futures,” in Boston, Massachusetts, US, March 31-April 3, 2022
• The Indiana Association of Historians will hold their 42nd annual conference at Purdue University Northwest, Hammond Campus, Indiana, US, April 9, 2022
• The American Council of Learned Societies will hold their 2022 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, April 28-30, 2022
• The Committee on LGBT History, San Francisco State University, and the GLBT Historical Society will hold their conference, “QHC 2022,” in San Francisco, California, US, June 12-15, 2022
• The Association of African American Museums will hold their 44th Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, US, August 10-12, 2022
• The Slave Dwelling Project calls for proposals for their conference, “2022 Slave Dwelling Project Conference: The Stono Rebellion and the Atlantic World,” in Charleston, South Carolina, September 8-10, 2022 (due May 1, 2022)
• The Pennsylvania Historical Association calls for proposals for their conference, “Health and Resiliency in the Commonwealth and Mid-Atlantic,” in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, US, October 13-15, 2022 (deadline is April 15, 2022)
• The Federation of State Humanities Councils and the National Humanities Alliance call for proposals for the 2022 National Humanities Conference in Los Angeles, California, US, November 10-13, 2022 (deadline is April 1, 2022)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is offering a virtual program, “History vs. Hunger: Supporting Economic Empowerment through Memory Work,” March 24, 2022
• Digital Drawingboard is offering a virtual program, “Podcasting: Should your organization consider launching a podcast?,” March 25, 2022
• The American Folklore Society is presenting a webinar, “Interrogating the Normal: Folkloristic Engagements with Disability,” March 25, 2022
• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is offering a Book Break with Keisha N. Blain discussing her book Until I am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America, March 27, 2022
• The University of North Carolina Greensboro Jewish Studies Program and Religious Studies Department are offering a virtual program, “Remembering Resistance: A Jewish Uprising in Ukraine,” March 29, 2022
• Lucidea is presenting a webinar, “How to Identify and Select Your Next Museum Digital Project,” March 30, 2022
• The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts is offering a virtual program, “Making Decisions about Digitization,” March 30, 2022
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation is presenting a webinar, “Brown v. Board: A Tale of 3 (Delaware) Schools,” March 30, 2022
• The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University is offering a virtual program, “Teaching Banned Material: How Including Challenging Topics Enhances Student Learning,” March 31, 2022
• The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is presenting a webinar, “Confronting Silence: Digital Mapping to Fight Impunity,” March 31, 2022
• The Association of Midwest Museums is offering a virtual program, “45 Ideas in 45 Minutes: Support Healing, Boost Morale, and Prevent Burnout,” March 31, 2022
• The Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University is offering a virtual program, “Refugee and Humanitarian Crisis during the Great War and the Armenian Genocide,” April 12, 2022
• The Preservation Priorities Task Force is presenting a webinar, “Calculating Carbon Savings from Building Reuse and Retrofit,” April 12, 2022
• The New-York Historical Society is offering a seminar, “The Contested Right to Vote,” in New York, New York, US, May 13 and 20 & June 3 and 10, 2022 (deadline is April 6, 2022)
• The International Federation for Public History, in partnership with several organizations, will be hosting the “Public History Summer School” at the University of Wroclaw, Poland, June 6-10, 2022
• The UC Berkeley Oral History Center is offering a one-week virtual advanced institute August 8-12, 2022 

PUBLICATIONS

• An edited book on Children’s Museology calls for papers, due March 30, 2022
• Southern Cultures calls for papers for their special issue, Disability, due April 4, 2022
• 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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