Around the Field March 24, 2021

23 March 2021 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: Bowling Green State University offers awards; the National Humanities Alliance calls for proposals; the Association of Midwest Museums begins a webinar series.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Association of Indiana Museums invites museum folks to complete their survey on how best to serve Indiana’s museum people at every level
• The American Historical Association welcomes students to fill out a survey to collect data about the experiences of History graduate students by April 9, 2021

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University Libraries is seeking submissions for its 2020 Local History Publication Awards by March 31, 2021
• Applications for California State University, Sacramento’s “Library Research Fellowship Program” are due April 2, 2021
• The deadline for the Middle Eastern Studies Association of North America Global Academy’s scholarships is April 15, 2021
• Applications for the State Historical Society of Iowa’s research grants are due April 15, 2021
• The American Council of Learned Societies is offering their “Leading Edge Fellowships,” due May 6, 2021
• The deadline for the American Historical Association’s 2021 awards and prizes nominations is May 15, 2021
• The Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network is accepting applications for “Professional Development Funding” and “Emergency Hardware Support” funding on a rolling basis until June 2021

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The National Humanities Alliance calls for proposals for their “2021 National Humanities Conference” in Detroit, Michigan, US, November 11-14, 2021 (deadline is April 9, 2021)
• The Institute of History of the University of Wrocław, Poland, Zajezdnia History Centre, and the International Federation for Public History call for research project proposals for their 4th annual “Public History Summer School,” held virtually June 7-11, 2021 (deadline is April 12, 2021)
• The Texas Association of Museums will host their virtual 2021 conference, “Roots and Reckoning: Museums Respond and Redefine,” April 12-16, 2021
• The Organization of American Historians will host their virtual annual meeting, April 15-18, 2021
• Case Western Reserve and Indiana University IUPUI will host a virtual conference, “Building an Engaged Art History,” April 22-23, 2021
• The Costume Society of America will host their 2021 virtual symposium, May 26-29, 2021
• Registration is open for Congress 2021 of the Humanities and Social Sciences’ virtual conference, May 27-June 4, 2021

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The Association of Midwest Museums will start their “Virtual Happy Hour Series” with “Cable Natural History Museum: Mysteries of the Night Exhibit” today, March 24, 2021
• The New York City Department of Records and Information Services is holding two webinars, “‘The Incorrigibles’ Film Screening & Panel Discussion” on March 25, 2021, and “Lunch & Learn: The Department of Buildings’ Architectural Plans Collection” on March 30, 2021
• The International Federation for Public History is hosting a webinar on “How the National Human Rights Museum of Taiwan facilitates public engagement,” March 26, 2021
• The Society for History in the Federal Government will hold a virtual colloquium, “The Oral History of Affirmative Action: Reconstructing the Philadelphia Plan and Arthur Fletcher,” on April 2, 2021
• The National Preservation Institute will offer a webinar series, “NAGPRA Grant Proposal Development,” on April 7 and 14, 2021
• Middle Tennessee State University will host the second in their webinar series, “Diverse Histories for a Diverse Nation,” on April 8, 2021
• The International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection is offering two webinars, “Introduction to the Protection of Cultural Property” on April 12, 2021, and “Situational Awareness” on April 22, 2021
• The DC Bar Association is hosting a webinar, “Indian Claims Commission Act at 75: A Look Back and a Look Forward,” on April 13, 2021
• The Association of Midwest Museums, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and the Wisconsin Historical Society are hosting a webinar series, “Audience Engagement: Preparing for the Virtual Long Game,” April 26-May 26, 2021

PUBLICATIONS

• The Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University Libraries is seeking submissions for its 2020 Local History Publication Awards
• The International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion‘s special issue on “Diversity, Recordkeeping, and Archivy” is available to the public
• 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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