Around the Field March 6, 2019

05 March 2019 – editors

From around the field this week: Make sure your voice is heard by providing public feedback to the NPS on their proposed changes to the National Register; proposals are due at the beginning of May for the DAR’s 2019 symposium; registration is now open for AASLH’s March webinar on budgets

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Between now and April 30, 2019, the National Park Service will be looking for feedback on proposed rule changes regarding policy pertaining to the National Register of Historic Places. If you would like to contribute, follow the link here.

AWARDS and FUNDING

• Curatorial Fellowship – Stevens-Coolidge Place – application due March 15, 2019
• Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History – John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress and the American Historical Association – applications due April 1, 2019
• Research Grant for Authors – State Historical Society of Iowa – applications due April 15, 2019
• National Fund for Sacred Places – Partners for Sacred Places and the National Trust for Historic Preservation – letter of intent due May 1, 2019

CONFERENCES and CALLS

• “Gendered Environments: Exploring Histories of Women, Genders, and Sexualities in Social, Political and ‘Natural’ Worlds” – 2020 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders, and Sexualities – May 28-31, 2020, Baltimore, MD, US (proposals due March 17, 2019)
• Texas Association of Museums’ Annual Meeting 2019 – April 2-5, 2019, El Paso, TX, US (registration now open)
• 21^st Annual Conference on Illinois History – Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum – Oct 3-4, 2019, Springfield, IL, US (proposals due May 1, 2019)
• “Culture & Technology in American Quilts” – Daughters of the American Revolution – Nov 15, 2019, Washington, DC, US (proposals due May 1, 2019)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• “Break the Budget Bubble” – American Association for State and Local History – March 20, 2019, webinar (registration now open)
• Certified Institutional Protection Instructor Course – International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection – April 9-10, 2019, Chicago, IL, US (registration closes April 1, 2019)
• “Conservation Clinic” – Winterthur Museum and University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation – March 14 and April 18, 2019, Winterthur, DE, US (appointment scheduling now open)

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