Around the Field March 8, 2023

06 March 2023 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The Association of African American Museums calls for proposals; Civic Learning Week is hosting several events; the Costume Society of America calls for proposals

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The National Italian American Foundation and the National Christopher Columbus Association are accepting submissions for the Christopher Columbus Essay Contest, due March 15, 2023
• The American Association for State and Local History is asking for responses to the 2023 National Visitation Survey for History Organizations, due March 15, 2023
• The Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia will present the David McCullough Prize for Excellence in American Public History in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, April 26, 2023

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The William G. Pomeroy Foundation is accepting applications for the Hungry for History Marker Grant Program, due March 13, 2023
• The Early American Industries Association is accepting applications for research grants, due March 15, 2023
• The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for Leading Edge Fellowships, due March 15, 2023
• Preserve New York is accepting applications for their 2023 grant cycle, due March 31, 2023
• The Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University is accepting submissions for the Local History Publication Award, due March 31, 2023

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The New York State Council for the Social Studies will hold their annual convention, “Pivotal Learning: Teaching Social Studies in a Changing World,” in Albany, New York, US, March 9-11, 2023
• The 65th Annual Missouri Conference on History will be held in Springfield, Missouri, US, March 15-17, 2023
• The Virginia Forum will hold their annual conference, “Crossroads,” in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, US, March 16-18, 2023
• The Association for Asian Studies will hold their 2023 Annual Conference & Expo in Boston, Massachusetts, US, March 16-19, 2023
• The Black Geographies Graduate Student Conference will be held in Berkeley, California, US, March 17-18, 2023
• The National Humanities Alliance will hold their 2023 Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day in Washington, DC, US, March 19-21, 2023
• The American Society for Environmental History will hold their annual conference, “Transformations: Reckoning, Resistance, and Reparations,” in Boston, Massachusetts, US, March 22-26, 2023
• The National Council for History Education will hold their annual conference, “Freedom From, Freedom To,” in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, March 23-25, 2023
• The Nineteenth-Century Studies Association will hold their annual conference, “Remaking the Past,” in Sacramento, California, US, March 30-April 1, 2023
• The Organization of American Historians will hold their annual meeting, “Confronting Crises: History for Uncertain Times,” in Los Angeles, California, US, March 30-April 2, 2023
• The History Graduate Student Association at Virginia Tech will hold their 26th Annual Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in History Conference in Blacksburg, Virginia, US, March 31-April 1, 2023
• The Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast at Lamar University will hold the Greater Gulf Symposium in Beaumont, Texas, US, April 4, 2023
• NCPH will hold their annual meeting, “To Be Determined,” in Atlanta, Georgia, US, April 12-15, 2023
• The Society of Architectural Historians will hold their 76th Annual International Conference in Montréal, Québec, Canada, April 12-16, 2023, and virtually, September 20-22, 2023
• The Midwest Archives Conference will be held in Chicago, Illinois, US, April 13-15, 2023
• The West Virginia Association of Museums will hold their annual conference, “Back to Basics: Covering Museum Fundamentals,” in Ripley, West Virginia, US, April 13-15, 2023
• Washington University in St. Louis will hold their conference, “Moonscape of the Mind: Japanese American Design after Internment,” in St. Louis, Missouri, US, April 14-15, 2023
• The Museum Association of New York will hold their annual conference, “Finding Center: Access, Inclusion, Participation, and Engagement,” in Syracuse, New York, US, April 15-18, 2023
• The Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware will hold their 17th Material Culture Symposium for Emerging Scholars, “From Hogarth to Hypebeast: The Materiality of Popular Cultures,” in Newark, Delaware, US, April 21-22, 2023
• PA Museums will hold their annual conference, “Strong Museums for a Strong Pennsylvania,” in Hershey, Pennsylvania, US, April 23-25, 2023
• The American Association for State and Local History will hold a virtual summit, “Commemoration Reconsidered: Ethics, Justice, and America’s 250th Anniversary,” April 27-28, 2023
• The American & New England Studies Program at Boston University will hold a symposium, “Archives and Knowledge Keepers: Native American and Indigenous Studies and the Art of History,” virtually and in Boston, Massachusetts, US, May 4, 2023
• The Friends of New Jersey Heritage will hold their annual conference, “Fun and Fury,” June 2023
• The Society for History in the Federal Government calls for proposals for their annual meeting, “Federal History 2.0: Rethinking Methods and Approaches in the Wake of a Pandemic,” in Washington, DC, US, June 1-2, 2023 (deadline is March 15, 2023)
• The Association of African American Museums calls for proposals for their annual conference, “Museums, Music, and Movements,” in Nashville, Tennessee, US, July 26-28, 2023 (deadline is March 13, 2023)
• The Costume Society of America calls for proposals for the Western Region 2023 Symposium, “Raising Native Voices: Power Shifts and Politics Reflected in Dress Traditions,” in Cody, Wyoming, US, September 15-17, 2023 (deadline is May 1, 2023)
• The Association for the Study of African American Life and History calls for proposals for their 108th Annual Meeting & Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, US, September 20-24, 2023 (deadline is April 30, 2023)
• The Federation of State Humanities Councils and the National Humanities Alliance call for proposals for the annual National Humanities Conference, “Crossroads,” in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, October 25-29, 2023 (deadline is April 3, 2023)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The Bonnie and Richard Reiss Graduate Institute for Constitutional History is accepting applications for a seminar, “The Constitutional History of Misinformation,” in New York, New York, US, April 21 and 28 and May 12 and 19, 2023, due March 8, 2023
• Civic Learning Week is hosting events through March 9, 2023
• The American Historical Association will hold weekly virtual events in their Washington History Seminar series through May 22, 2023
• The Center for Art Collection Ethics at the University of Denver is accepting applications for the Nazi-Era Art Provenance Research Training Program virtually and in Denver, Colorado, US, June 18-23, 2023, due March 19, 2023
• The American Association for State and Local History will hold a workshop, “Reimagining the Historic House Museum,” in Pasadena, California, US, April 1, 2023

PUBLICATIONS

• Edward E. Curtis IV calls for abstracts for an edited volume, Introduction to Arab American Public History, due March 15, 2023

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