Around the Field May 18, 2022

18 May 2022 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: NCPH calls for proposals for 2023 conference; the American Association for State and Local History releases a report; the Center for Jewish History and jMUSE has recently published a new book.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The American Association for State and Local History has released a new report, History in Our Parks: Results from a National Survey of Practitioners.
• The National Park Service has announced $73,600,000 in historic preservation grants to states and tribes.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The National Historical Publications & Records Commission is accepting applications for the NHPRC-Mellon Planning Grants for Collaborative Digital Editions in African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American History and Ethnic Studies, due June 8, 2022
• The Western History Association is accepting nominations for the Louise Pubols Public History Prize, due June 30, 2022
• The State Historical Society of Missouri is accepting applications for two Center for Missouri Studies Fellowships, due September 6, 2022

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The New Jersey Association of Museums will hold their annual meeting virtually and in-person in Princeton, New Jersey, US, May 25, 2022
• The Society for History in the Federal Government will hold their annual meeting, “The Resiliency of Institutions,” in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, US, June 2-3, 2022
• The Montana State University Library and University of Wyoming Libraries are co-hosting the conference “Conversations on Collecting Yellowstone” in Bozeman, Montana, US, June 5-8, 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 for Living History, Farm, and Agricultural Museums will hold their conference, “The Future of the Past,” in Tacoma, Washington, US, June 23-28, 2022
• The Oral History Association and the Oral History Center at the University of California Berkeley will hold their virtual symposium, “Assessing the Role of Race and Power in Oral History Theory and Practice,” June 27-29, 2022
• The Indiana Historical Society will hold the Midwestern Roots conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, July 15-16, 2022 
• The Association of African American Museums will hold their 44th Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, US, August 10-12, 2022
• The International Federation for Public History calls for poster submissions for their 6th world conference in Berlin, Germany, August 16-20, 2022 (deadline is May 31, 2022)
• The Society of Georgia Archivists calls for proposals for their annual meeting, “Sustaining Archives: Practical Solutions for the Future,” at the Jekyll Island Club, Georgia, US, October 25-28, 2022
• The New York State History and Education conference, “History Fights Back!,” will be held at SUNY Oneonta, New York, US, October 28-30, 2022
• The Coalition of Master’s Scholars on Material Culture calls for papers for the virtual symposium, “Tools of the Trade,” November 19, 2022 (deadline is October 14, 2022) 
• The Society for American Music calls for papers for their 49th annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, March 8-12, 2023 (deadline is June 1, 2022)
• NCPH calls for proposals for the 2023 conference, “TBD,” in Atlanta, Georgia, US, April 12-15, 2023 (deadline is July 15, 2022)
• The Western History Association calls for proposals for their conference, “Restorations and Repairs: Lives and Landscapes Across Many Wests,” in Los Angeles, California, US, October 26-29, 2023 (deadline is December 5, 2022)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The Organization of American Historians is offering a virtual panel, “Preparing for the Non-Academic Job Search,” May 25, 2022
• The United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites is offering a virtual program, “Cahokia Mounds World Heritage Site: Past, Present, and Future,” May 26, 2022
• The Museum Association of New York is offering a virtual program, “Healing Historical Legacies,” May 27, 2022
• The Documentary Heritage & Preservation Services for New York is offering a virtual program, “Stories from the Field: Volunteer Management at Queens Memory Project,” June 1, 2022
• Professional Historians Australia is offering a virtual program, “Out of the Blue: Collaborative and Community-based History in Australia,” June 2, 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 United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites is offering a virtual program, “Emerging Professionals Virtual Networking Event,” June 7, 2022
• The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is offering a virtual webinar, “The Time is Now: Restorative History and Racial Justice in America,” June 16, 2022
• The Dumbarton House is offering a virtual panel, “Preservation in Practice,” July 6, 2022
• The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is offering a virtual webinar, “Public Historians & the Climate Crisis,” July 21, 2022
• The UC Berkeley Oral History Center is offering a one-week virtual advanced institute August 8-12, 2022 

PUBLICATIONS

• The Center for Jewish History and jMUSE has published Activating Archives, Libraries, and Museums in the Fight Against Antisemitism, edited by Michael S. Glickman and Miriam R. Haier
• 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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