Around the Field May 27, 2020

27 May 2020 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: the first of three webinars from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the New Jersey Historical Commission on “Advancing Your Mission During COVID-19 and Beyond” kicks off; applications due for the Ohio History Connection’s COVID-19 relief grants; Museums Etc. Magazine is seeking submissions for upcoming Deaccessioning in a Post-Pandemic World.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• This fall’s PastForward 2020, the annual conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will be a virtual event

AWARDS and FUNDING

• Applications for Ohio History Connection COVID-19 Relief Grants are due June 1, 2020
• Institute of Museum and Library Services CARES Act Grants for Museums and Libraries applications are due June 12, 2020
• Nominations for the Oral History Association’s awards are due July 1, 2020

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The American Philosophical Society Library & Museum is hosting a weeklong symposium “Evidence: The Use and Misuse of Data,” June 8-12, 2020, via Zoom
• Call for Abstracts: 2020 Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit, “Preserving Our Heritage and Protecting Our Health,” October 29, 2020 (abstracts due July 31, 2020)
• The Society of Georgia Archivists will be holding their annual meeting virtually on November 11-13, 2020
• Society of Architectural Historians annual conference, April 14-18, 2021, Montreal, Canada (proposals due June 3, 2020)
• Midwestern Roots Conference from the Indiana Historical Society, July 30-31, 2021, Indianapolis, Indiana, US (proposals due August 10, 2020)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• Three-webinar series from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the New Jersey Historical Commission: Advancing Your Mission During COVID-19 and Beyond on May 28, June 25, and July 23, 2020
• Webinar from the National Trust for Historic Preservation: “Increasing Congressional Support for Preservation During the Pandemic,” May 28, 2020
• Ohio Museums Association webinar “Best Practices in Keeping Museums Clean and Safe for Guests and Staff,” May 29, 2020
• Online Public History Summer School from The Institute of History of the University of Wrocław, Poland, Depot History Centre, and the International Federation for Public History, held virtually from June 1-5, 2020 (program)
• International Federation for Public History presents “Public History with Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb” on June 3, 2020
• Texas Historical Commission webinar “Heritage Tourism and Museums: Collaborating for Success,” June 9, 2020

PUBLICATIONS

• Call for Papers: Museums Etc. Magazine is seeking submissions for upcoming Deaccessioning in a Post-Pandemic World by June 30, 2020
• Call for Submissions: The American Political Science Association seeks submissions for an upcoming publication, Teaching Civic Engagement Globally, by June 15

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