Around the Field May 5, 2021

04 May 2021 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week:the Society for Georgia Archivists calls for session proposals; the National Post Museum hosts a webinar; and Southern Cultures invites paper submissions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The American Historical Association has compiled a list of resources on The History of Racial Violence in the United States
• Join the National Trust for Historic Preservation in taking action, celebrating, and discovering places for Preservation Month

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• Applications for the National Park Service’s “Battlefield Interpretation Grants” are due today, May 5, 2021
• The American Council of Learned Societies is offering their “Leading Edge Fellowships,” due tomorrow, May 6, 2021
• The deadline for The Social Science Research Council’s “Democratic Anxiety in the Americas Research Grants” is May 9, 2021
• The National Endowment for the Humanities is offering two “American Rescue Plan” grants: one for “Humanities Grantmaking,” due May 13, 2021, and one for “Humanities Organizations,” due May 14, 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
• Applications for the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s “New Directions for Digital Scholarship in Cultural Institutions” grant are due July 8, 2021

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The Society for Georgia Archivists calls for session proposals for their virtual annual conference, October 20-22, 2021 (deadline is May 15, 2021)
• The Costume Society of America will host their 2021 virtual symposium, May 26-29, 2021
• The Congress 2021 of the Humanities and Social Sciences’ virtual conference will be held May 27-June 4, 2021
• Meridian and the National Endowment for the Humanities will hold their virtual “Global Humanities Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy” on June 11, 2021
• The New Jersey Historical Commission calls for proposals for their virtual “2021 New Jersey History Conference” on November 12, 2021 (deadline is August of 2021)
• The Center for Cryptologic history and the National Cryptologic Foundation call for paper proposals for their “18th Cryptologic History Symposium” in Laurel, Maryland, US, May 11-13, 2022 (deadline is September 7, 2021)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The National Post Museum is holding a webinar, “The US Post and the Making of the American West,” tomorrow, May 6, 2021
• The Association of Midwest Museums is hosting two “Virtual Lightning Talks”: “How one Training Program Moved us from Talk to Action” on May 10, 2021, and “Changing Hearts and Minds Through Art” on June 10, 2021
• The National History Center of the American Historical Association is hosting two webinars: “Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States” on May 10, 2021, and “A War on Global Poverty: The Lost Promise of Redistribution and the Rise of Microcredit” on May 17, 2021
• The American Historical Association is holding two webinars: “New Diplomatic History” on May 11, 2021, and “The Challenges of Climate History: A Roundtable Discussion” on May 12, 2021
• The Association of Midwest Museums and the Indiana Historical Society are holding a webinar, “Advocacy from the Ground Up,” on May 14, 2021
• Crossroads of the American Revolution is hosting a variety of webinars this month, starting with “Molly Pitcher at Monmouth Talk” on May 14, 2021
• Exhibits USA and the 9/11 Memorial and Museum are hosting a webinar, “Engaging Your Audiences Digitally,” on May 20, 2021
• Made by Us is hosting their inaugural “Civil Season” in a variety of locations and virtually, June 14-July 4, 2021
• The University of California Berkeley Oral History Center is offering virtual training on all aspects of oral history, August 9-13, 2021 (applications due July 16, 2021)
• The Rocky Mountain Center for Preservation Field School is offering field experience for students in Twin Lakes, Colorado, US, July 25-August 7, 2021

PUBLICATIONS

• Southern Cultures calls for submissions to their “Crafted” issue by May 10, 2021, and their “Sanctuaries” issue by July 26, 2021
• 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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