Around the Field November 11, 2020

11 November 2020 – NCPH Office

From around the field this week: the American Society for Environmental History offers fellowships and awards; the Association for Living History, Farm and Agriculture Museum calls for proposals for their 2021 annual meeting; Villanova University hosts their “Decolonizing the Church” webinar series.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The American Academy of Arts & Sciences published findings from their “The Humanities in American Life: Insights for History” survey
• The Albert Lepage Center in the Public Interest at Villanova University announced the recipients of their “COVID-19 Grants for History in the Public Interest”

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The application deadline for the American Society for Environmental History’s fellowships is November 20, 2020
• The submission deadline for the American Society for Environmental History’s awards is November 20, 2020
• The Linda Hall Library’s fellowship applications are due January 15, 2021
• The New-York Historical Society offers a variety of 2021-2022 fellowships, the deadline for most of which is January 15, 2021

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The New Jersey Historical Commission will hold their “Battles for the Ballot: New Jersey Voting Rights, Then and Now” conference online on November 13, 2020
• The Daughters of the American Revolution Museum will host “Designing the Gilded Age: A Virtual Symposium” on November 13, 2020
• The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums calls for proposals for their 2021 annual meeting, “Looking Forward … The Next 50 Years,” in Sauder Village, Archbold, Ohio, June 11-14, 2021 (deadline is November 15, 2020)
• The State Historical Society of Missouri calls for papers and proposals for the virtual Missouri Conference on History, March 10-12, 2021 (deadline is December 1, 2020)
• The American Association for State and Local History calls for proposals for their annual conference in Little Rock, Arkansas, September 22-25, 2021 (deadline is December 18, 2020)
• The West Virginia Association of Museums calls for proposals for their 2021 conference, “Stayin’ Alive: Sustainability, Relevance, and Culture,” in Bridgeport, West Virginia, March 25-27, 2021 (deadline is December 31, 2020)
• The Vernacular Architecture Forum calls for papers and posters for their virtual annual meeting, May 21-22, 2021 (deadline is February 1, 2021)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• Part II of Villanova University’s “Decolonizing the Church” webinar series, “The Real Sister Act: Confronting the Uneasy History of Racial Segregation and Exclusion in Female Religious Life,” will be held tonight, November 11, 2020
• Part II of the “Pandemic, Protest, and Pedagogy: The Challenges and Opportunities for Public History and the Humanities at HBCUs” series, organized by Keisha Brown, Andrew Patrick, and Andrea Ringer of Tennessee State University, will be on November 13, 2020
• The Museum Association of New York will host a virtual program, “Essential Work in the Cultural Field: Preserving Community Culture,” on November 13, 2020
• The Met will host a series of webinars on “Virtual Career Insights” November 13-14, 2020
• The Journal of the Plague Year: A Covid-19 Archive will host a webinar, “Teaching the Covid-19 Archive,” on November 17, 2020
• The American Association for State and Local History is accepting applications for their “2021 History Leadership Institute Seminar,” virtually and in-person in Indianapolis, Indiana, June 1-26 (deadline is December 31, 2020)

PUBLICATIONS

• The Madison Historical Review calls for article submissions by December 15, 2020
• Public History ( >>公众史学<< ) calls for papers for a special issue discussing “Public History in the Global Context” by February 28, 2021
• 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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