Around the Field November 27, 2018
27 November 2018 – editors
From around the field this week: register for Museums Advocacy Day in February and Humanities Advocacy Day in March; send in proposals for ALFHAM’s 2019 Conference in Ontario; tune in for AASLH’s and OAH’s December webinar on Native American activism.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The American Alliance of Museums is hosting Museums Advocacy Day in Washington, DC this February – learn more here
- The National Humanities Alliance is hosting Humanities Advocacy in Washington, DC this March – learn more here
AWARDS and FUNDING
- Paul A. Gagnon Prize – The National Council for History Education – applications due Dec 7, 2019
- Excellence in Exhibition – The American Alliance of Museums – applications due Dec 22, 2018
- Summer 2019 Research Fellowships – The African American Heritage Commission – applications due Jan 4, 2019
CONFERENCES and CALLS
- “Preservation of Industrial Archaeology and its Construction History” – The Association of Preservation Technology, Western Great Lakes Chapter (APT WGLC) and the Construction History Society of America (CHSA) – May 17, 2019, Chicago, IL, US (proposals due Jan 7, 2019)
- “Rendezvous in Time, Widening Our Horizons of Interest” – 2019 Annual Meeting and Conference of The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM) – June 8-12, 2019, Midland, Ontario, Canada (proposals due Dec 10, 2018)
- “Traversing the Gap: Relevance as a Transformative Force at Sites of Public Memory” – National September 11 Memorial & Museum (2019 Andrew W. Mellon Conference) – June 19-21, 2019, New York, NY, US (proposals due Dec 31, 2018)
- “What Are We Waiting For?” – 2019 Annual Meeting of The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) in partnership with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience – August 28-31, 2019, Philadelphia, PA, US (proposals due Dec 7, 2018)
- 2020 Annual International Conference – Society of Architectural Historians – April 29-May 3, 2020, Seattle, Washington, US (proposals due Jan 15, 2019)
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- “History Relevance Coffee Break with Washington State Historical Society”—American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) – Nov 29, 2018, webinar
- “Doorstep Donations and Unclaimed Loans: Resolve Provenance Problems with Abandoned and Unclaimed Property Law” – American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) – Dec 6, 2018, webinar (registration now open)
- “History Check-In: Native American Activism” – American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) – Dec 11, 2018, webinar (registration now open)
- “Records Management & Scheduling” – Council of State Archivists (CoSA) and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) – Dec 11, 2018 (registration now open)
- “Self-Publishing for Museum and Public History Professionals” with Hannah Hethmon – Dec 12, 2018, webinar
- “History Relevance Coffee Break with Fords Theatre” — American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) – Dec 13, 2018, webinar
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