Around the Field October 16, 2019
16 October 2019 – NCPH Office
From around the field this week: Applications open for Small Museum Association Conference scholarships; preregistration discounts for the AHA Annual Meeting extended for federal employees; Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts to host conferences and workshops; and Taylor & Francis publishes various titles.
AWARDS and FUNDING
- American Conservation Experience offering women’s history fellowship with the Cultural Resources Office of Interpretation and Education
- PA Museums opens up nominations for Special Achievement Awards, nominations due November 1, 2019
- California Association of Museums offers the 9th Annual Superintendent’s Award for Excellence in Museum Education, applications due November 25, 2019
- Small Museum Association Conference Scholarships and Awards, applications due December 1, 2019
CONFERENCES and CALLS
- Southeastern Museums Conference – October 21-23, 2019, Charleston, South Carolina
- Off the Shelf: Access and Preservation in Libraries and Archives Conference – October 22-23, Indianapolis, Indiana
- MuseumNext Digital Summit – October 25, 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Fourth Annual Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit – October 30, 2019, Washington DC (registration deadline October 23, 2019)
- 101st Annual New England Museum Association Conference – November 6-8, 2019, Burlington, Vermont
- Striking the Balance: Access vs. Preservation in Museums Conference – December 5-6, 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 134th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association – January 3-6, 2020, New York, New York (preregistration discounts extended for federal employees)
- 36th Annual Small Museum Association Conference – February 16-18, 2020, College Park, Maryland
- Call for Papers: Urban History Group Conference 2020 – April 16-17, 2020, Oxford, United Kingdom (proposals due October 21, 2019)
- Call for Proposals: Museum Association of New York Annual Meeting – March 29-31, 2020, Albany, New York (proposals due October 25, 2019)
- Call for Papers: Fort Ticonderoga Seminar on The American Revolution – September 25-27, 2020, Ticonderoga, New York (proposals due January 10, 2020)
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts is offering various Fall and Winter workshops
- A Symposium Celebrating 10 Years of the Wired! Lab at Duke University – October 17-18, 2019, Duke University (live stream available)
- Daughters of the American Revolution to host “Culture & Technology in American Quilts” Symposium on November 15, 2019
- Smithsonian Institution to host “Interpreting African American History & Culture Workshop” January 26-February 1, Charleston, South Carolina
PUBLICATIONS
- Call for Submissions: The Museum Scholar, submissions reviewed on a rolling basis year-round
- Taylor & Francis to release European Memory in Populism: Representations of Self and Other (De Cesari and Kaya)
- Taylor & Francis releases Heritage, Photography, and the Affective Past (Sterling)
- Taylor & Francis releases Urban Heritage in Divided Cities (Ristic and Frank)
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