Around the Field October 17, 2018

17 October 2018 – editors

From around the field this week: Submit your exhibit labels for AAM’s competition; proposals for the Midwestern History Conference are due in January; make your way to Nashville, TN for a day of learning about archaeology and LGBTQ+ memory.
ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The American Alliance of Museums is sponsoring the Excellence in Exhibition Label Writing Competition – submissions due Dec 7, 2018
• Federal History Journal Submissions – Society for History in the Federal Government –submissions due April 20, 2019

AWARDS and FUNDING

• ACLS Digital Extension Grants – applications due Jan 16, 2019
• John Wesley Powell Prize – applications due Nov 16, 2018
• Massachusetts Historical Society Long-Term Research Fellowships – applications due Jan 15, 2019

CONFERENCES and CALLS

• PastForward 2018 – National Trust for Historic Preservation – Nov 13-16, 2018, San Francisco, CA, US
• “Networks: The Creation and Circulation of Knowledge from Franklin to Facebook” – American Philosophical Society – June 6-7, 2019, Philadelphia, PA, US (proposals due Nov 16, 2018)
• “Forward Together: A Culture-Nature Journey Towards More Effective Conservation in a Changing World” – United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites – Nov 13-14, 2018, San Francisco, CA, US
• Fifth Annual Midwestern History Conference 2019 – Midwestern History Association – May 30-31, 2019, Grand Rapids, MI, US (proposals due Jan 11, 2019)
• “New Modern Histories of the 21^st Century West” – Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University – June 3-5, 2019, Provo, UT, US (proposals due Nov 30, 2018)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• “Filling in the Blanks: Combating LGBTQ+ Erasure through Archaeology” – Garland Hall at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Oct 27, 2018 (registration now open)
• Richard G. Hewlett Lecture – Society for History in the Federal Government, Washington, DC, Oct 25, 2018 (registration now open)
• Preserving Artifacts of Free Speech: Caring for Political Memorabilia –  Connecting to Collections Care Webinar, Oct 23, 2018 (sign-up now open)
• Humanities for All: An Introduction for Museums and Historic Sites – American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Webinar, Oct 17, 2018 (registration now open)

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