Around the Field October 20, 2021

20 October 2021 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The National Trust for Historic Preservation accepts submissions for the 2022 America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list; the Costume Society of America extends the deadline for their call for papers; the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience offers multiple learning opportunities.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The American Historical Association announced their 2021 prize winners, which are to be awarded at their annual meeting.
• The Public Education Project of the Society for History in the Federal Government has launched their website.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The New England Museum Association is offering scholarship opportunities for their annual conference, due October 22, 2021
• The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation is accepting applications the Arthur Molella Distinguished Fellowship, due November 1, 2021
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting submissions for the 2022 America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list, due November 12, 2021
• The American Institute of Physics is offering grants for projects related to the history of physical science, due November 15, 2021
• The Institute of Museum and Library Services is offering six separate grants, all due November 15, 2021
• The American Society for Environmental History is currently accepting applications and nominations for numerous prizes, awards, and fellowships, all due November 20, 2021
• The National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Fund is accepting applications for multiple grants, due on multiple dates in December and January
• The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for their ACLS Sustaining Public Engagement Grants, due December 7, 2021
• The American Historical Association, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, is accepting applications for their Grants to Sustain and Advance the Work of Historical Organizations Program, due December 14, 2021

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The Institute of Historical Research and the Centre for Public History, Queen’s University Belfast will virtually host their conference, “Troubling Anniversaries,” October 21-22, 2021
• UMass Brut will host “Brutalism + the Public University: Past, Present, and Future” in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, US, October 22, 2021 and in Amherst, Massachusetts, US, October 23, 2021
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation will virtually host their annual conference, “PastForward,” November 2-5, 2021
• The New Jersey Historical Commission will virtually host their conference, “We’re Still Here: Indigenous History and Persistence in New Jersey,” November 12-13, 2021
• Blavatnik Archive will host a virtual conference, “Jewish Soldiers & Fighters in World War II,” November 14-15, 2021
• The New England Museum Association will virtually host their annual conference, “Re/Create, Re/Charge, Re/Imagine,” November 15, 17, and 19, 2021
• The Missouri Conference on History calls for papers for their annual conference in Jefferson City, Missouri, US, March 16-18, 2022 (deadline is November 15, 2021)
• The DC History Center call for submissions for their annual DC History Conference, a hybrid online and in-person conference in Washington, DC, US, March 31-April 2, 2022 (deadline is November 3, 2021)
• The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Great Plains Studies calls for proposals for their symposium, “Reckoning & Reconciliation on the Great Plains,” in Lincoln, Nebraska, US, April 6-8, 2022 (deadline is October 25, 2021)
• The Ohio Academy of History calls for proposals for their annual conference in Akron, Ohio, US, April 8-9, 2022 (deadline is December 15, 2021)
• The Indiana Association of Historians calls for papers for their annual conference, “Rethinking Education,” in Hammond, Indiana, US, April 9, 2022 (deadline is December 20, 2021)
• Organized by multiple international institutions, “Pandemics & the Changing Built Environment” calls for proposals for the conference in Istanbul, Turkey, April 28-30, 2022 (deadline is October 21, 2021)
• The Costume Society of America calls for submissions for their symposium, “Land of 10,000 Ideas: Innovation Through Dress,” in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, May 24-29, 2022 (deadline is November 1, 2021)
• The Society for History in the Federal Government calls for papers for their annual meeting, “The Resiliency of Institutions,” in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, US, June 2-3, 2022 (deadline is January 15, 2022)
• The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History calls for papers for their “Queer History Conference 2022” in San Francisco, California, US, June 12-15, 2022 (deadline is November 1, 2021)
• The Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association calls for papers for their annual meeting, “Reckoning with the Past: Naming, Memorializing, and Remembering,” in Portland, Oregon, US, August 10-12, 2022 (deadline is February 1, 2022)
• The Berkshire Conference of Women, Genders, and Sexualities calls for papers for their conference, “Oceans, Islands, and Continents: Reconceptualizing the Spatialization of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Histories” in Santa Clara, California, US, June 28-July 2, 2023 (deadline is December 31, 2021)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The Museum Learning Hub is offering a virtual workshop, “Video Planning and Distribution,” October 21, 2021
• The Anacostia Community Museum is hosting a virtual program, “Anacostia Community Museum: Reinventing Its Legacy of Community Engagement,” October 21, 2021
• The Columbia Oral History MA Program is offering a virtual workshop, “Let The Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP, NY 1987-1993, building a world from Oral History,” October 21, 2021
• The Costume Society of America is offering a webinar, “Dress & Drinks: Missouri Historical Society,” October 27, 2021
• The Museum Learning Hub is offering a virtual workshop, “Emerging Technology in Video Production,” October 28, 2021
• The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is offering a virtual program, “Navigating Visitor Comments Effectively,” November 3, 2021
• The National Preservation Institute is offering a virtual program, “NAGPRA Grant Proposal Development,” November 9 and 16, 2021
• The Research Centre for Museums and Galleries is offering a virtual program, “The Activist Museum,” November 10, 2021
• The Rural Museum Network is offering a virtual panel, “Decolonising Rural Collections,” November 12, 2021
• The Columbia Oral History MA Program is offering a virtual workshop, “Oral History and ‘the Keepers of Memory’: Knowledge of Past Times in Cultures of Orality in India,” November 13, 2021
• The #SlaveryArchive Book Club is virtually discussing At the Threshold of Libery: Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C. by Tamika Nunley November 17, 2021
• The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is offering a virtual program, “Reaching People Outside of Digital Spaces,” December 1, 2021
• The National Preservation Institute is hosting a virtual roundtable, “GIS for Cultural Resources: Roundtable Conversation,” December 9, 2021
• Humanities North Dakota is offering a year-long virtual research program, “Chautauqua Training Institute,” January-December, 2022 (deadline is December 1, 2021)

PUBLICATIONS

• Contingent Magazine is accepting pitches for a collaboration between historians and comic artists, due October 22, 2021
• Routledge calls for proposals for a new edited volume to be published in 2023, Routledge Companion to Publicly Engaged Humanities Scholarship, due December 1, 2021
• The Society for Classical Studies calls for proposals for the TAPA issue, “Race and Racism: Beyond the Spectacular,” due February 18, 2022
• MuseumNext published a free museum marketing guide, The Complete Guide to Digital Marketing for Museums
• 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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