Around the Field October 4, 2023

03 October 2023 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The Conservation Center for Arts & Historic Artifacts seek survey respondents, applications for the Dan David Prize close, NCPH presents our 2023 virtual conference, Connecting to Collections Care hosts a webinar

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• October is American Archives Month. The Society of American Archivists has compiled a list of activities and resources to celebrate
• The Conservation Center for Arts & Historic Artifacts is seeking input for their Cultural Stewardship Planning Initiative, fill out their survey by October 9, 2023
• In coordination with our cooperative agreement with the National Park Service, NCPH is accepting letters of interest for two projects. A Historic Resource Study Addendum on African American History at Paterson Great Falls Historical Park, with applications due October 15, 2023, and a Historic Resource Study of Petersburg National Battlefield, Eastern Front Unit, with applications due October 30, 2023

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The National Humanities Center is accepting applications for their fellowship, due October 5, 2023
• The Dan David Prize is accepting nominations through October 11, 2023
• The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for their new grant program, “Dangers & Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities,” deadline is October 11, 2023
• The Western History Association is accepting applicants for their NEH grant opportunity, “Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education,” until October 18, 2023
• The Phillips Library calls for applicants for the Frances E. Malamy Research Fellowship of the Peabody Essex Museum by October 29, 2023
• The Organization of American Historians is accepting applications for multiple awards for graduate students through October 1 and November 1, 2023
• The Newberry is accepting applicants for their fellowships, with long-term fellowship applications  due November 1, 2023 and short-term fellowship applications due December 15, 2023
• The National Historical Publications & Records Commission is accepting applications for three of their grant opportunities: Archival Projects, Public Engagement with Historical Records, and Publishing Historical Records in Collaborative Digital Editions. All three have deadlines of November 2, 2023
• The Rockefeller Archive Center is accepting applications for their 2024 Research Stipend through November 3, 2023
• NCPH invites nominations for our 2024 Book Award and 2024 Robert Kelley Memorial Award by November 1, 2023 and our other awards by December 1, 2023
• The Institute of Museum and Library Services is accepting applications for six of their grant programs: Museums for America, Inspire! Grants for Small Museums, Museums Empowered, National Leadership Grants for Museums, Museum Grants for African American History and Culture, and Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services. Applications for all six are due November 15, 2023
• The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for their two Digital Justice Grants, Digital Justice Seed Grants and Digital Justice Development Grants, through December 15, 2023

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• NCPH will host the virtual, follow-up conference to our 2023 Annual Meeting, “To Be Continued,” October 4-6, 2023 (register by October 2, 2023)
• The Great Lakes History Conference will host their 2023 conference, “Division and Reaction,” in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, October 5-7, 2023
• The American Historical Association will host their inaugural Utah Conference on Introductory History Courses in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, October 6-7, 2023
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation will host their 2023 National Preservation Law Conference online and in Washington, DC, US, October 10, 2023
• The Society of Georgia Archivists opens registration for their 2023 annual meeting, “Evolving Technologies: Using Digital Spaces Effectively,” to be held at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia, US, October 11-13, 2023; an asynchronous, virtual option will be offered November 8-9, 2023
• The American Historical Association will host the 2023 Texas Conference on Introductory History Courses at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, US, October 13-14, 2023
• The Wisconsin Historical Society will host the 17th Annual Local History & Historic Preservation Conference in La Crosse, Wisconsin, US, October 18-20, 2023
• The Oral History Association will host their annual conference, “Oral History As/And Education: Teaching and Learning in the Classroom and Beyond,” in Baltimore, Maryland, US, October 18-21, 2023
• The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference will host their Fall 2023 conference in Saratoga Springs, New York, US, October 19-21, 2023
• The New England Historical Association will host their Fall 2023 meeting in New Haven, Connecticut, US, October 21, 2023
• The Federation of State Humanities Councils and the National Humanities Alliance will host the 2023 National Humanities Conference, “Crossroads,” in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, October 24-29, 2023
• The Urban History Association will host their 2023 conference, “Reparations & the Right to the City,” in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, October 26-29, 2023
• The Society for the History of Technology will host their 2023 annual meeting in Long Beach, California, US, October 26-29, 2023
• The Washington Conservation Guild will host their hybrid 2023 Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit, Preserving Our Heritage and Protecting Our Health, in Washington, DC, US, October 27, 2023
• The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation will host their symposium, “Photomechanical Prints: History, Technology, Aesthetics, and Use,” in Washington, DC, US, October 31 – November 2, 2023
• The American Alliance of Museums will host their “Future of Museums Summit” virtually, November 1-2, 2023
• The American Folklore Society will hold their annual meeting, “Roots, Rootlessness, and Uprooting,” in Portland, Oregon, US, November 1-4, 2023
• The Daughters of the American Revolution Museum will host “Pleasing Truths, Framing Identity: A Symposium,”  virtually and in Washington, DC, US, November 3, 2023
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation will host their national preservation conference, PastForward 2023, in Washington, DC, US, November 8-10, 2023
• The Florida Conference of Historians is inviting proposals for their 2024 annual meeting to be held at Eastern Florida State College in Cocoa, Florida, US, January 26-28, 2024 (submissions due October 20, 2023)
• The African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Center at James Madison is inviting paper proposals for their 14th annual conference, “Reckoning,” to be held virtually and in Harrisonburg, Virginia, US, February 7-10, 2024 (paper proposals due October 15, 2023)
• The History Graduate Student Organization at Texas A&M University is seeking paper abstracts from undergraduate and graduate students for their 2024 annual conference, “Navigating Crises and Resolutions,” to be held in College Station, Texas, US, February 9-10, 2024 (abstracts due on November 17, 2023)
• The Graduate History Association at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is seeking presenters for their 36th Annual Graduate History Association Forum to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, US, February 16-17, 2024 (presenter abstracts due December 1, 2023)
• The Small Museum Association will host their 2024 conference, “Telling Through Stories,” in Richmond, Virginia, US, February 19-21, 2024
• The Southwest Popular/American Culture Association is accepting proposals for papers and panels for their 2024 conference to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US, February 21-24, 2024 (paper and panel proposals deadline is October 20, 2023)
• The National Council for History Education will host their 2024 conference, “History at the Crossroads,”  in Cleveland, Ohio, US, March 7-9, 2024
• The African American Intellectual History Society will host their ninth annual conference, “Reparations: Past, Present, and Future,” in Charlottesville, Virginia, US, March 8-9, 2024
• The Missouri Conference on History calls for paper, panel, and poster proposals for their 2024 conference to be held in Columbia, Missouri, US, March 13-15, 2024 (proposals due November 3, 2023)
• The South Carolina Historical Association seeks proposals for their 2024 conference, History Teaches, to be held in Florence, South Carolina, US, March 30, 2024 (proposals due December 31, 2023)
• NCPH and the Utah Division of State History/Utah Historical Society call for posters for our joint conference, “Historical Urgency,” in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, April 10-13, 2024 (deadline is October 18, 2023)
• PA Museums is accepting session proposals for their 2024 conference, “Chance for Change: Opportunities in a Community,” to be held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US, April 14-16, 2024 (proposals due October 20, 2023)
• The Midwest Archives Conference will host their 2024 Annual Meeting, in Des Moines, Iowa, US, May 2-4, 2024
• The Costume Society of America calls for submissions for their 2024 meeting and symposium, “Looking Forward, Reflecting Back,” to be held in Washington, DC, US, May 21-25, 2024 (submission deadline is October 15, 2023)
• The Midwestern History Association will host their 10th annual conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, May 30-31, 2024
• The Committee on LGBT History calls for papers for their Queer History Conference 2024, to be held at California State University, Fullerton in Fullerton, California, US, June 10-13, 2024 (proposal deadline, November 1, 2023)
• The Oral History Association calls for proposals for their AI in OH Virtual Symposium, tentatively scheduled for the week of July 15, 2024 (applications due January 1, 2024)
• The International Federation for Public History is accepting paper proposals for their 2024 World Conference to be held in Belval, Luxembourg, September 3-7, 2024 (proposals due November 15, 2023)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The American Association for State and Local History will host their upcoming webinar, “Is Your Organization Ready for Self-Assessment? An Introduction to STEPS,” on October 4, 2023 at 3:00 pm Eastern
• Connecting to Collections Care will host a virtual presentation on “Fire Suppression for Museums,” October 10, 2023 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
• The Association of Art Museums will host a webinar titled, “Uneven/Unlevel Playing Fields,” October 18, 2023 at 12:00 pm Eastern
• The Indiana State Library and Purdue University LGBTQ Center will host their virtual event, “Out of the Archives: LGBTQ History Mini Con,” October 20, 2023 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm Eastern
• The Northeast Document Conservation Center will host an online information session titled, “Getting Your Library Ready for Disaster, ‘Ready – Or Not’,” October 23, 2023 at 9:30 am Pacific
• Museum Hue will host a panel discussion titled, “Preserving Our Historical Sites,” at the Albany Institute of History & Art in Albany, New York, US, October 28, 2023 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern
• The Society of American Archivists will host two webinars in October, “Advocacy and Activism (for Institutions),” on October 18, 2023 from 3:00 – 4:00 pm Central, and  Navigating Barriers to Ethical Labor Practices, on October 30, 2023 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm Central
• As part of their Young Learners Program, the National Archives Foundation will present “11th Archivist of the United States: Dr. Colleen Shogan”  online, October 19, 2023 at 11:00 am Eastern
• The Public Library Association will host a webinar, “Beyond Super Searchers: Public Libraries in the Age of Misinformation,” on November 3, 2023 at 2:00 pm Eastern
• The New York Historical Society and Bonnie and Richard Reiss Graduate Institute for Constitutional History are accepting applicants for their fall 2023 seminar, “The Contested Meaning of the Second Amendment,” to be held virtually and in New York, New York, US, on November 17, December 1, 8, and 15, 2023 from 2:00 – 5:00 pm Eastern (applications due October 11, 2023)

PUBLICATIONS

• A new journal has been announced! Animal History will release its first volume in 2025
• International Labor and Working-Class History is seeking contributions for a special issue on the history of “night work,” with abstracts due October 15, 2023
• Seeking chapter proposals for an edited collection titled, Record, Document, Archive: Constructing the South Out of Region, by November 1, 2023
• The online journal Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History calls for article drafts, due November 30, 2023
• The Public Historian calls for proposals for a special issue on Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Massacre Sites through December 1, 2023
• Rejoinder calls for submissions for a special issue, “The Archival is Political,” by December 15, 2023
• The Southern Historian is seeking original scholarship from graduate students for their 2024 issue, manuscript submissions due by December 15, 2023
• The US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal is seeking abstracts for a special volume, “Oral History and Literary Criticism: Approaches to Researching and Teaching about Latinos/as/x in the U.S.,” with a deadline of April 1, 2024

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