Around the field Sept. 20, 2016

20 September 2016 – editors

From around the field this week: Conferences on history education, Southern U.S. labor history, collecting and displaying New World objects; workshops and webinars on interpreting difficult histories, historic district preservation, museum origins; new museum journal at University of Illinois

CONFERENCES and CALLS

• ”Histories Seen and Unseen,” National Council for History Education (NCHE) conference – March 30-April 1, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. (DEADLINE: Sept. 26, 2016)
• Southern Labor Studies Conference – March 2-5, 2017, Tampa, Florida, U.S. (DEADLINE EXTENDED to Oct. 15, 2016)
• “Collect and Display: Subjects and Objects of New World Knowledge” – April 5-7, 2017, Madrid, Spain (DEADLINE: Nov. 1, 2016)
• “A Return to the Archives,” Society for History in the Federal Government (SHFG) conference – April 13, 2017, Washington, D.C., U.S. (DEADLINE: Nov. 15, 2016)

FUNDING and AWARDS

• Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) now accepting applications for four museum grant programs (DEADLINE: Dec. 1, 2016)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• “Historic Preservation Workshop: Making the Most of Your Historic District” at Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities, Camden, New Jersey, U.S. – Oct. 1, 2016
• “Preservation Principles for Cultural Institutions” online course from MuseumStudy – begins Oct. 3, 2016
• “Museum Origins” course offered by Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science, including 10 days exploring museums and collections in the UK (DEADLINE: Nov. 1, 2016)

PUBLICATIONS and REVIEWS

• “Fwd: Museums!” – New journal from Museum and Exhibition Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago
• First issue and call for papers for second issue now available (DEADLINE: Jan. 5, 2017)
  

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