Around the Field – September 10, 2025

10 September 2025 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: NCPH is accepting letters of interest for multiple National Park Service contract positions; the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is accepting submissions for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize; American Historical Review seeks proposals for a special issue on “Methods for Archival Silence in Early History”; National Trust for Historic Preservation is hosting their PastForward conference.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The American Historical Association welcomes submissions of op-eds, media appearances, or other resources that offer context and insight to the public on the recent actions by the federal government
• The American Historical Association welcomes submissions of articles and other resources tracking federal actions affecting history
• NCPH (that’s us!) has released an updated Graduate Student Handbook: Choosing and Thriving in a Public History Program
• NCPH has put out three Requests for Letters of Interest calling for a Tribal Engagement Specialist and two project historians to aid in completing two administrative histories for Petroglyph National Monument and Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Submissions are due by September 15 or 22, 2025
• NCPH and the Organization of American Historians are co-hosting a lunchtime postcard writing advocacy event on September 17, 2025
• NCPH and AASLH are welcoming proposals for their joint conference “The Work of Revolution,” taking place from September 16-19, 2026 in Providence, Rhode Island. Preliminary topic proposals are due October 15, 2025 and final proposals are due December 1, 2025 

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is accepting submissions for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize. Nominations due September 15, 2025
• The Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) is offering 3 fellowships for visiting researchers of various topics, including public history. Applications are due October 15, 2025
• The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin is accepting applications for its 2026–2027 research fellowship program. Applications are due November 3, 2025
• The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for its Digital Justice Grants Program. Applications are due November 20, 2025

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The National Trust for Historic Preservation will host their PastForward 2025 conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, September 16-18, 2025
• The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum are hosting their first annual virtual Vietnam War Symposium on September 24-25, 2025
• The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) will host their annual conference “African Americans & Labor” in Atlanta, Georgia, US, from September 24-27, 2025
• The Preserving Historic Places conference will be held in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US, September 30 – October 3, 2025
• The Society of Georgia Archivists will host their 2025 Annual Meeting, “Archivists ‘Macon’ It Happen: Back to the Basics” in Macon, Georgia, US, October 2, 2025
• The Mountain-Plains Museums Association will host their annual conference “Crossroads and Collections” in Omaha, Nebraska, US, October 2-4, 2025
• Imagining America (IA) will host their National Gathering “Providing Passage: Practicing the Worlds We Want” in Las Cruces, New Mexico, US, October 3-5, 2025
• EUROPAST will host “The Past and Future of Public History” in Vilnius, Lithuania, October 9-10, 2025
• The Urban History Association will host “Metropolitan Majorities” in Los Angeles, California, US, October 9-12, 2025
• The Kentucky Historical Society will host their 2025 Ohio Valley History Conference “Borders, Boundaries, and Belonging” in Frankfort, Kentucky, US, October 9-11, 2025
• “Second Foundings: Universities, Slavery, and Struggles for Justice in Texas and Beyond” will be hosted in collaboration with Universities Studying Slavery and the Texas Consortium of Universities and Colleges Studying Slavery and Race in Houston, Texas, US, October 10-13, 2025
• The Oral History Association will host “Exploring Our American Stories” in Atlanta, Georgia, US, October 15-18, 2025
• The American Folklore Society will host their 2025 annual meeting, “Restoring and ReStorying: Missing Stories and Moving Forward,” in Atlanta, Georgia, US, October 18-21, 2025
• The 91st Annual Meeting of the Southern Historical Association will take place in St. Pete Beach, Florida, US, November 5-8, 2025
• The Association of Registrars and Collection Specialists will host their 2025 conference PRESENT tense in St. Louis, Missouri, US, November 18-21, 2025
• The American Historical Association will host their 139th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, US, January 8-11, 2026
• The Institute on World War II and the Human Experience and the Society for Black Military Studies are hosting “Africa and the African Diaspora and the World Wars” in Tallahassee, Florida, US, from February 19-21, 2026. All proposals must be submitted by September 15, 2025
• Queer History South will host their 2026 conference virtually from February 20-22, 2026
• The Organization of American Historians will host their 2026 OAH Conference  on “Re-Thinking American History at 250” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, April 16-19, 2026
• The University of Rochester Humanities Center will host “Climate Havens: Humanistic Perspectives on Resilience, Migration, and Resources Symposium” in Rochester, New York, US, from April 16-17, 2026
• The Society of Civil War Historians welcomes proposals for its biennial conference in Richmond, Virginia, US, from June 18-20, 2026. All proposals must be submitted by September 15, 2025

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• The National Preservation Institute offers continuing education and professional training for those involved in the management, preservation, and stewardship of cultural heritage
• The Utah Historical Society is hosting multiple Introduction to Oral History training sessions in October and December 2025 
• Living Landscape Observer has made recordings from their ongoing webinar series available
• The Organization of American Historians is hosting a Lectureship Program series held at venues around the country
• The National Preservation Institute will host an in-person seminar on Section 4(f) Compliance for Historic Properties in Austin, Texas, US, from September 16-17, 2025
• The Organization of American Historians is hosting a new K-12 Teachers’ Book Club. The first meeting is September 23, 2025
• NCPH (that’s us!) is hosting our inaugural Grad Fair virtually from October 9-10, 2025 
• The New York Historical will host its hybrid Fall 2025 seminar series: “Native Peoples, American Colonialism, and the US Constitution” on November 7 and 21, December 5 and 12, 2025. Applications are due by October 10, 2025

PUBLICATIONS

• The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has released Other Stories To Tell: Recovery Scholarship and the Infrastructure for Digital Humanities, a comprehensive study that provides an essential guide for long term development and inspiration for new possibilities in the near term
• Federal History, the journal of the Society for History in the Federal Government, is seeking an assistant editor to compile a short annual list of recent federal history program publications. Please contact the editor with your interest and background, and for more information, at [email protected]
• The American Historical Review seeks proposals for a special issue on “Methods for Archival Silence in Early History” due September 15, 2025
• Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals seeks proposals for a special issue on “Ethical AI in GLAM: Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Stewardship,” due October 20, 2025