Around the Field September 18, 2019
18 September 2019 – NCPH Office
From around the field this week: NARA seeks public discussion on new Digital Preservation Framework; ASEH offers research fellowship; the Texas Historical Commission to host collections webinar, and Rowman & Littlefield releases a variety of titles.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The National Archives and Records Administration seeks public comment and discussion on new Digital Preservation Framework
AWARDS and FUNDING
- Historic Resource Survey Fellowship with the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office, applications due September 23, 2019
- Humanities New York Action Grant applications due October 1, 2019
- The Peabody Essex Museum is accepting applications for the Frances E. Malamy Research Fellowship, applications due October 31, 2019
- The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum offering multiple fellowships
- The American Society for Environmental History offers research fellowship
- The Disability History Association (DHA) announces biennial award recognizing public disability history, applications due December 20, 2019
CONFERENCES and CALLS
- 104th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History – October 2-6, 2019, North Charleston, South Carolina
- 2019 International Conference on the American Revolution – October 3-5, 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 42nd Annual Conference of the New Netherland Institute – October 5, 2019, Poughkeepsie, New York
- 2019 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums – October 9-10, 2019, Temecula, California
- Southeastern Museums Conference – October 21-23, 2019, Charleston, South Carolina
- Annual Researching New York Conference – November 21-23, 2019, Albany, New York
- Call for Papers: Curator: The Museum Journal (abstracts due September 30, 2019)
- Call for Proposals: 2019 New Jersey History Conference – November 1, 2019, New Brunswick, New Jersey (proposals due October 7, 2019)
- Call for Papers: The Benjamin A. Quarles Humanities and Social Science Institute – November 8, 2019, Baltimore, Maryland (proposal deadline extended to September 27, 2019)
- Call for Creative Station Proposals: California Association of Museums 2020 Conference – March 4-6, 2020, Los Angeles, California (proposals due September 20, 2019)
- Call for Papers: 62nd Annual Missouri Conference on History – March 11-13, 2020, Chesterfield, Missouri (proposals due November 1, 2019)
- Call for Papers: The 2020 Society for History in the Federal Government Annual Meeting – March 13-14, 2020, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
- Call for Proposals: 2020 Annual Statewide Museum Conference for Pennsylvania Museums – April 7-9, 2020, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (proposals due November 6, 2019)
- Call for Proposals: Tenth International Conference on the Constructed Environment – May 13-14, 2020, Berkeley, California (proposals due October 13, 2019)
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
- “Understanding Repatriation and Restitution” workshop by the New England Museum Association on September 26, 2019
- Atlanta Oral History Meetup on October 1, 2019
- “Collection Management Policies 101” webinar hosted by The Texas Historical Commission on October 16, 2019
PUBLICATIONS
- Rowman & Littlefield releases Interpreting the Environment at Museums and Historic Sites (Reid and Vail)
- Rowman & Littlefield to release Crafting Dissent: Handicraft as Protest from the American Revolution to the Pussyhats (Mandell) in October
- Rowman & Littlefield releases Museums and Millennials: Engaging the Coveted Patron Generation (Spainhour)
- Rowman & Littlefield releases Reimagining Historic House Museums (Balgooy and Turino)
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