Author Archive
13 August 2013 – editors
ANNCT: Preservation Field Mourns the Loss of Jane S. Long
The cultural community mourns the loss of Jane S. Long, long-time champion of emergency preparedness and response at Heritage Preservation and, most recently, the National Archives and Records Administration. Jane passed away in Arlington, VA, on July 25, 2013. Read More
12 August 2013 – editors 1
Another academic year is approaching, perhaps more quickly than some of us might like. So it seems like a good time to look back at how scholarship in (and about) public history has been reflected in this blog over the past 12 months. Read More
06 August 2013 – editors
ANNCT: PreservationDirectory.com lists all not-for-profit organizations dedicated to historic preservation, neighborhood revitalization and cultural resource preservation for free. Check or update your listing now.
ANNCT: Assn. for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. launches Voter Empowerment Project (VEP), an electronic tool to build on knowledge of past histories of disenfranchisement and encourage civic participation. Read More
06 August 2013 – editors
Regular readers of this blog know that we occasionally feature a new (or sometimes not so new) public history venture in our “Project Showcase” section, as a way of keeping an eye on some of the work being done in the field. Read More
31 July 2013 – editors
CFP: The Alberta Museums Association is currently seeking proposals or manuscripts for contribution to the 2013 issue of Alberta Museums REVIEW that address themes related to sustainability in the heritage sector.
DEADLINE: July 31, 2013
CFP: Archival Legislation for Finance (ALFF) in Europe, Third Workshop, Oct. Read More
23 July 2013 – editors
AWARDS: Organization of American Historians announces its annual awards, including these awards applicable to public historians: Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award, Friend of History Award, Arline Custer Memorial Award.
DEADLINE: Sept. 10, 2013
See all awards on the OAH website. Read More
17 July 2013 – editors
CFP: “Archaeoacoustics: The Archaeology of Sound,” Feb. 19-22, 2014, Malta
DEADLINE: Sept. 1, 2013
CFP: “Reconsidering Roots: Observations on the 40th Anniversary of a TV Mini-Series that Changed the Way We Understood American Slavery”
Seeking essays that interrogate the historical impact of Roots, as well as those that assess its place in contemporary U.S. Read More
09 July 2013 – editors
AWARDS: Charles Redd Award for excellence in exhibitions about the American West + Director’s Chair Award for outstanding achievement in museum profession, from Western Museums Association
DEADLINE: July 15, 2013
AWARDS: AALSH announces 2013 Leadership in History Award Recipients
CFP: (Dis)Memory of Disaster, Oct. Read More
08 July 2013 – editors 3
Frederick Douglass is one of the most famous African Americans in the United States, but few have heard of him in Britain. This demands redress, as in 1845 Douglass travelled to the British Isles for nearly two years, lecturing over three hundred times in cities across the country. Read More
01 July 2013 – editors
ANNCT: BackStory Radio reprises its series on Civil War history
ANNCT: The Oral History Forum d’histoire orale is proud to announce the publication of the Annotated Bibliography of Oral History in Canada: 1980 – 2012
CFP: Seeking 3-4 participants for a roundtable titled “Innovative Reuse in the Post-Industrial City” at the NCPH Annual Meeting in Monterey, California, U.S., Read More