Around the Field October 2, 2024

02 October 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week:

Columbia University’s History Lab announces a conference on archival data and historical research funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission opens proposals for their annual conference, and Latino public history is given a spotlight in John Lequizamo’s PBS documentary series. Read More

Around the Field September 18, 2024

18 September 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week:

The National Trust for Historic Preservation opens nominations for the 2025 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, the Center for Civil Rights History and Research announces October conference, and Emma Dennison seeks Christian-identified museum workers for a master’s thesis survey. Read More

Around the Field September 4, 2024

04 September 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week:

The Midwest Archives Conference extends its proposal deadline to September 6, 2024, the Daughters of the American Revolution announce a symposium on textile history, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund will hold a webinar on Black Modernism, architecture, and identity. Read More

Around the Field August 21, 2024

21 August 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week:

Imagining America begins searching for their next home institution, the National Humanities Center opens residential fellowship applications, and the Lepage Center is now accepting applicants for the Labor in Historical Perspective Grant.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Imagining America: Artists & Scholars in Public Life has begun a two-year long search for their next campus home, institutions are called to submit a letter of interest by January 15, 2025
• The Council of State Archivists has announced the winners of several awards for the 2024 season, who will be thanked at the CoSA Annual Conference in St.

Around the Field August 7, 2024

07 August 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week:

Multiple publications, including Public Humanities’ “How-To Issue” and the Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies, call for paper submissions and registration opens for the 2024 National Humanities Conference in Rhode Island, US.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Opportunity for Comment: The National Archives requests feedback for their updated bulletin on security classification metadata and transference, originally published in 2015.

Around the Field July 24, 2024

24 July 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week:

The American Association for State and Local History opens registration for their virtual summit on models of history and museum interpretation, the Organization of American Historians accepts submissions for the 2025 award cycle, and the American Council of Learned Societies launches award competition honoring open access publishing. Read More

Around the Field July 10, 2024

10 July 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week:

Youth250 calls upon Gen Z to participate in Imagine + Incubate Workshops on America’s founding across the United States and the National Trust for Historic Preservation opens registration to their conference in New Orleans.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• Nominations for the Disability History Association’s Disability Public History Award are due July 15, 2024
• Applications for the 2024 NHC Equitable Access Grant are due July 15, 2024 for those traveling to the 2024 National Humanities Conference, Making Waves, Navigating Currents of Change
• The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for their Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant until July 16, 2024
• Nominations are open for the Arline Custer Memorial Award, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, with submissions due July 31, 2024

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• Rochester History invites submissions to a forum on Blake McKelvey in honor of the 80th anniversary of the publication Rochester: The Water-Power City, 1812-1854.

Around the Field June 18, 2024

18 June 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: Juneteenth is celebrated throughout the United States, the National Endowment for the Humanities hosts an informational webinar for the Climate Smart Humanities Organizations Grant Program, and nominations open for the Disability Public History Award.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The American Association for State and Local History is accepting applications for their Annual Conference Fellowships and Scholarships by June 21, 2024
• The National Endowment for the Humanities is hosting a virtual webinar on Tuesday, June 25 for those looking to apply for the Climate Smart Humanities Organizations Grant Program
• The Western History Association is accepting applicants for their Louise Pubols Public History Prize, due by June 30, 2024
• The LGBTQ Religious Archives Network is inviting submissions for the LGBTQ-RAN Educational Resource Prize through June 30, 2024
• The History and Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society invite submissions for their Wayland D.

Around the Field June 5, 2024

04 June 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The Ohio Valley History Conference announces dates in early October,  the AHA challenges participants to a Summer Reading Challenge, AASLH calls for poster proposals, and the Utah Historical Society hosts a webinar on statewide markers and monuments. Read More

Around the Field May 22, 2024

22 May 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The National Trust for Historic Preservation accepts applications for their grant program; the Midwestern History Association hosts their annual conference; NCPH hosts a virtual workshop; Radical History Review ends their call for article abstracts

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The National Trust for Historic Preservation announces their “Welcome to America’s Chinatown” project
• The American Historical Association invites participants for their Summer Reading Challenge
• The American Association for State and Local History calls for proposals for an NCPH-sponsored poster session at their 2024 conference, deadline is June 24, 2024

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• Museum Hue and the New York State Council on the Arts are accepting applicants for their fellowship program, HueArts NYS Leadership Cohort, until May 24, 2024
• The Center for Archival Collections at the University Libraries at Bowling Green State University is accepting applicants for their Access to the Archives Travel Grants through May 31, 2024
• The New England Historical Association is accepting nominations for their James P.