From Around the Field this week: AASLH and AAAM seek proposals for their 2027 conferences; the Pomeroy Foundation spotlights student-led historical markers; applications for fellowships to join the Preserving Legacies Climate Heritage cohort are due in January; article pitches for a special issue of The Public Historian are now due January 1, 2027
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The National Park Service is inviting public input on four early concepts and future of the reconstructed fort at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site.
From Around the Field this week: Imagining America has selected Penn State University as its new host campus; The Alliance for Texas History has announced a new award recognizing public service in history; NCPH has extended their call for poster proposals to October 18; and Preserve This is hosting a virtual 4-week Introduction to Community Archiving Read More
From Around the Field this week: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has published the first federal dataset on museums; IMLS has opened 13 funding opportunities to strengthen America’s heritage; the National Council on Public History (NCPH) has opened calls for posters until October 7 for next year’s conference; Connecting Collections to Care is hosting a workshop on preparing materials for rehabilitation and restoration projects; and the Open Library of Humanities Journal seeks papers for its upcoming issue Read More
From Around the Field this week: The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations for America’s Most Endangered Historic Places; Preserving Black Churches’ annual grant cycle opens up; Culture& is hosting a five-part webinar series “Reimagining Museums” to discuss current issues facing museums; and NCPH member Scot MacFarlane’s The River That Made Texas will be published by the end of the month Read More
From Around the Field this week: The National Park Service is asking for public comments on the future of Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site, Preserving Black Churches opened its grant applications for protecting Black worship sites, the Creative Commons is hosting a webinar on Indigenous collections stewardship, and the Metropolitan Museum Journal is accepting submissions for its 62nd volume. Read More
From Around the Field this week: The National Library of Medicine is seeking public commentary for the Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health program; the LGBTQ+ Heritage Alliance’s National Grant Program is open for applications; The American Society for Environmental History is requesting proposals for its 50th annual conference; and University of Nevada Press has published a new book by NCPH member Carla Chung MattixRead More
From Around the Field this week: The Bureau of Land Management has opened a public comment period to help save the Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape; Villanova University is accepting proposals to fund public history projects; the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is hosting a makerspace webinar; and the American Historical Association is seeking a co-editor or co-editors for the American Historical Review Read More
From Around the Field this week: The Oral History Association is seeking a host institution or executive director beginning in 2028; The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) opened its 2026-27 fellowship and grant applications for humanities and social sciences research; the American Historical Association is hosting a webinar titled “Makerspaces for Museums and Historic Sites”; and the peer-reviewed humanities journal Transpositiones is seeking submissions for its sixth volume Read More
From Around the Field this week: The Oral History Association is seeking a host institution or executive director beginning in 2028; the National Recording Preservation Foundation is accepting grant applications to support the preservation of unique and at-risk audio collections; the American Historical Association is hosting a webinar on “We Want More History!,”Read More
From Around the Field this week: Students at Carl I. Bergerson Middle School in Albion, New York, have received funding from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation to install two historical markers honoring notable individuals buried in a local cemetery; the Council of State Archivists will host its annual meeting, “Preserve, Adapt, Endure: Building Resilient and Territorial Archives,” in Columbia, South Carolina, this September; the American Historical Association is offering an Advocacy 101 Training Workshop on engaging policymakers and staff in federal advocacy; and the Journal of Texas History has published new research examining the history and legacy of Juneteenth Read More
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