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Around the Field – February 25, 2026

From Around the Field this week: The deadline for Society of American Archivists award nominations ends this week; The National Humanities Alliance is hosting their Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day; Applications for the “Reframing Lincoln: Myth, Memory, and Changing Narratives” professional development seminar for K–12 teachers are due soon; The Organization of American Historians is hosting a virtual discussion of An Unholy Traffic; The call for papers deadline for the Coalition of Master’s Scholars on Material Culture virtual symposium closes soon; The Association of African American Museums is offering a needs-based scholarship to support attendance of their 2026 Annual Meeting
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Around the Field – February 11, 2026

From Around the Field this week: The Call for Papers for the Society for History in the Federal Government’s annual conferences closes soon; Cities in certain US states are eligible to apply to be a American World War II Heritage City; Chicago Women’s History Center is welcoming proposals for its conference, “Women’s Health Justice: Recovering the Past to Shape our Future”; SUNY Brockport is offering a 10-part Public History Webinar series; the Call for Proposals for the Oral History Association’s annual meeting closes soon
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Around the Field – January 28, 2026

From Around the Field this week: The application window for many NCPH awards is closing; The American Association for State and Local History is hosting the final two sessions of its virtual 6-week Core Issues Briefing Series; The application window for the Daughters of the American Revolution America 250! Read More

Around the Field – January 14, 2026

From Around the Field this week: Nomination window for the Association of African American Museums 2026 awards closes January 16, 2026; The American Association for State and Local History is offering a 6-week Core Issues Briefing Series; The Call for Proposals for Pasados closes January 15, 2026; Bloomsbury has published an updated version of Organizing Archival Records; The Indiana Association of Historians call for papers for its annual conference is open until January 16, 2026 Read More

Around the Field – December 17, 2025

From Around the Field this week: Abstract submissions for Slavery North are closing; The Organization of American Historians is hosting the last lecture of its Lectureship Program; The Society for History in the Federal Government is accepting nominations for its awards until the end of the year; Germinate is accepting submissions for its winter quarter series of posts Read More

Around the Field – December 3, 2025

From Around the Field this week: NCPH & AASLH are closing their call for proposals for their 2026 joint conference; the Utah Historical Society is hosting a virtual Introduction to Oral History training session; the Society of American Archivists is closing its call for proposals for its 2026 annual meeting; the Organization of American Historians is hosting its K-12 Teachers’ Book Club; the Midwestern History Association is closing its call for proposals for its 2026 annual conference Read More

Around the Field – November 19, 2025

From Around the Field this week: Final proposals for NCPH-AASLH 2026 are due December 5; The International Federation for Public History invites proposals for its 2026 conference; The American Alliance of Museums is hosting its virtual Museums & Social Media Summit; The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for its Digital Justice Grants Program; The Slave Dwelling Project is welcoming proposals for their 2026 conference Read More

Around the Field – November 5, 2025

From Around the Field this week: Monticello’s International Center for Jefferson Studies is offering yearlong hybrid fellowships; The Association of Registrars and Collection Specialists will host their 2025 conference; The Alliance for Texas History has an open call for papers for its annual conference; The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition is holding an in-person symposium, “Public History in Authoritarian Times” Read More

Around the Field – October 22, 2025

From Around the Field this week: The 1772 Foundation is accepting grant applications for historic preservation construction projects; The National Trust for Historic Preservation is hosting its annual National Preservation Law Conference; a Teach-in is taking place on the National Mall; The Métis Nation of Ontario is presenting “Who Tells Our Stories? Read More