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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

Around the Field – October 8, 2025

From Around the Field this week: NCPH and AASLH are welcoming preliminary topic proposals for their joint conference; The Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History is accepting applications for three fellowships; Applications for New York Historical’s Fall 2025 seminar series are due; the Oral History Association is hosting its 2025 Annual Conference Read More

Around the Field – September 24, 2025

From Around the Field this week: The Organization of American Historians is accepting applications for many of its award opportunities; The Preserving Historic Places conference is taking place in Fort Wayne, Indiana; New York Historical is accepting applications for its Fall 2025 seminar series; The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is accepting proposals for its conference; Dr. Read More

Around the Field – September 10, 2025

From Around the Field this week: NCPH is accepting letters of interest for multiple National Park Service contract positions; the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is accepting submissions for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize; American Historical Review seeks proposals for a special issue on “Methods for Archival Silence in Early History”; National Trust for Historic Preservation is hosting their PastForward conference. Read More

Around the Field – August 20, 2025

From Around the Field this week: The National Park Service is accepting applications for its Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program; the Organization of American Historians’ first session in their Lectureship Program series takes place this Saturday; Omeka is hosting a webinar next Wednesday; NCPH has released an updated Graduate Student Handbook. Read More

Around the Field – August 6, 2025

From Around the Field this week: The American Historical Association hosts a webinar on supporting new college students this Friday; the Alliance for Texas History seeks a public history editor; Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York hosts a webinar discussing how to plan a successful digitization project; Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals seeks proposals for a special issue on “Ethical AI in GLAM: Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Stewardship.”  Read More

Around the Field – May 21, 2025

From Around the Field this week: The Association of Midwest Museums finalizes nominations for their 2025 awards; The Society for History in the Federal Government will host their annual meeting next week; The George Wright Society will be hosting a webinar “National Parks Culture: Art, Placemaking, and Belonging” next week. Read More

Around the Field – May 7, 2025

From Around the Field this week: The Association of African American Museums wraps up nominations for their 2025 awards; the National Humanities Alliance and Federation of State Humanities Councils have extended proposals until May 11, 2025; NCPH will co-host an AAPI Digital Public History Project Showcase. Read More