Professional opportunities Aug. 28, 2013
28 August 2013 – editors
ANNCT: Left Coast Press annual book sale + “No Excuses Writing Contest” for further discounts
ANNCT: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration announces the launch of “Rediscovering Black History Blog” focusing on documents, photographs and videos found while updating the black history guide for the National Archives and Records Administration.
ANNCT: The Occupy History website is back and accepting submissions again after a spring malware attack.
AWARD: The Coordinating Council for Women in History’s Nupur Chaudhuri First Article Award is an annual $1000 prize that recognizes the best first article published in the field of history by a CCWH member
DEADLINE: Sept. 14, 2013
CFP: Historical Justice and Memory: Questions of Rights and Accountability in Contemporary Society conference, Dec. 5-7, 2013, New York, New York, U.S.
DEADLINE: Sept. 5, 2013
CFP: Interdisciplinary conference on Why Things Matter, March 6-8, 2014, Fullerton, California, U.S.
DEADLINE: Dec. 15, 2013
CONF: “Can Culture be Shut Down? Bosnia’s Cultural Institutions and World Heritage” Panelists from the Culture Shutdown initiative will present a panel discussion on the ongoing crisis in Bosnia’s museums and how it intersects with the globe. Sept. 20, 2013, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C., U.S.
EDU: Graduate certificate in Digital Curation now available from Johns Hopkins University Museum Studies program.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sept. 9, 2013
EDU: Live online course “Preservation 101: Preservation Basics for Analog and Digital Collections,” Sept. 10, 2013-Feb. 4, 2014 from Northeast Document Conservation Center
EDU: “Emergency Planning and Mitigation Strategies for Historic Sites” from
Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Sept. 11, 2013, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
FUNDING: Consumer Movement Archives Research Award for faculty and graduate students, consumer advocates, and independent researchers using collections of the Hale Library, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
DEADLINE: Jan. 31, 2014