Professional opportunities March 10, 2015
10 March 2015 – editors
To submit an item for the News Feed, send an email to: news[at]publichistorycommons.org
ANNCT: “Making public forgotten black histories 1750-2014: From ghostly hands to children’s memorials on slave graves,” Public History Discussion Group presentation by Alan Rice – March 21, 2015, London, UK
AWARD: The Western History Association invites nominations for the 2015 Autry Public History Prize for media exhibits, public programs, or written works that contribute to a broader public reflection and appreciation of the past or serve as a model of professional public history practice in the history of the North American West.
DEADLINE EXTENDED: May 1, 2015
CONF: “Ephemera 35: The Sporting Life,” 35th Ephemera Society of America Annual Conference – March 20-22, 2015, Old Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
CONF: “Museum Education in the 21st Century,” 2015 Eastern Illinois University Historical Administration Program Association’s 38th annual symposium – April 10-11, 2015 in Charleston, Illinois, U.S.
CONF: “Cultivate & Thrive,” 20th anniversary conference of the Association of Personal Historians – Oct. 21-25, 2015, Sacramento, California, U.S.
EDU: One-day workshop on community oral history from the Southwest Oral History Association – March 19, 2015, Del Mar, California, U.S.
EDU: Online courses in March from conservator David Harvey on conserving historic firearms; paranormal investigations in museums; conservation of historic copper, brass, bronze
EDU: “Learning from the Past – 20 Years after the Bosnian War: Education for Reconciliation and Lasting Peace in Post-Conflict Societies” summer school – June 27-July 8, 2015, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
EDU: 2015 Historical Thinking Summer Institute from the Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness – July 6-11, 2015, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
DEADLINE: May 25, 2015
EDU: Digital Arts and Humanities PhD at University College, Cork, Ireland now accepting scholarship applications
FUNDING: Inaugural Juno Beach Centre Fellowship program for Canadian graduate students researching Canadian military history.
DEADLINE: March 31, 2015
FUNDING: Brimstone Grant Opportunity with the National Storytelling Network for service-oriented, community-based storytelling projects.
DEADLINE: April 30, 2015
To submit an item for the News Feed, send an email to: news[at]publichistorycommons.org