Professional opportunities May 27, 2015
27 May 2015 – editors
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ANNCT: Events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Manhattan Project, honor Manhattan Project veterans, and provide a preview of the new Manhattan Project National Historical Park – June 2-3, 2015, Washington, DC, U.S. (Free but registration required)
CFP: Early Topic Proposal for 2016 National Council on Public History/Society for Historians in the Federal Government conference – submit early proposals to find co-panelists or develop preliminary ideas before full submission
DEADLINE: June 1, 2015
CFP: “Essays in Public Works History” series from The Public Works Historical Society – seeking proposals for 50-100 pg manuscripts
DEADLINE: July 17, 2015
CFP: “Museums and More,” conference of the Small Museums Association – Feb. 14-16, 2016, Ocean City, Maryland, U.S.
DEADLINE: Feb. 25, 2015
CFP: “Intersections,” annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology – March 29-April 2, 2016, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
DEADLINE: Oct. 15, 2015
CONF: “Archaeological Reconstructions and Tourism” – Sept. 25-27, 2015, Mistelbach, Austria
EDU: Online summer classes from LYRASIS (digital projects, oral history collections, security, MODS, metadata, audio-visual preservation, more)
EDU: Online preservation courses in June from conservator David Harvey (conservation of metal objects, tools, firearms)
EDU: Graduate Certificate in Digital Public Humanities from the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University in partnership with Smithsonian Associates
EDU: “Making Maker Spaces Programming for Museums,” four-week online course from Valerie Colston, starting June 1
REV: “Sowing the Seeds of Victory: American Gardening Programs of World War I” (Hayden-Smith)
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