Professional opportunities Oct. 22, 2013
23 October 2013 – editors
AWARD: The Society for History in the Federal Government (SHFG) seeks entries for its 2014 Thomas Jefferson Prize for research tools aid (e.g., inventory, index, finding aid, biographical directory, bibliography) published in 2012 or 2013.
DEADLINE: Nov. 15, 2013
CFP: Historical Encounters | New History Education Journal is a new open access, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the empirical and theoretical study of historical consciousness, historical cultures, and history education.
CFP: “Making Sense of Memory & History,” May 22, 2014, Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
DEADLINE: Nov. 20, 2013
CFP: Heritage 2014/4th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, July 22-25, 2014, Guimarães, Portugal
DEADLINE: Nov. 30, 2013
CFP: “From Engagement to Activism: Public History as Civic Responsibility,” April 5, 2014, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
DEADLINE: Dec. 1, 2013
CFP: Oral History Forum d’Histoire Orale 2014 Special Issue: “Human Rights and Oral History: stories of survival, healing, redemption, and accountability”
DEADLINE: Dec. 1, 2013
CFP: 12th annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference, June 11-13, 2014, Rio Rico, Arizona, U.S.
DEADLINE: Dec. 5, 2013
CFP: The Journal de la Société des Océanistes (JSO) invites submissions for an issue on Narratives of Mining in the Pacific: History, Literature, Politics, Heritage
DEADLINE: Dec. 31, 2013
CFP: Madison Historical Review seeks work from graduate students in American Public, and Applied History for Spring 2014 issue.
DEADLINE: Jan. 13, 2014
CONF: “Federal History and the Public Audience,” April 4-5, 2014, Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, U.S.
DEADLINE: Jan. 31, 2014
CONF: “Inventing the Surveillance Society” – A program presented by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation as part of its annual symposium series, “New Perspectives on Invention and Innovation.” – Oct. 25, 2013, Washington, D.C., U.S.
FUNDING: Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) offers small grants for public outreach projects to promote public awareness of archaeology in the American Southeast.
DEADLINE: Dec. 1, 2013
FUNDING: Funding opportunities, including two-year tuition waivers, now available from Temple University’s M.A .program in public history.
DEADLINE: Feb. 15, 2014
PUB: “Survey of Library, Museum & Historic Site Preservation Practices” published by Primary Research Group
REV: City of Extremes: The Spatial Politics of Johannesburg (Murray)