Professional opportunities Oct. 7, 2014
07 October 2014 – editors
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ANNCT: 2014 New Jersey Forum with keynote address by Spencer Crew on “The Rugged Road to Citizenship: New Jersey’s Response to Newcomers from the American Revolution to the Present” – Nov. 21-22, 2014, Union, New Jersey, U.S.
AWARD: Society for American Archaeology seeks nominations for its Excellence in Public Education Award.
DEADLINE: Jan. 10, 2015
AWARD: Deen De Bortoli Award for Applied History, for written work that addresses contemporary concerns and issues.
DEADLINE: March 31, 2015
CFP: The 3rd Annual Cotton Pickers’ Sweat Equity Investment Symposium and Cotton Pickers Ball – Nov. 7, 2014, Itta Bena, Mississippi, U.S.
DEADLINE: Oct. 17, 2014
CFP: “Speculative Humanities: Steampunk to Afrofuturism” – March 11-12, 2015, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
DEADLINE: Jan. 16, 2015
CONF: “Meant to Last? Preserving the Modern & Contemporary” – Oct. 27-28, 2014, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Oct. 13, 2014
CONF: “Significant Preservation: Inventories and Assessments for Strategic Planning,” North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC) annual conference – Nov. 7, 2014, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
FUNDING: American Battlefield Protection Program opens applications for 2015 planning grants
DEADLINE: Jan. 2, 2015 (postmarked) or Jan. 16, 2015 (electronic)
FUNDING: Fellowships for recent M.A. graduates for research and training in Smithsonian conservation laboratories.
DEADLINE: Dec. 1, 2014
PUB: “Museum Representations of Maoist China: From Cultural Revolution to Commie Kitsch” (Amy Jane Barnes)
PUB: Free download of “Unexpected-Earthquake 2011: Lessons to Be Learned,” Smithsonian Contributions to Museum Conservation, number 4, viii
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