18 June 2014 – editors
CFP: ICTOP Conference Rethinking Museums & Sustainable Development for the Global Profession: Postcolonial Museology, Appropriate Capacity Building and Regional Engagement – Oct. 21-25, 2014, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
DEADLINE: June 30, 2014
CFP: “American Vernaculars,” New York Metro American Studies Association (NYMASA) conference – Nov. Read More
16 June 2014 – Sheila Brennan 3
Furthering its efforts to tell the stories of all Americans through its heritage initiatives, the National Park Service recently added a new interpretative area in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) history. As the Park Service looks ahead to its centennial celebration in 2016, the agency seeks to diversify its parks and historic sites and wants existing sites to include the stories of historically under-represented groups, including LGBT Americans. Read More
13 June 2014 – Stephanie Rowe 5
You may have noticed a new element in the 2015 NCPH Annual Meeting submission process—the topic proposal. The option to submit topic proposals is intended to increase participation in the development of the annual meeting program and address several issues related to the submission process. Read More
11 June 2014 – Dee Harris 2
I’ve never considered myself a Luddite. I’ve had a smartphone for more than eight years, I occasionally post to Facebook, I’m signed up for a few blogs, and an e-reader has completely changed my reading habits. But when it comes to the fluttering noises of the little blue bird known as Twitter, the Luddite in me comes out. Read More
10 June 2014 – Cathy Stanton
ANNCT: The Society for History in the Federal Government has posted a timeline of dates important to the history of the federal government and for historical work in U.S. federal offices.
CFP: The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) invites abstracts (sessions, papers and posters) for the Program of the 75th Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, March 24-28, 2015. Read More
09 June 2014 – Mark Souther 2
Many of us have discovered what promised to be an exciting oral history project through a Google search, only to be crestfallen when the linked web page was nothing more than a description of a trove of interviews kept in an ivory tower hundreds or thousands of miles away. Read More
06 June 2014 – editors 1
“At Home in Holland,” a new digital history project by students at the University of Amsterdam, responds to the way that hostile reactions to immigrants have undermined the traditional idea of Dutch tolerance and hospitality in recent years. The current Dutch asylum policy was developed in the 1980s. Read More
04 June 2014 – David Rotenstein 4
In early 1950, developers opened a “park and shop” center in suburban Washington, DC. By 1950 “park and shop” was an established commercial property type, and the phrase was in common usage (by general public and developers). Media coverage of its opening focused on the spacious new supermarket and other retail establishments, as well as on a state-of-the-art theater with late-Art Deco detailing, designed by a nationally-recognized architect. Read More
03 June 2014 – editors
CONF: “A Monumental Task: Managing and Preserving Architectural Records” – July 27, 2014, Buffalo, New York, U.S.
EDU: Summer archeology project seeks volunteers (experience not necessary) for excavation at Wiawaka Holiday House – June 16-July 11, 2014, Lake George, New York, U.S. Read More
02 June 2014 – Charlene Mires
I remember well the day that I received my first copy of my first book, Independence Hall in American Memory. I picked it up in person from the offices of the University of Pennsylvania Press and could barely manage the walk home because of the temptation to stop, admire the beautiful dust jacket, open those pages, smell that new-book smell, and read. Read More