Around the Field July 26, 2023

25 July 2023 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The National Humanities Alliance launches their new website; the National Trust for Historic Preservation accept grant applications; the Midwest Archives Conference calls for session proposals; The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritages, and Death releases

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The National Humanities Alliance has launched their new website, which makes their resources for humanities advocates more accessible
• The Huntington calls for contributors for their new digital curriculum project, “California Futures, California Past,” focusing on the state between 1840 and 1855 (applications due July 31, 2023)
• The American Alliance of Museums promotes its Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum 2023 week taking place August 14-18, 2023
• The opening reception for “Unmasked: The Anti-Lynching Exhibits of 1935 and Community Remembrance in Indiana,” will take place at the Crispus Attucks Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, US, August 11, 2023 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm Eastern
• The National Endowment for the Humanities names Ruth J.

Around the Field July 12, 2023

11 July 2023 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: REPAIR launches their disability history website; the Maryland Historical Trust close grant applications; the Society of American Archivists host their online research forum; Radical History Review calls for article proposals

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• American Historical Association members remember to vote in the 2023 election by July 15, 2023
• The Society of American Archivists’ 2023 Section Election Ballots are open through July 17, 2023
• REPAIR has launched their website, Putting Disability History on the Map, that highlights around twenty place-based disability histories and provides resources for teaching and learning about disability history

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The Maryland Historical Trust is accepting applications for the African American Heritage Preservation Program, due July 17, 2023
• The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference is accepting submissions for the Arline Custer Memorial Award, due July 31, 2023
• The Lepage Center at Villanova University is accepting proposals for its “Cities in Historical Perspective” grants, due September 3, 2023
• American Council of Learned Societies announces 2023-2024 fellowships and grants, with applications due in September and October 2023
• The Dan David Prize is accepting nominations through October 11, 2023

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• The Association of Midwest Museums and the Association of Indiana Museums will hold a joint conference, “Braking Point,” virtually, July 19, 2023, and in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, July 26-29, 2023
• The Association of African American Museums will hold their annual conference, “Museums, Music, and Movements,” in Nashville, Tennessee, US, July 26-28, 2023 (online registration available through July 16, 2023)
• The Society of American Archivists and Council of State Archivists will host their joint conference, “Archives*Records 2023,” hybrid and in Washington, DC, US, July 26-29, 2023
• Historical Perspectives call for abstracts from postgraduates for their annual Twitter Conference to be held August 14-15, 2023 (abstracts due July 28, 2023)
• The American Association for State and Local History opens registration for their annual conference, “I, Too, Am America,” in Boise, Idaho, US, September 6-9, 2023 (early bird registration available through July 28, 2023)
• The Public History as the New Citizen Science of the past will hold an online, international conference on the long history of public historical practices in Europe, September 14-15, 2023
• The Great Lakes History Conference will host its 2023 conference, “Division and Reaction,” in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, October 5-7, 2023
• The Oral History Association is accepting posters for their annual conference, “Oral History As/And Education: Teaching and Learning in the Classroom and Beyond,” in Baltimore, Maryland, US, October 18-21, 2023 (deadline for submission is July 15, 2023)
• The New England Historical Association will host its Fall 2023 meeting in New Haven, Connecticut, US, October 21, 2023
• The Washington Conservation Guild is calling for presentation abstracts for their hybrid 2023 Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit, Preserving Our Heritage and Protecting Our Health, October 27, 2023 (proposals due August 1, 2023)
• The American Alliance of Museums announces its inaugural fall virtual convening, Future of Museums Summit, November 1-2, 2023
• The Small Museum Association will host its 2024 conference, “Telling Tough Stories,” in Richmond, Virginia, US, February 19-21, 2024 (early bird registration available through August 31, 2023)
• The National Council for History Education is accepting proposals for its 2024 conference, “History at the Crossroads,” to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, US, March 7-9, 2024 (proposals due September 25, 2023)
• NCPH and the Utah Division of State History/Utah Historical Society call for proposals for their joint conference, “Historical Urgency,” in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, April 10-13, 2024 (deadline is July 29, 2023)

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• National Humanities Alliance is hosting a moderated deep-dive conversation into public humanities training: Approaches to Undergraduate Training in the Public Humanities with the Department of Public & Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona on July 18, 2023 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
• The Society of American Archivists will host their 2023 Research Forum online July 19, 2023 at 2:00 pm Eastern
• The New England Museum Association will host their webinar, Communities of Practice: Interpreting Histories of Enslavement and Freedom, July 25, 2023 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm Eastern
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation will host their webinar, Grants & Development, on July 26, 2023 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
• Blackbaud will host a webinar, Trendswatch: Creating the Post-pandemic Workplace, to be moderated by the Center for the Future of Museums on July 27, 2023 from 3:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern
• The American Historical Association is accepting applications for an online Teacher Institute in World History to be held July 31-August 4, 2023 (application review begins June 15, deadline is June 29)

PUBLICATIONS

• Process calls for proposals and short papers for their upcoming series on the Korean War, submissions open through July 2023
• White House History Quarterly seeks submissions on specific topics for upcoming issues
• Seeking chapter proposals for upcoming edited, interdisciplinary volume Beyond Aesthetics and Exclusion: New Directions in Historic Preservation and Public History by August 1, 2023
• Radical History Review calls for article proposals for their upcoming issue, “Memory Over Forgetting: Monuments, Memorials, and Intangible Heritage,” due August 1, 2023

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Around the Field June 28, 2023

28 June 2023 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: OAH Graduate Student Committee seeks participants for panel at OAH 2024; international guidelines for public history MA programs; ACLS grant application now open; the National Humanities Alliance is hosting two moderated deep-dive conversations on public humanities training (one is today!) Read More

Around the Field June 14, 2023

13 June 2023 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting grant applications; the National Trust for Historic Preservation host a webinar; the Process calls for papers

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The American Historical Association presents their second annual Summer Reading Challenge for 2023
• The Public Education Project is looking for volunteer writers for their Historical Education Initiative, a series of short animated videos on U.S.

Around the Field May 24, 2023

24 May 2023 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The Hagley Museum and Library is accepting grant applications; the American Association for State and Local History and NCPH call for poster proposals; the Coalition of Master’s Scholars on Material Culture calls for papers

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• NCPH and several other organizations have endorsed the American Historical Association’s Statement Opposing Exclusion of LGBTQ+ History in Florida
• Continuing their historic preservation project focused on memorials, the Mt.

Community engagement and post-custodial collecting in Central Arkansas’s Little Poland

23 May 2023 – Danielle Afsordeh

Community engagement has become an essential part of post-custodial collections work. Through community engagement, archives can grow trust with underrepresented groups. The Central Arkansas Library System’s (CALS) Butler Center for Arkansas Studies is currently employing these methods to document the history of the historically Polish Marche community in Pulaski County, Arkansas, while also working to build sustainable community relationships and trust. Read More

The Person Behind the Application: Musings from a Public History Job Seeker

17 May 2023 – Mary Culler 1

“After you graduate and get the letters M.A. after your name, finding a job should be no problem.”

These encouraging words were offered up to me at a recent museum conference, and although I appreciate the sentiment, the statement is not exactly true. Read More

Around the Field May 10, 2023

09 May 2023 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The Association of African American Museums extends early-bird pricing; the DAR Museum calls for proposals; the American Swedish Historical Museum calls for proposals

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Association of African American Museums extends early-bird pricing for “Museums, Music, and Movements” 2023 AAAM Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, US, July 26-28, 2023 through May 10

Editor’s Corner: Complicating Authority

04 May 2023 – Sarah H. Case

Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the May 2023 issue of The Public Historian here. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and to others with subscription access.

This issue brings several articles that explore the concept of authority in public history, an idea that has long shaped debates about how we define our field. Read More

Around the Field April 26, 2023

26 April 2023 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for a grant program; the Association of African American Museum is accepting applications for travel scholarships; the University of Manchester calls for proposals

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• A community-led oral history project, Kin/Folk/Lore, has launched
• Parks Canada has launched a new history and archaeology podcast, Recollections
• The Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia will present the David McCullough Prize for Excellence in American Public History in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, April 26, 2023
• The William G.