From Around the Field this week: Applications for the National Archives Foundation’s Roberts Fellowship for Women’s History are due soon; The Midwestern History Association will host its 2026 annual conference; The National Emerging Museum Professional Network is virtually hosting Museum Workers Advocacy Day from April 9-10, 2026; The American Association for State and Local History is presenting a five-part webinar series about core issues in the history sector Read More
From Around the Field this week: Applications are due soon for the Association of African American Museums scholarship to support attendance of their 2026 Annual Meeting; Sharing Stories from 1977 is accepting applications for its 2026-2027 Graduate Fellows Program to serve on the project’s Editorial Board; The Association for Gravestone Studies is offering a virtual lecture series, “First in the Grave”; The application period for NCPH’s Student Travel Award closes soon Read More
From Around the Field this week: The National Council for History Education is hosting its 2026 conference; The International Committee for the History of Technology is closing submissions for the Maurice Daumas Prize Read More
Since the 1970s, community groups—often working alongside professional historians—have created a growing number of public history organizations, including museums, archives, and preservation groups to document, preserve, and share the histories of their communities. Notably, the growth of public history developed in tandem with the growth of Ethnic Studies.Read More
From Around the Field this week: The deadline for Society of American Archivists award nominations ends this week; The National Humanities Alliance is hosting their Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day; Applications for the “Reframing Lincoln: Myth, Memory, and Changing Narratives” professional development seminar for K–12 teachers are due soon; The Organization of American Historians is hosting a virtual discussion of An Unholy Traffic; The call for papers deadline for the Coalition of Master’s Scholars on Material Culture virtual symposium closes soon; The Association of African American Museums is offering a needs-based scholarship to support attendance of their 2026 Annual Meeting Read More
This year marks the Semiquincentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, an event that announced a new nation in formation and triggered global, far-reaching consequences. Since 2021, the National Council on Public History (NCPH) and the National Park Service (NPS) have co-sponsored plenaries at the NCPH annual meeting to discuss the long and complex legacy of the quest for independence. Read More
From Around the Field this week: The Call for Papers for the Society for History in the Federal Government’s annual conferences closes soon; Cities in certain US states are eligible to apply to be a American World War II Heritage City; Chicago Women’s History Center is welcoming proposals for its conference, “Women’s Health Justice: Recovering the Past to Shape our Future”; SUNY Brockport is offering a 10-part Public History Webinar series; the Call for Proposals for the Oral History Association’s annual meeting closes soon Read More
From Around the Field this week: The application window for many NCPH awards is closing; The American Association for State and Local History is hosting the final two sessions of its virtual 6-week Core Issues Briefing Series; The application window for the Daughters of the American Revolution America 250!Read More
“Wait—there are Black people in Boston? I’ve never met a Black person who’s actually from Boston.”
As a second-generation Black Bostonian, every time I hear that question the statement says far more about cultural assumptions than it does about actual demographics. Read More
From Around the Field this week: Nomination window for the Association of African American Museums 2026 awards closes January 16, 2026; The American Association for State and Local History is offering a 6-week Core Issues Briefing Series; The Call for Proposals for Pasados closes January 15, 2026; Bloomsbury has published an updated version of Organizing Archival Records; The Indiana Association of Historians call for papers for its annual conference is open until January 16, 2026Read More
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