Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series of reflections from winners of NCPH awards in 2022. Madeline Hellmich is the winner of a graduate student travel award.
From Around the Field this week: NCPH is offering a virtual mini-con; the National Archives is accepting applications for grants; Change Over Time calls for abstracts
The Association of African American Museums will hold their 44th Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, US, August 10-12, 2022
The International Federation for Public History will hold the 6th IFPH World Conference in Berlin, Germany, August 16-20, 2022
The American Association for State and Local History will hold their annual conference, “Right Here, Right Now: The Power of Place,” in Buffalo, New York, US, September 14-17, 2022, and virtually, November 1-4, 2022
Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the August 2022 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.Read More
From Around the Field this week: NCPH 2023 proposals are due July 15; the American Association for State and Local History releases an update on the Semiquincentennial; the Society for Queer Asian Studies calls for conference panel proposals
AWARDS AND FUNDING
The Special Collections Research Center of William & Mary Libraries is accepting applications for four 2022-2023 Travel Scholarships, due July 18, 2022
The Mid Atlantic Regional Archives Conference calls for nominations for the Arline Custer Memorial Award by July 31, 2022
From Around the Field this week: NCPH and other organizations release statements on the overturning of Roe v. Wade; the American Association for State and Local History accepts applications for scholarships for their annual meeting; the Organization of American Historians offers a webinar on Dobbs v.Read More
On the morning of April 1, 2022, I was among throngs of remote researchers who visited the National Archives and Records Administration website to access data from the newly released 1950 Census. I had waited thirteen years to answer one research question: Who was the Black woman working in a family home that I had first researched in 2009? Read More
From Around the Field this week: NCPH 2023 topic proposals are due June 15 for anyone looking for early feedback; the OAH previews 2024 Call for Proposals, including a virtual conference series with NCPH; AASLH announces 2022 Leadership in History Award winners
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NCPH topic proposals for the 2023 conference in Atlanta, Georgia are due June 15, 2022
Organization of American Historians (OAH) previews Call for Proposals for 2024, including a virtual conference series in collaboration with NCPH.
It is time for a Smithsonian National Museum of Disability History and Culture. Considering the fact that one in four Americans, or approximately 61 million people, is disabled, a national museum would acknowledge disability as an essential component of American life. Read More
The Pennhurst Haunted Asylum and the Pennhurst Museum, operated by Pennhurst LLC in collaboration with the Pennhurst Memorial and Preservation Alliance (PMPA), exist side-by-side on the grounds of the shuttered Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Spring City, Pennsylvania. The sites might seem to have opposite goals: one to frighten and entertain, the other to educate about past wrongs. Read More
From Around the Field this week: NCPH calls for proposals for 2023 conference; the American Association for State and Local History releases a census of history orgs; the Missouri Speakers Bureau is seeking applicants for their 2022-2024 program cycle
Sign Up to Receive News and Announcements Emails from NCPH
You may unsubscribe or change your preferences at anytime by emailing [email protected] Cavanaugh Hall 127, 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202-5140 (317) 274-2716 [email protected]
