Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series of reflections from winners of NCPH awards in 2021. Sarah Marsom won honorable mention in Excellence in Consulting for her projects Crafting Herstory and #DismantlePreservation.
From around the field this week: the State Historical Society of Missouri seeks nominations for multiple awards; the Association of Midwest Museums calls for proposals for annual conference; register now for The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife’s conference, “Living with Disabilities in New England, 1630-1930;” the Costume Society of America is offering a virtual roundtable today, June 16. Read More
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series of reflections from winners of NCPH awards in 2021. Jerome De Groot is the winner of the G. Wesley Johnson Award. This award is named in honor of the founding editor of The Public Historian.Read More
From around the field this week: Topic proposals for NCPH 2022 are now viewable, and we encourage you to leave feedback by July 1 so proposer submitters can incorporate it into their final proposals; Gilder Lehrman is hosting a conversation with Henry Louis Gates this evening, June 2; the Society for History in the Federal Government’s annual Trask Lecture is this Friday, June 4. Read More
Think Water Utah is a statewide collaboration addressing the critical topic of water and is presented by Utah Humanities and its partners throughout 2020-2022. It allows local museums and their communities to critically consider the role of water in shaping human experience and culture across the state. Read More
From around the field this week: UCLA offers a prize; the Costume Society of America hosts a virtual symposium; the University of Oxford holds a webinar.
Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the May 2021 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.
Several contributions to this issue in some way reflect the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on public history scholarship and labor. Read More
From around the field this week:the Society for Georgia Archivists calls for session proposals; the National Post Museum hosts a webinar; and Southern Cultures invites paper submissions.
This is the second part of a two-part essay in which I propose five ideas for anti-racist museological work that carries a public health benefit. In Part 2 I looked at the context in which curatorial work takes place and how the institution can set the stage for effective curatorial work for social justice. Read More
From around the field this week: The History Makers is offering a fellowship opportunity; the Institute for Historical Studies is holding a virtual conference; the Costume Society of America is hosting a webinar.
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Museums calls for proposals for annual conference; register now for The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife’s conference, “Living with Disabilities in New England, 1630-1930;” the Costume Society of America is offering a virtual roundtable today, June 16. 
From around the field this week: Topic proposals for NCPH 2022 are now viewable, and we encourage you to leave feedback by July 1 so proposer submitters can incorporate it into their final proposals; Gilder Lehrman is hosting a conversation with Henry Louis Gates this evening, June 2; the Society for History in the Federal Government’s annual Trask Lecture is this Friday, June 4.