Around the Field June 30, 2021

From around the field this week: Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference seeks nominations for an award; Southern Cultures calls for submissions for its special issue, Sanctuaries; Goucher College’s M.A. in Historic Preservation Program is hosting a virtual forum; AASLH releases their field guide to planning for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US. Read More

Crafting Herstory

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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.

How women have utilized textiles as a form of activism and therefore, a radical act of self-care, has recently garnered attention through publications such as Crafting Dissent: Handicraft as Protest from the American Revolution to the Pussyhats. Read More

Around the Field June 16, 2021

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

Around the Field June 2, 2021

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

Editor’s Corner: the shadow of a pandemic

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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