Around the Field – July 23, 2025

From Around the Field this week: Virtual events for the Association of Midwest Museums annual meeting begin this Friday; American Alliance of Museums hosts an advocacy webinar this Thursday; The Alliance for Texas History seeks a public history editor.


AWARDS AND FUNDING

  • The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) is accepting entries for the Arline Custer Memorial Award recognizing the best books and articles written or compiled by individuals and institutions in the MARAC region.
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Labors of love and organizing for solidarity within, across, and beyond the cultural industries

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Editor’s Note: This post is part of a 2025 History@Work series authored by members of the NCPH Labor Task Force in response to our Special Open Call on “#Advocacy in the Field.” You can read each post as it’s published throughout the year under H@W‘s #Advocacy tag.  Read More

Around the Field – July 9, 2025

From Around the Field this week: MARAC is accepting book award nominations; The New Jersey Association of Museums hosts their annual meeting this week; The American Council of Learned Societies releases a new study on digital humanities; and abstracts for the DAR Museum are due this week. Read More

Around the Field – June 18, 2025

From Around the Field this week: AASLH announces the Leadership in History Awards of Excellence winners; The Association for Gravestone Studies will be hosted in York, Pennsylvania, this week; Research fellows sought for work on British and environmental work; and Black in Historic Preservation hosts a member talk and teach-in this week. Read More

Meeting the moment in tiers (not tears): a resistance guide for public history educators

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As federal cuts have threatened or fully hollowed the NPS, NEH, IMLS, the National Digital Newspaper Program, and the Smithsonian, history is undergoing systemic white-washing and straight-washing around the country. In response, some public historians at the recent NCPH Educator’s Forum in Montréal, Canada, transformed their annual breakfast into an urgent call to action. Read More

Around the Field – June 18, 2025

From Around the Field this week: AASLH announces the Leadership in History Awards of Excellence winners; The Association for Gravestone Studies will be hosted in York, Pennsylvania, this week; Research fellows sought for work on British and environmental work; and Black in Historic Preservation hosts a member talk and teach-in this week. Read More

Around the Field – June 4, 2025

From Around the Field this week: Latinos in Heritage Conservation closes endangered site nominations this week; The Association for Gravestone Studies hosts their annual conference this month; The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts will host a webinar on their new preservation glossary in two weeks. Read More

Around the Field – May 21, 2025

From Around the Field this week: The Association of Midwest Museums finalizes nominations for their 2025 awards; The Society for History in the Federal Government will host their annual meeting next week; The George Wright Society will be hosting a webinar “National Parks Culture: Art, Placemaking, and Belonging” next week. Read More