Around the Field September 4, 2024

04 September 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week:

The Midwest Archives Conference extends its proposal deadline to September 6, 2024, the Daughters of the American Revolution announce a symposium on textile history, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund will hold a webinar on Black Modernism, architecture, and identity. Read More

Around the Field August 21, 2024

21 August 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week:

Imagining America begins searching for their next home institution, the National Humanities Center opens residential fellowship applications, and the Lepage Center is now accepting applicants for the Labor in Historical Perspective Grant.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Imagining America: Artists & Scholars in Public Life has begun a two-year long search for their next campus home, institutions are called to submit a letter of interest by January 15, 2025
• The Council of State Archivists has announced the winners of several awards for the 2024 season, who will be thanked at the CoSA Annual Conference in St.

Around the Field August 7, 2024

07 August 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week:

Multiple publications, including Public Humanities’ “How-To Issue” and the Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies, call for paper submissions and registration opens for the 2024 National Humanities Conference in Rhode Island, US.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Opportunity for Comment: The National Archives requests feedback for their updated bulletin on security classification metadata and transference, originally published in 2015.

Around the Field July 10, 2024

10 July 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week:

Youth250 calls upon Gen Z to participate in Imagine + Incubate Workshops on America’s founding across the United States and the National Trust for Historic Preservation opens registration to their conference in New Orleans.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• Nominations for the Disability History Association’s Disability Public History Award are due July 15, 2024
• Applications for the 2024 NHC Equitable Access Grant are due July 15, 2024 for those traveling to the 2024 National Humanities Conference, Making Waves, Navigating Currents of Change
• The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for their Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant until July 16, 2024
• Nominations are open for the Arline Custer Memorial Award, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, with submissions due July 31, 2024

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

• Rochester History invites submissions to a forum on Blake McKelvey in honor of the 80th anniversary of the publication Rochester: The Water-Power City, 1812-1854.

Around the Field June 18, 2024

18 June 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: Juneteenth is celebrated throughout the United States, the National Endowment for the Humanities hosts an informational webinar for the Climate Smart Humanities Organizations Grant Program, and nominations open for the Disability Public History Award.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The American Association for State and Local History is accepting applications for their Annual Conference Fellowships and Scholarships by June 21, 2024
• The National Endowment for the Humanities is hosting a virtual webinar on Tuesday, June 25 for those looking to apply for the Climate Smart Humanities Organizations Grant Program
• The Western History Association is accepting applicants for their Louise Pubols Public History Prize, due by June 30, 2024
• The LGBTQ Religious Archives Network is inviting submissions for the LGBTQ-RAN Educational Resource Prize through June 30, 2024
• The History and Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society invite submissions for their Wayland D.

Around the Field June 5, 2024

04 June 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The Ohio Valley History Conference announces dates in early October,  the AHA challenges participants to a Summer Reading Challenge, AASLH calls for poster proposals, and the Utah Historical Society hosts a webinar on statewide markers and monuments. Read More

Around the Field May 22, 2024

22 May 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The National Trust for Historic Preservation accepts applications for their grant program; the Midwestern History Association hosts their annual conference; NCPH hosts a virtual workshop; Radical History Review ends their call for article abstracts

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The National Trust for Historic Preservation announces their “Welcome to America’s Chinatown” project
• The American Historical Association invites participants for their Summer Reading Challenge
• The American Association for State and Local History calls for proposals for an NCPH-sponsored poster session at their 2024 conference, deadline is June 24, 2024

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• Museum Hue and the New York State Council on the Arts are accepting applicants for their fellowship program, HueArts NYS Leadership Cohort, until May 24, 2024
• The Center for Archival Collections at the University Libraries at Bowling Green State University is accepting applicants for their Access to the Archives Travel Grants through May 31, 2024
• The New England Historical Association is accepting nominations for their James P.

Around the Field May 8, 2024

08 May 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The American Historical Association closes applications for multiple awards; the American Alliance of Museums hosts their annual conference; the American Association for State and Local History hosts a webinar; Radical History Review ends call for article abstracts

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• NCPH’s Curriculum and Training Committee launch their Handbook for Public Historians in Academia
• With May being National Historic Preservation Month, the National Trust for Historic Preservation have prepared some resources to celebrate

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The American Historical Association is accepting applications for their Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History through May 15, 2024
• The National Archives Foundation is accepting applications for the 2024 Cokie Roberts Research Fund for Women’s History until May 15, 2024
• The American Historical Association will accept applications for the Herbert Feis Award through May 15, 2024
• The Coordinating Council for Women in History is accepting applicants for six awards through May 15, 2024
• The American Historical Association is accepting submissions for the Raymond J.

Around the Field April 24, 2024

24 April 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The Organization and NCPH host our joint virtual conference; the National Park Service hosts a webinar; the American Association for State and Local History announces a new book series

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The American Association for State and Local History provide email templates to contact your senator for America 250 funding in a recent blog post
• NCPH’s Curriculum and Training Committee launch their Handbook for Public Historians in Academia

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The National Archives Foundation is accepting applications for the 2024 Cokie Roberts Research Fund for Women’s History until May 15, 2024
• The American Historical Association will accept applications for the Herbert Feis Award through May 15, 2024
• The Coordinating Council for Women in History is accepting applicants for six awards through May 15, 2024
• The American Historical Association is accepting submissions for the Raymond J.

Around the Field March 20, 2024

20 March 2024 – NCPH Office

From Around the Field this week: The National Trust for Historic Preservation accepts applications for a grant program; the American Alliance of Museums hosts a webinar; the Oral History Review calls for proposals for a special issue

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• During NCPH’s 2024 annual meeting in Salt Lake City join WWII camp survivors on an one-day visit to Topaz, Utah on April 13 in attending the 81st memorial ceremony for James Wakasa, killed by a guard at the incarceration camp in 1943
• The American Association for State and Local History are now offering discounted rates for recorded sessions from their virtual summit,  Doing History in Polarized Times, held last February
• The Oral History Association is seeking book and media reviewers for the Oral History Review

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting applications for their Backing Historic Small Restaurants Grant Program through March 25, 2024
• The American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming is accepting applicants for four fellowships through March 30, 2024
• The Midwestern Association is accepting nominations for their five annual awards through March 31, 2024
• The State Historical Society of Iowa accepts applications for their grant program to support history of Iowa or the Midwest through April 15, 2024
• The Oral History Association is accepting applications for their Emerging Crises Oral History Research Fund until April 15, 2024
• The Journal of Women’s History is accepting applicants for their Scholars Research Grant through April 19, 2024
• The Western History Association is accepting applicants for two public history prizes, the Autry Public History Prize due on April 15, 2024 and the Louise Pubols Public History Prize due on June 30, 2024
• The National Archives Foundation is accepting applications for the 2024 Cokie Roberts Research Fund for Women’s History until May 15, 2024
• The American Historical Association will accept applications for the Herbert Feis Award through May 15, 2024
• The American Historical Association is accepting submissions for the Raymond J.