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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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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

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

Around the Field – May 7, 2025

From Around the Field this week: The Association of African American Museums wraps up nominations for their 2025 awards; the National Humanities Alliance and Federation of State Humanities Councils have extended proposals until May 11, 2025; NCPH will co-host an AAPI Digital Public History Project Showcase. Read More

Around the Field – April 23, 2025

From Around the Field this week: The Organization of American Historians has extended proposals for their 2026 conference “Re-Thinking American History at 250” to April 29, 2025; Seattle University hosts “Race, Racialization, and Resistance: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Humanities”; the 2025 National Humanities Conference has extended their call for proposals to May 11, 2025. Read More

Around the Field – April 9, 2025

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Celebrate National Historic Marker Weekend in your community Friday, April 25 through Sunday, April 27, 2025
  • The University of Nebraska at Omaha Criss Library is conducting a survey on archivists teaching outside the archives and invite librarians and archivists to complete their survey by May 2, 2025
  • The Council of Independent Colleges has published a report on the grants awarded to 49 independent colleges and universities through the Humanities Research for the Public Good (HRPG) initiative between 2019 and 2024 to support public-facing humanities projects

AWARDS AND FUNDING

CONFERENCES AND CALLS

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

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Around the Field – March 12, 2025

From Around the Field this week: National Humanities Alliance hosted their 2025 annual meeting in Washington, DC, US; the The National Trust for Historic Preservation wraps up applications for their Conserving Black Modernism Grant Program; Park University and the State Historical Society of Missouri hosts their 2025 Missouri Conference on History in Blue Springs, Missouri, US. Read More

Around the Field – February 26, 2025

From Around the Field this week: The Society of American Archivists wraps up applications for several awards; The American Association for State and Local History will host “250 con” and wraps up applications for their Award in Excellence; The American Alliance of Museums recognizes Museum Advocacy Day 2025.  Read More