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
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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
From Around the Field this week: National History Day invites participants for their alumni survey; the Society of US Intellectual History accept applicants for their 2024 scholars program; the National Council for History Education hosts their annual meeting; the Society of Civil War Historians Graduate Connections Meeting hosts a webinar
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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
NCPH’s Public History Book Club will host its first read of the year on David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon, March 7, 2024 at 7:00 pm Eastern.
Editor’s Note: This is piece is written from two perspectives to reflect on a collaborative public history placement at York University in Toronto, Canada. The authors, Alanna Brown and Leena Hussein, are profiled at the end of the piece.
Introduction:
Credible sources are essential to improving both the reliability and credibility of Wikipedia as an academic resource. Read More
Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the February 2024 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.
We begin this issue with the third installment of our series, “Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution” (see Part 1, “Considering the Revolution: Indigenous Histories and Memory in Alaska, Hawai‘i, and the Indigenous Plateau” and “Decolonizing Museums, Memorials, and Monuments” in the November 2021 issue, and Part 2, Jean-Pierre Morin’s “Considering the Revolution: The Identities Created by the American Revolutionary War,” in the February 2023 issue).Read More
From Around the Field this week: Society of American Archivists looks for survey respondents; the National Fund for Sacred Places accept applicants for their grant program; the Annual Women’s and Gender History Symposium takes place; the Organization of American Historians host a webinar
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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
In the Spring of 2023 public historians gathered—in person for the first time in four years—for our annual meeting in Atlanta. Months later, as I organized my photographs from the trip, I kept coming back to a series of images from the exhibit hall, images of a puzzle slowly coming together, one piece at a time.Read More
From Around the Field this week: The American Association for State and Local History hosts their online symposium; the American Historical Association hosts a webinar; the National Endowment for Humanities accepts grant applications
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
From Around the Field this week: The American Alliance of Museums closes applications for two awards; the Florida Conference of Historians host their 2024 conference; the Oral History Association calls for proposals for their virtual symposium
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 United States has a long history of banning, erasing, or marginalizing African American people and history from books, curricula, public spaces, institutions, and representation in art. Huge swaths of information and entire communities have been grossly underrepresented in art galleries, museums, and public artwork. Read More
From Around the Field this week: NCPH closes our 2024 election; the National Endowment for Humanities closes applications for two grant programs; the Midwestern History Association calls for paper proposals for their 2024 conference
ANNOUNCEMENTS
This is the final week for NCPH members to participate in the organization’s 2024 election, cast your ballots by January 15, 2024
Museums Advocacy Day 2024 will take place in Washington, DC, US, February 26-27, 2024, register by January 19, 2024, to participate in person or check out resources to participate from home
The American Association for State and Local History will host this month’s History Hour, an informal networking event, online on January 23, 2024 at 3:00 pm Eastern
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations for their National Preservation Awards through January 26, 2024
The Association of African American Museums and the African American Civil Rights Network have extended the deadline for their grant program through January 31, 2024
The Massachusetts Historical Society is accepting applicants for four fellowship programs with application deadlines between February 1 and March 1, 2024
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