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Gerald T. Flom, 1930-2011
The Civil War at 150 Podcast
Ed Linenthal, the executive editor of the Journal of American History, talks with Allen Guelzo, Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and director of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College, comparing and contrasting the Civil War centennial with the ongoing sesquicentennial and the Lincoln bicentennial in 2009. Read more >
2012 OAH/NCPH Annual Meeting Program Now Online
The 2012 OAH/NCPH Annual Meeting Program has been mailed to OAH members and may also be downloaded online at http://annualmeeting.oah.org/.
January OAH Magazine of History Focuses on Black Freedom Struggle Outside the South
The theme for the January 2012 issue of the OAH Magazine of History is Beyond Dixie: The Black Freedom Struggle Outside of the South. It features an all-star lineup of scholars whose work continues to transform our understanding of this subject. They include consulting editor and contributor Patrick Jones, Thomas Sugrue, Jeanne Theoharis, Lisa Levenstein, Donna Murch, Craig Werner, Trevor Griffey, and Hasan Kwame Jeffries. The issue also includes interviews with Fannie Rushing on her activism with Chicago Area Friends of SNCC, and with José “Cha Cha” Jiménez on his involvement in the Young Lords and the fight for Puerto Rican liberation in the Windy City. Read more >
Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Julia Cherry Spruill Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read more >
JFK Library Releases Final Recordings
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum announced that it has declassified and made available the final 45 hours of White House recordings that were secretly taped during President John F. Kennedy’s time in office. Read more >
Authors Wanted
Authors wanted for the final stages of an encyclopedia on Women and American Military History to be published with ABC-Clio at the end of 2012. Most of the entries have already been assigned and submitted, but authors are still needed for several important entries. Unassigned entries include the War in Afghanistan, the Cold War, U.S. Intervention in Latin America, Middle East Conflicts, Nursing, and several biographies. Faculty, graduate students, and Independent scholars are all encouraged to inquire. For more information contact Lisa Tendrich Frank, .
Research Fellowships at the Robert J. Dole Archive
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars are eligible to apply for this one-time $2,500 award which will support substantial contributions to the study of Congress, politics, or public policy issues. Applications for the 2012 Dole Institute Research Fellowship are due on or before March 15, 2012. More information is available at: http://dolearchive.ku.edu/research/fellowships/.
Ithaca College Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellow
The School of Humanities and Sciences at Ithaca College announces a Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship for 2012-2013. The fellowship supports promising scholars who are committed to diversity in the academy in order to better prepare them for tenure track appointments within liberal arts or comprehensive colleges/universities. Screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. More information is available at: http://www.icjobs.org.
Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery Fellowship
Applications are now open for the residential fellowship with The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. Applications are encouraged from scholars and public intellectuals to study the fundamental origins and circumstances surrounding debt bondage, forced labor, human trafficking, and other forms of modern day slavery. Deadline is March 1, 2012 More information is available at: http://www.yale.edu/glc/info/trafficking.htm.
ACLS Public Fellows Program
The American Council for Learned Societies (ACLS) invites applications for its second competition of the ACLS Public Fellows Program. The program will place thirteen recent Ph.D.s from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Fellows will participate in the substantive work of these organizations and receive professional mentoring. Deadline for applications is March 21, 2012. More information is available at: http://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellows/.
Civil War Study Group Symposium
The Civil War Study Group will hold its fifth annual symposium at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, IL, on September 15, 2012. The organizing committee seeks proposals for papers related to the theme of “Abraham Lincoln and the Intersection of War and Society.” For more information contact Daniel W. Stowell, Director, The Papers of Abraham Lincoln, via e-mail at: dstowell@papersofabrahamlincoln.org. Deadline is April 15, 2012.
The Cosmopolitan Metropolis: Urban History Association Conference
The sixth biennial conference of the Urban History Association will be held in New York City, October 26-28, 2012. Its program committee seeks submissions for panels, roundtable discussions, and individual papers on all aspects of urban, suburban, and metropolitan history. Deadline for submissions is March 15, 2012. More information is available at: http://uha.udayton.edu/conf.html.
Nixon Grand Jury Records Now Online
In May 1975, the Watergate Special Prosecution team found it necessary to question former President Richard M. Nixon in connection with various ongoing investigations at the time. The following month, Nixon was questioned by and his testimony was given to the third Watergate Grand Jury. Through the efforts of the Public Citizen Litigation Group, on behalf of the OAH and others, these records are now online. Read more >
Urban History Association’s Kenneth T. Jackson Book Award
The Urban History Association will award a prize of $500 for the best book in North American urban history with a publication date of 2011. For applications and nominations, please submit three copies of the book, each containing a complete publication citation, by April 16, 2012. More information is available at: http://uha.udayton.edu/awards.html.
Urban History Association Best Article Award
The Urban History Association will award the best article on urban history in a scholarly journal with its annual article award. For applications and nominations, please submit three copies of the article, each containing a complete publication citation, by April 16, 2012. More information is available at: http://uha.udayton.edu/awards.html.
Urban History Association Best Dissertation Award
The award for Best Dissertation in Urban History completed in 2011 will be given by the Urban History Association. For applications and nominations, please submit three (3) copies of the dissertation, each containing information on where and when completed. All materials must be received by April 16, 2012. More information is available at: http://uha.udayton.edu/awards.html.
Wiley-Silver Prize for First Book in Civil War History
The Center for Civil War Research is accepting submissions for the inaugural Wiley-Silver Prize in Civil War history. The prize, awarded to the best first book in Civil War history published in 2011, is intended to recognize emerging scholars in the history of the American Civil War. More information is available at: http://www.civilwarcenter.olemiss.edu/wileysilverbookprize.html.
2012 Fellowships at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Situated at the center of the world’s largest museum complex, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) are a vital part of the Institution’s research, exhibition, and education enterprise. March 15, 2012 is the deadline for many SIL fellowships, resident scholar programs, and fellowships. More information is available at: http://www.sil.si.edu/Galaxy.cfm?id=3.3.
Filson Historical Society Fellowships
The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky, invites applications for fellowships and internships to support research in The Filson’s collections. Applications must be received by February 15, 2012. More information is available at: http://www.filsonhistorical.org/fellowships.html.
Office of the Historian Commemorates Anniversary
The Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions. The series began in 1861 and provides an indispensable resource for all who seek to understand U.S. foreign policy and strategic planning, international relations, economic affairs, and transnational social and cultural developments. More information is available at: http://history.state.gov/frus150.
Sarah Ruth Hammond, 1977-2011
More information is available at: http://theoberlinnewstribune.com/obituaries/sarah-ruth-hammond/.
2012 OAH Annual Business Meeting
The OAH Business Meeting will be held immediately preceding the OAH Awards Ceremony and Presidential Address, Saturday April 21 at 3:30 p.m. All OAH members are encouraged to attend and participate in the governance of the organization. Proposals for action by the OAH shall be made in the form of ordinary motions or resolutions. As outlined in Article VIII, Section 3 of the OAH Constitution and Bylaws (http://www.oah.org/about/constitution.html), all such motions or resolutions must be submitted at least thirty days prior to the meeting (or March 22, 2012) to the OAH Executive Director Katherine M. Finley and the OAH Parliamentarian Jonathan Lurie. Proposals should be sent to the OAH, 112 North Bryan Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47408.
Dr. Miller Leads Fundraising Efforts
Dr. Linda Karen Miller, 1996 OAH Tachau Teacher of the Year recipient, led fundraising efforts in Las Vegas, Nevada to build a statue dedicated to Helen J. Stewart, often called the “first lady of Las Vegas.” For the past four years Miller has been appearing as Helen J. Stewart in character and costume at various civic groups around town. Read more >
Academic Opportunities in U.S. Naval History
The Naval History and Heritage Command, an agency of the United States Navy, provides various funding opportunities through its predoctoral fellowships, research grants, and scholarships for research and writing on aspects of U.S. naval history. The application deadline for all of these programs is March 30, 2012. More information is available at: http://www.history.navy.mil/prizes/prizes.htm.
Henning Graduate Fellowship in Labor Culture and History
The Fund for Labor Culture and History invites applications for its 2012 Henning Graduate Fellowship in Labor Culture and History. The Henning Fellowship encourages innovative study of the problems, identities, philosophies, and the expressive cultures of working people in the United States. Applications must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2012. More information is available at: http://www.laborculture.org/scholarship/henning.html.
2012 NEH Summer Institute: Visual culture of the American Civil War
The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning at the City University of New York Graduate Center will host a two-week NEH Summer Institute for college and university teachers in July 2012 on the visual culture of the American Civil War. Applications deadline is March 1, 2012. More information is available at: http://ashp.cuny.edu/civil-war-150/nehinstitute/.
Northern Great Plains History Conference
The Society for Military History (SMH) sponsors sessions at the Northern Great Plains History Conference (NGPHC) which will be held September 27-29, 2012 in Fargo, ND. The SMH encourages graduate students as well as faculty, government, and independent historians to submit proposals for papers or sessions. Please send a one-page paper proposal and c.v. or, for a full session proposal, send a one-page session proposal, and a one-page abstract for each paper, and c.v.s for all participants, to: jcfitzharris@stthomas.edu by April 1, 2012.
2012 International Conference of the Graduate School of North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
The 2012 International Conference of the Graduate School of North American Studies, Freie Universit․t Berlin, will be held May 11-12, and invites papers on a range of diverse topics around the theme, “Making It Home: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Belonging and Displacement in America.” More information is available at: http://www.gsnas.fu-berlin.de/en/conference/2012/.
Conference on Illinois History
Proposals are invited for individual papers or panels on any aspect of Illinois’ history, culture, politics, geography, literature, and archaeology for the 2012 Conference on Illinois History, October 11-12, in Springfield, Illinois. More information is available at: http://www.IllinoisHistory.gov/conference.htm.
2013 OAH Annual Meeting
The program committee invites proposals for the 2013 OAH Annual Meeting, April 11-14, in San Francisco, California. The theme for the 2013 OAH Annual Meeting will be “Entangled Histories: Connections, Crossings, and Constraints in U.S. History.” More information, including proposal instructions and deadlines, are available at our web site. Read more >
Actions of the OAH Executive Board
The OAH Executive Board took action on several of its November agenda items, including hearing reports from the task forces assigned to examine the annual meeting and membership, reviewing a proposed plagiarism policy, discussing disability issues, and approving appointments of individuals to OAH service and award committees. Read more >
The OAH recognized by the Indiana Society of Association Executives
The Indiana Association of Association Executives held its annual Star Awards banquet on December 8. The Organization of American Historians received first-place awards in two association categories: the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program was recognized as the best non-dues revenue program, and our new membership newsletter, OAH Outlook, was recognized as the best association newsletter or bulletin.
Secretary of Education Stresses History in “the Age of Accountability”
At the annual meeting of the National Council for Social Studies this month, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addressed the importance of history in elementary and secondary curricula. Duncan asserted that to “boost student achievement, history should not be eliminated but expanded.” We invite you to read a transcript of Secretary Duncan's remarks, “A Well-Rounded Curriculum in the Age of Accountability.” More information is available at: http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/well-rounded-curriculum-age-accountability.
Registration Now Open for the
2012 OAH/NCPH Annual Meeting
Join your colleagues in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from April 18 to 21, 2012, for the 104th annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, a joint meeting with the National Council on Public History (NCPH). With more than 150 panels, events, and special sessions on teaching skills, digital history, and the Civil War, the meeting promises to be exciting. Read more >
National Council for Public History Call for Proposals
The National Council on Public History (NCPH) invites panel, roundtable, workshop, working group, and individual paper proposals for its 2013 conference to be held in Ottawa, Canada. The Call for Poster sessions will be issued in fall 2012. Deadline for proposals is July 15, 2012. More information is available at: http://ncph.org/cms/.
Release of Presidential Memorandum on Managing Government Records
President Barack Obama issued a memorandum on November 28, 2011 to the heads of all federal executive departments and agencies on managing government records. This memorandum marks the start of an executive branch-wide effort to reform records management policies and practices. The memorandum requires each agency to report to the Archivist of the United States, David S. Ferriero, the name of a senior agency official who will supervise an agency-wide evaluation of its records management programs. These evaluations are to focus on electronic records, including email and social media, as well as those programs that may be deploying or developing cloud-based services. More information is available at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/28/presidential-memorandum-managing-government-records.
Army Heritage Center Foundation Fellowship
The Army Heritage Center Foundation invites graduate students to apply for the 2012 Robert C. and Robert L. Ruth Fellowship. The successful candidate will receive a $1,500 stipend to facilitate a three-week research program in the archives of the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center. More information is available at: http://www.armyheritage.org.
NEH Summer Institute for Teachers
“American Frontiers in Global Perspective” will explore how the frontier experience in US history compares with frontier experiences in other societies. In addition to considering various meanings of “frontiers,” participants will develop curricular materials for secondary level classrooms, interact with fellow educators from throughout the United States, and study with a faculty of scholars active in the fields of history, environmental studies, and secondary education. The summer institute will be hosted by Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 24 through July 13, 2012. More information is available at: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/history/katerbergneh/.
Allen William Trelease, 1928-2011
Making Access Easier at the National Archives
The National Archives and Records Administration is increasing its use of social media sites and tools to provide access to its vast holdings.
United States Naval Academy Fellowship
The United States Naval Academy Department of History invites applications for the Class of 1957 Fellowship in naval or Marine Corps history for the 2012-13 academic year. Applications will be considered for any period or aspect of naval or Marine Corps history. The successful applicant will be a recipient of the Ph.D. within the past five years or an ABD researching the dissertation. To apply, send a cover letter, c.v., writing sample, transcript, and three letters of recommendation to Professor Robert Love (mailto:love@usna.edu). Deadline for applications is March 1, 2012.
Massachusetts Historical Society Fellowships
The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) will offer short-term and long-term research fellowships for the academic year 2012-2013, including two MHS-National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) long-term research fellowships. Other MHS fellowships include: the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, the Suzanne and Caleb Loring Fellowship, and the MHS Short-term Fellowship. More information is available at: http://www.masshist.org/fellowships.
Mary Baker Eddy Library Summer 2012 Fellowships
Applications are now available for summer 2012 research fellowships at the Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston. Open to academic scholars, independent researchers, and graduate students, fellowships support research at the library using the papers of Mary Baker Eddy and records documenting the history of Christian Science, women?s history, spirituality and health, religious studies, and nineteenth-century history. More information is available at: http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/visit/fellowships.
Call for Papers: Women, The Arts, and Activism
Women, The Arts, and Activism, a Women’s History Conference at Sarah Lawrence College, will be held in Bronxville, New York, March 2-3, 2012. Free and open to the public, conference organizers invite the submission of proposals for papers, panels, workshops and performances that express the diverse nature of the story of women in the arts, and their activism, from ancient to modern and postmodern, from all areas of the arts. Deadline: Monday, December 5, 2011. Please send proposals to: tjames@sarahlawrence.edu.
The OAH Joins in Support of House Resolution 3071
The Organization of American Historians has joined the National Coalition for History in supporting House Resolution 3071, which amends the Presidential Records Act to establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of presidential records. The OAH supports the proposed legislation which significantly reduces the possibilities of closing presidential records while keeping them as accessible as possible. More information is available at: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-3071.
NARA Debuts National History Day Web Site
The National Archives is pleased to announce a special Web site highlighting activities and documents related to the 2012 National History Day (NHD) theme, “Revolution, Reaction, and Reform in History.” Visit http://www.DocsTeach.org/home/national-history-day for sample documents, suggested topics, and special activities available for the 2012 NHD competition. For more on National History Day, visit: http://www.nhd.org/.
Educational Testing Service Seeks AP Readers
The Educational Testing Service seeks teaching professionals to serve as readers for its annual Advanced Placement (AP) examinations in world history, U.S. history, government and politics. The ETS invites interested individuals to visit http://apcentral.collegeboard.org/read for more information and eligibility requirements on the AP Exam Readers Program.
The OAH Executive Board Issues Statement on Institutional Review Boards
In its letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, the executive board of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) unanimously agrees that the work of historians, especially oral historians, should be exempt from the purview of institutional review boards (IRBs). Read more >
2012 OAH Community College Symposium
The OAH Community College Symposium is a three-day professional development experience for community college historians. The sixth annual OAH Community College Symposium will be held in Springfield, Illinois, June 14-16, 2012, on the campus of Lincoln Land Community College. Designed to enrich the teaching of the U.S. history survey, the symposium presents new historical themes-as well as the latest historical research in traditional themes-to those teaching the college survey course. To reach a wide audience of historians, the annual symposium is held in a different U.S. location each year. More information is available at: http://cc.oah.org/.
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center Visiting Scholars Program
The Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center at the University of Oklahoma seeks applicants for its Visiting Scholars Program, which provides grants of $500 to $1000 to researchers working at the center’s archives. Awards of $500–$1000 are normally granted as reimbursement for travel and lodging. Read more >
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