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Television Producer Seeks Historians
Leftfield Pictures, producers of television programming for the History Channel—as well as Bravo, A&E, National Geographic and other networks—is looking for historians of American history and US Military History, to cast for upcoming shows being shot in Las Vegas, Nevada. Interested individuals should contact Ms. Sarah Cowan (sarah.cowan@leftfieldpictures.com). For more information about Leftfield Pictures, visit www.leftfieldpictures.com.
Chronicling America
Chronicling America recently announced the posting of its 5 millionth newspaper page. Launched by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in 2007, the Chronicling America web site features a searchable database of more than 800 newspapers from 25 states. It is a part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a joint effort between the two agencies and 32 state partners.
The Big History Project
The Big History Project looks at 13.7 billion years of history--from the Big Bang to modernity--and has as one of its goals to reveal common themes and patterns that help students better understand people, civilizations and our place in the universe.
Abraham Lincoln Discussion Symposium
Interested individuals are encouraged to visit and participate in a new online forum, "Abraham Lincoln Discussion Symposium."
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) Undergraduate History Journal
The Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) Undergraduate History Journal welcomes submissions for publication. The QMUL Undergraduate History Journal is the only published undergraduate history journal within the United Kingdom. For more information contact qmulhistoryjournal@gmail.com.
Historical Thinking Poster Goes Digital
With links to lessons, primary sources, teaching ideas, and more, TeachingHistory.org's interactive historical thinking poster gives K-12 teachers great tools to help students think like historians. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Teachinghistory.org is a project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
National Archives Celebrates First Lady Centennials
Throughout 2012, the National Archives will feature programming in celebration of the centennial anniversaries of the births of two former first ladies, Pat Nixon and Lady Bird Johnson. Commemorative events include teacher/student outreach, social media initiatives, and special programs and exhibits at both the Richard Nixon and Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Libraries. For more information, please visit www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/events/first-ladies-centennial/.
NARA Releases 2011 Federal Records Management Self-Assessment Report
In May 2011, NARA issued the mandatory annual records management self-assessment to federal agencies. The goal of the self-assessments is to determine whether federal agencies are compliant with statutory and regulatory records management requirements. For more information, please visit www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/resources/self-assessment-2011.pdf.
NEH Seeks Nominations for 2013 Jefferson Lecture
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites nominations for the 2013 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. NEH’s annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities award recognizes a scholar who has made significant contributions to the humanities and who has the ability to communicate the knowledge and wisdom of the humanities in a broadly appealing way. Deadline for nominations is May 25, 2012. For more information, please visit www.neh.gov/about/awards/jefferson-lecture-nominations.
Gilder Lehrman Institute Releases Essential Questions in American History Videos
The Gilder Lehrman Institute released a collection of short videos with historians answering fundamental questions about American history. For more information, please visit vimeo.com/album/1886800.
Writers Wanted for Historical Documents Studies Project
Salem Press, an imprint of EBSCO Publishing, is soliciting historians to write for a reference series in development that is best defined as historical document studies. We will publish primary source documents with analysis designed for advanced high school (AP) and undergraduate students and their teachers. Our coverage begins with two volumes, 1492-1750 and 1750-1800, and presents selections from journals, diaries, political sermons, slave narratives, political tracts, letters, and other genres on major subjects in the period. We also seek writers for volumes covering the 19th century, which will soon advance to production. An honorarium is available. For more information contact Jim Ryan, Senior Managing Editor, EBSCO Publishing at
Flat World Knowledge (FWK), the leading publisher of open textbooks, is looking for contributors to work on its upcoming database of primary sources in US history. Potential contributors should contact the editor, Dr. David J. Trowbridge, Marshall University at For more information, please visit www.flatworldknowledge.com.
Historical Research Assistance
Researcher seeks little known historical items, events, or people of interest for an upcoming television series. The series seeks to spotlight lesser known people or events that have made an impact on or are central to American history. Please send your ideas to Ms. Michelle Smawley (.
National Park Service Announces American Latino Theme Study
The National Park Service is undertaking an American Latino Theme Study to enhance the public?s understanding of the role of American Latinos in the development of the nation. The theme study will consist of a core essay that will cover Latina/o history since the fifteenth century, with a primary focus on the period since the 1820s, and will highlight four broad themes: making the nation, making a life, making a living, and making a democracy. The study encourages suggestions from the public about American Latino historic sites within the boundaries of the U.S. and the stories associated with them. Please send your suggestions (name of the property, where it is located, and a few sentences about why it is important and why it tells an important story) to: . For more information, please visit www.nps.gov/history/crdi/latino.html.
Casting Call: Historical Hackers
“Historical Hackers,” a documentary series now in development, is casting individuals interested in serving as its host and master cryptologist. This new series will explore the world of code breaking and codes that changed the course of history. Interested individuals are asked to submit their names, contact information, a photograph and brief biographical statement to .
American Demographic History: 1790—2000
American Demographic History Chartbook is a new Web site that presents a demographic history of the United States, using decennial census data from 1790 to 2000. For more information, please visit www.demographicchartbook.com.
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, .
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. For more information, please visit history.state.gov/frus150.
Research Support Services for Scholars
Ithaka S+R is pleased to announce Research Support Services for Scholars, a new program that will comprise a series of discipline-specific research projects aimed to provide critically needed research about the evolving behavior and needs of scholars to the information support service providers who work with them. For more information, please visit www.researchsupportservices.net/?page_id=8.
Oral History Association Seeks a New Institutional Home
The Oral History Association (OHA), the principal organization of practicing oral historians in the United States, is seeking a new home for its executive office and staff beginning in 2013. It also plans to hire an executive director to serve as its principal administrator after its new institutional home is determined. Institutions interested in hosting the OHA’s offices are invited to send an initial expression of interest to OHA by November 1, 2011. For more information contact the cochairs, Rina Benmayor (rbenmayor@csumb.edu) or Linda Shopes (lshopes@aol.com).
Foreign Relations of the United States Research Online
The Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State, announces new content highlighting the office’s research into the history of the Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series. For more information, please visit history.state.gov/frus150/research.
Women in Early America: A Call for Contributors
Women in Early America is an anthology on women in America from contact through the Revolutionary era. Proposals are sought for essays that employ a transnational approach and especially those that rewrite master narratives. As the volume is largely intended for use in undergraduate courses, essays that are written for that audience and that address major themes in women’s and gender history courses are also particularly desirable. If you are interested in proposing an essay for this volume, please send an abstract and cv via e-mail to Tom Foster, Depaul University ().
The Civilian Public Service Story Web site
The Civilian Public Service Story Web site (http://www.civilianpublicservice.org) tells the story of nearly twelve thousand conscientious objectors to war who chose Civilian Public Service (CPS) in World War II, performing “work of national importance” rather than bearing arms. The Web site includes the origins of the CPS program, a comprehensive listing of the draftees who served in CPS, as well as the communities, occupations, and denominations from which they entered, and the camps and units to which they were assigned.
Department of State Publishes Foreign Economic Policy, 1973-1976
The Department of State’s Office of the Historian in the Bureau of Public Affairs convened a conference on March 7, 2011, cohosted by the George Mason University School of Public Policy, which focused on the Foreign Economic Policy, 1973-1976 volume of the Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series. Transcripts and audio recordings may be accessed on the Office of the Historian website at their website. For more information, please visit history.state.gov/conferences/2011-foreign-economic-policy/audio-transcripts.
The Society of Military History Announces 2011 Award Winners
The Society of Military History (SMH) will hold its 2011 annual meeting June 10, in Lisle, Illinois. In recognition of academic excellence in and service to the field of military history, the Society of Military History has announced this year?s winners of its awards and prizes. For more information, please visit www.smh-hq.org/awards/awards.html.
NEH on the Road Program
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has issued a request for proposals for continuation of its “NEH on the Road” program. The program is a special initiative designed to create wider access to exhibitions funded by the Division of Public Programs. First implemented in 2005, the program offers smaller, object-based, low-security versions of some exhibitions, which circulate to small and mid-sized museums nationwide. The deadline for applications is July 6, 2011. Details and proposal guidelines may be found online at their website. For more information, please visit www.neh.gov.
Life and Limb: The Toll of the Civil War
Life and Limb: The Toll of the Civil War is a new traveling exhibition from the National Library of Medicine, touring U.S. libraries through 2013. Life and Limb describes the damage caused by the weapons of the time, the treatment of wounds, and their consequences for the young men who survived. Information on the current schedule and details about booking the exhibition are available online. For more information, please visit www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/travelingexhibitions/lifeandlimb.html .
Call for Peer Reviewers for the FY 2011 TAH Grant Competition
The U.S. Department of Education's Teaching American History (TAH) Grant Program seeks reviewers with expertise in U.S. history content, K-12 professional development initiatives, and evaluation. Reviewers will independently read, score, and provide written comments for proposal submissions. If you would like to be considered as a TAH peer reviewer, please complete the TAH Reviewer Checklist found at: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dERhR0d4UWpsVGlEemVsWXlxMGF4bWc6MQ and e-mail a copy of your current resume to the Teaching American History Program at: TAHReviewer@ed.gov
Call for Reviewers: American Journalism
American Journalism, the quarterly journal sponsored by the American Journalism Historians Association, recognizes the importance of peer reviewers in refining individual manuscripts and the contributions they make to the credibility and reputation of the journal. If you wish to apply to review manuscripts for American Journalism, please contact Barbara Friedman, University of North Carolina, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, CB #3365, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, or e-mail:
Greenwood Press is seeking authors
Greenwood Press seeks authors for a four-volume reference set entitled Chronology of the U.S. Presidency. Read more >
AHA offers an opportunity to mentor a graduate student with disabilities
Graduate study in history is arduous for all students, but students with disabilities face distinctive challenges. The American Historical Association (AHA) Task Force on Historians with Disabilities believes that historians who understand disability experiences firsthand could help such students deal with disability-related issues in graduate historical studies and in the development of their careers. If you are interested in mentoring a disabled graduate student, contact Paul Longmore at longmore@sfsu.edu. The task force will keep all provided information strictly confidential.
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