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Meetings, conferences or symposia
2013 National Trust Preservation Conference
The National Trust for Historic Preservation will hold its 2013 National Preservation Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 29-November 2. The conference encompasses nearly one hundred education and field sessions using Indianapolis and the surrounding area as a living laboratory of preservation examples. Read more >
Governor's Conference on Otto Kerner
The Governor's Conference on Otto Kerner (Illinois governor, 1961-1968) will include four panel sessions: Kerner Administration Goals and Accomplishments; Journalists' View of the Kerner Administration; Trial and Conviction of Otto Kerner; and The Public and Private Otto Kerner. The conference will be held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, 112 N. Sixth St., Springfield, IL. Read more >
Time for Everyone: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Public Time
Twenty years ago at Harvard University, the Longitude Symposium brought together collectors, restorers, dealers, academics, curators and people from seventeen countries interested in the history of time measurement. "Time for Everyone: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Public Time" will be held on November 7-9, 2013 at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Read more >
Call for Papers: 2013 Gulf South History and Humanities Conference
The 2013 Gulf South History and Humanities Conference will be held October 10-12 in Pensacola, Florida. The program committee seeks papers around the conference theme, "Five Hundred Years After Ponce De Leon: The Gulf South in Change, 1513-2013." Proposals should be postmarked by July 1, 2013. Read more >
Native Americans of New England: A Historical Overview
Native Americans of New England: A Historical Overview (July 7-26, 2013) is a summer institute for K-12 teachers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Each successful applicant receives a stipend to help with the cost of travel, lodging, and meals. Read more >
History of Science Society 2013 Annual Meeting
The History of Science Society will hold its 2013 annual meeting at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The meeting will mark the centennial anniversary of the society's journal Isis, one of the premiere international journals in the history of science. Submissions on all topics are encouraged. All proposals must be submitted via the HSS Web site or on the annual meeting proposal forms that are available from the HSS Executive Office. Deadline for applications is April 1, 2013. Also, anyone wishing to submit a panel or paper idea for the upcoming conference should visit hssmeeting.wikia.com. Read more >
C-SPAN 2013 Summer Educators' Conference
This summer, C-SPAN will be hosting two, day-and-a-half long conferences at C-SPAN's headquarters in the heart of Washington, DC. Airfare to and from Washington, two nights' hotel stay, and meals during the conference are all provided by C-SPAN. The dates for the conferences are: Monday, July 8th-Tuesday, July 9th; and Thursday, July 11th-Friday, July 12th. The application deadline is Friday, April 5, 2013. Read more >
2013 Midwest Archives Conference
Registration is now open for the Midwest Archives Conference 2013 annual meeting. The meeting will be held in Indianapolis, IN at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis April 18-20. Read more >
Massachusetts and the Civil War: The Commonwealth and National Disunion
The Massachusetts Historical Society invites you to attend its conference on Massachusetts and the Civil War: The Commonwealth and National Disunion, April 4-6. Read more >
Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: Capitalism, Democracy, and Progressivisms, 1877 to 1920
The Chicago Metro History Education Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Loyola University Chicago invite K-12 teachers to apply for the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, "Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: Capitalism, Democracy, and Progressivisms, 1877 to 1920," to be held July 8-August 2, 2013. NEH Summer Scholars will spend four weeks in Chicago, a center of Progressive Era reform, engaging in vigorous discussions about this critical time period in American history and creating materials to use in their classrooms. Read more >
Massachusetts and the Civil War: The Commonwealth and National Disunion
The Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street in Boston, will host this conference April 4-6, 2013, which will consider reform activities; military life; politics and the economy; slavery and emancipation; and how citizens dealt with the war's consequences. It will feature new areas of emphasis, including the radical intellectual tradition, health and the environment, and the memory of the war. Preregister to receive conference papers in advance; panelists and commentators will offer brief remarks, and a discussion with the audience will follow. Read more >
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