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New Publication Focuses on American Folk Art and Americana

January 13, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Americana InsightsAmericana Insights, a new nonprofit e-journal and multi-faceted resource center, has been launched by Jane Katcher, Americana and American folk art collector, in collaboration with David A. Schorsch, an authority on American antiques and folk art.

The digital publication is supported by an advisory board of museum and art-world professionals and edited by independent scholar, author, and curator Robert Shaw. [Read more…] about New Publication Focuses on American Folk Art and Americana

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Academia, art, Folk Art, Folklore, Material Culture, Recent Publications

2020-21 NYS Archives Research Residents Announced

July 7, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Hackman Research Residency AwardsThe New York State Archives have announced the 2020-21 Hackman Research Residency Awards.

The Larry J. Hackman Research Residency Program supports advanced work on New York State history, government, or public policy using historical records in the State Archives by academics, graduate students, public historians, and teachers. [Read more…] about 2020-21 NYS Archives Research Residents Announced

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Academia, New York State Archives, NYS Archives Trust

Scholarships Available for NY Museums Conference

November 7, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

many logoThe Museum Association of New York (MANY) has announced professional development scholarships for museum professionals to attend “The Power of Partnership” 2020 Annual Conference in Albany, March 29 -31, 2020.

MANY will offer three categories of professional scholarships: Capital Region Museum Employees, Emerging Museum Professionals, and the Cassetti Annual Conference Scholarship. [Read more…] about Scholarships Available for NY Museums Conference

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Academia, Conferences, Museum Association of New York, Museums

Sullivan-Clinton Campaign Symposium in Fort Plain

October 20, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Sullivan Clinton Campaign 1779The Fort Plain Museum will host a symposium on the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign against Native Americans in 1779 on Saturday, November 2nd. Pre-registration is recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. [Read more…] about Sullivan-Clinton Campaign Symposium in Fort Plain

Filed Under: Events, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Academia, American Revolution, Conferences, Fort Plain Museum, Iroquois, Military History, Native American History, Sullivan_Clinton Expedition

N-Y Historical Society Accepting Fellowship Applications

October 17, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New York Historical Society fellowship programNew York Historical Society fellowship programThe New-York Historical Society is now accepting applications for its fellowship program for the 2020–2021 academic year.

Leveraging its rich collections that detail American history through the lens of New York City, New-York Historical’s fellowships are open to scholars at various times during their academic careers and help provide the resources and community to develop new research and publications that illuminate complex issues of the past. [Read more…] about N-Y Historical Society Accepting Fellowship Applications

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Academia, Fellowships, New York City, New York Historical Society

Historians Issue Statement On Domestic Terrorism, Racism, and History

September 2, 2019 by Editorial Staff 6 Comments

American Historical Association

The oldest and largest society of historians and professors of history in the United States, the American Historical Association (AHA), has issued a statement condemning “the recent deployment of histories invented in the interest of bigotry, violence, and division.”

“If the statements of white nationalists do not reflect who Americans are or want to be,” the statement says, “they do compose an undeniable part of our collective past. Those aspects of the nation’s heritage should be exposed and overcome, rather than ignored or celebrated. Knowledge of history can help Americans achieve that goal.”
[Read more…] about Historians Issue Statement On Domestic Terrorism, Racism, and History

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Academia, American Historical Association

NYS Archives Research Award Recipients Announced

July 15, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Albany Cultural Education Center State Museum Archives and LibraryThe New York State Archives have announced the recipients of their Larry J. Hackman Research Residency Program, which supports advanced work on New York State history, government, or public policy using historical records in the Archives.

This donor-supported program honors the New York State Archivist who managed the dramatic development of the State Archives between 1981 and 1995. [Read more…] about NYS Archives Research Award Recipients Announced

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Academia, Albany, New York State Archives

22nd International Fenimore Cooper Conference Call for Papers

March 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Apotheosis of Washington by Constantino BrumidiThe 22nd International James Fenimore Cooper/Susuan Fenimore Cooper Conference has been set for September 25-28, 2019, at SUNY Oneonta.

This years conference will examine Cooper within this tension between native purity and immigrant amalgamation.

Organizers have announced they are seeking papers that address the role of Cooper and his contemporaries in forging an American identity out of the cultural mixture of overlapping empires and immigration. [Read more…] about 22nd International Fenimore Cooper Conference Call for Papers

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Academia, Conferences, Cultural History, Immigration, James Fenimore Cooper, Literature, Native American History, SUNY Oneonta

New Directions for ‘New York History’ Journal

February 26, 2019 by Guest Contributor 4 Comments

new york historyThe journal New York History turns a century old in 2019 and this summer readers will find volume 100, issue number 1, in their mailboxes and see notices of the digital delivery of the journal in their email inboxes.

The most anticipated change at the journal, which is under new stewardship of Cornell University Press collaborating with the New York State Museum, is a welcome return to the past. The journal, after being a digital-only publication since 2012, will return to glorious print. Readers will be able to peruse bound paper issues and consult PDF and reflowable e-journals as their interests and reading needs determine. We know that paper and screens have their respective and complementary places in our reading lives, and the editors of the journal have ensured that all readers will have a choice of formats. [Read more…] about New Directions for ‘New York History’ Journal

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Academia, Cornell University, New York History, New York State Museum, Publishing, Recent Publications, State Historian

Historian Alan Brinkley: A Life in History

February 20, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

a life in historyThe new book Alan Brinkley: A Life in History (Columbia University Press, 2019), edited by David Greenberg, Moshik Temkin and Mason B. Williams, brings together essays on Brinkley’s major works and ideas, as well as personal reminiscences from leading historians and thinkers beyond the academy whom Brinkley collaborated with, befriended, and influenced.

The volume includes essays by critic Frank Rich, journalists Jonathan Alter and Nicholas Lemann, biographer A. Scott Berg, and historians Eric Foner and Lizabeth Cohen. Together, the seventeen essays that form the book chronicle the life and thought of a working historian, the development of historical scholarship in our time, and the role that history plays in our public life. [Read more…] about Historian Alan Brinkley: A Life in History

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Academia, Book Notices, Books, Political History

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