Oral History Association Calls for Papers for the 2003 Annual Meeting
The Oral History Association (OHA) invites proposals by December 31, 2002, for papers and presentations at its 2003 annual meeting to be held at October 8–12, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bethesda, Maryland. The meeting theme is “Creating Communities: Cultures, Neighborhoods, Institutions” and the aim is to take up the challenge of how oral history can illuminate the ways in which people weave the cultural mosaic of our society by creating communities in diverse setting and locales.
Paper topics may deal with the diversity of community life, the forces that affect the creation and continuity of community, and the forms in which individuals have created communities.
The program committee invites proposals from oral history practitioners in a wide variety of disciplines and settings and encourages them to think about “community” in its largest sense. The committee is interested in grass-roots history that gives voice to and empowers communities; folklore and folklife projects that preserve and enhance cultural continuity; explorations of racial and ethnic communities that consider both internal formation and engagement with American polity and society; political and diplomatic history that locates its subjects within communities; labor and business studies that trace the communities in these arenas; and oral history of the military that considers the social life of this institution.
The program committee encourages submissions from a academic as well as community scholars and seeks contributions from museums, historical societies, archives and libraries, community groups, teachers, media/technology professionals, and independent consultants.
Details about the annual meeting and proposal submissions can be obtained from the association’s web site, https://oralhistory.org/, or from the 2003 program chair, Roger Horowitz, who can be reached by e-mail addressed to rh@UDel.edu.
SHFG Announcements
The Society for History in the Federal Government has awarded the James Madison Prize for 2002 to K. Walter Hickel, a historian at the National Library of Medicine, for his article, “War, Region, and Social Welfare: Federal Aid to Servicemen’s Dependents in the South, 1917–1921—which appeared in the Journal of American History, 87:4 (March 2001),1362–91. The society’s Charles Thomson Prize was awarded to J. Samuel Walker, chief historian of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, for his article, “Nuclear Power and NOnproliferation: The Controversy over Nuclear Exports,” which appeared in Diplomatic History, 25:2 (spring 2001), 215–49.
The society will hold its next annual meeting March 14–15, 2003, at the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies on the campus of Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The theme for this conference will be “Federal Records and the Cause of History.” Paper and panel proposals are invited on a broad range of events, institutions, individuals, technology, and issues that have affected our ability and right to information in a democratic context. Complete panel proposals are preferred. A 100–200 word abstract and brief c.v. should be sent by December 1, 2002, to the Program Chair, Dr. Roger D. Launius, Division of Space History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NASM Room 3560, MRC 311, Washington, DC 20013-7102. 202.633.2428. Fax 202.784.2947.E-Mail: launiusr@nasm.si.edu
Details about the society’s awards, annual meeting, and other activities can be obtained from the SHFG web site, https://www.shfg.org.
AASLH Announces 2003 Awards and Workshop Series
The American Association for State and Local History invites submissions by March 1, 2002, to its 2003 awards program, which was initiated in 1945 to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local history. The awards program recognizes exemplary work completed by state or federal historical societies, institutions, or agencies; regional, county, or local historical societies, institutions, or agencies; specialized subject societies in related fields such as oral history, genealogy, folklore, archaeology, business history, railroad history, and so on; privately owned museums or foundations; individuals and organizations outside the field of traditional historical agencies. Awards are given for general excellence, exhibits, public programming, special projects, and media or publications. Nominees need not be members of the AASLH. Details can be obtained from the association’s web site, https://www.aaslh.org.
The association also announces its 2003 series of workshops, which are designed to meet the needs of entry-level and mid-career history professionals seeking to improve their skills. Organized in partnership with historical organizations and sites, the workshops will provide “hands-on” training to participants. Two workshops on interpretation issues and strategies and four on collection management and practices are planned to be held. Details about the workshops, deadlines, and application procedures can be obtained from https://www.aaslh.org.
AEJMC History Division Invites Nominations for Awards
The history division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication invites nominations for the 19th annual competition for the Covert Award in mass communication history. The $500 award will be presented to the the author of the best mass communication history article published in 2002. Book chapters in edited collections. Nominations for the award should be sent by March 1, 2003, to Karen K. List, Journalism Department, 108 Bartlett Hall, Umass, Amherst, MA 01003. The history division of the AEJMC solicits entries also for its annual award for the best journalism and mass communication history book. The winning author will receive a plaque and $500. Entries should be sent by February 1, 2003, to Patrick S. Washburn, AEJMC History Book Award Chair, E. W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701.
