Monthly Archives: April 2010

Veterans History Project and Hebrew Language Table Explore American Jewish Service in World War II

Jason Steinhauer lecture on American Jewish Service in World War II at the Library of Congress, May 3, 2010. Noon. Free and open to the public. Continue reading

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Young Museum Professionals in New York

Hello, My name is Sarah Wassberg and I am currently enrolled in the Public History graduate program at SUNY Albany. I’m also working at Historic Huguenot Street in the Visitor Services Department. With the support of the SUNY Albany Public … Continue reading

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VCARA Conference

Call for Poster Presentations Submission Deadline: May 7, 2010 First Annual VCARA Conference “Public Records / Public Trust” May 25, 2010 5:30 PM (PST) to 7:30 PM (PST) Location: The Virtual Center for Archives and Records Administration (VCARA) in Second … Continue reading

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Digital History and Public History

Here’s an interesting post from Tom Scheinfeldt of the Center for History and New Media concerning a session at the recent National Council on Public History conference that two students from NYU participated in. I think it makes some great … Continue reading

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Guantanamo Public Memory Project Summer Internship

Research Intern Guantánamo Public Memory Project About the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (www.sitesofconscience.org) is a worldwide network of “Sites of Conscience” – historic sites dedicated to remembering past struggles for justice … Continue reading

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Documentary Editing — Publishing Opportunities

CALL FOR EDITIONS Documentary Editing The Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing Background Since 1979, Documentary Editing has been a premier journal in the field of documentary and textual editing. Beginning with the 2011 issue, Documentary Editing will move … Continue reading

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Leon Levy Center for Biography

Greetings from the Leon Levy Center for Biography! I would like to make sure your students and faculty are in the loop about our future events and our upcoming fellowship competition. As you may know, we put on about five … Continue reading

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Discussing the Archive Series – April 22

Join us for the last event in the “Discussing the Archives: Ideas, Practices, and Institutions” series. Panelists from a variety of fields and disciplines will discuss the relationship between archives and state power, with an emphasis on how to productively … Continue reading

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Master’s Study Break

The GSAS Master’s College Program Board invites you to the Master’s Study Break. Tuesday, April 20th at the Grad Lounge; Room 120 in the Silver Center From 4:30 until 6 pm. Need to blow off steam and regroup right before … Continue reading

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Tamimant/Wagner Summer Position Available — Communist Party

JOB OPENINGS TAMIMENT LIBRARY/WAGNER LABOR ARCHIVES Position Title: ARCHIVAL ASSISTANT Number of positions available: 1 Hours: approximately 20 hours per week beginning in Summer 2010 with the possibility to continue into the Fall semester Description of Responsibilities: The Tamiment Library/Wagner … Continue reading

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MIAP Thesis Presentations — April 14-16

FYI, you should find this interesting if you are available, and it might provide you with some ideas for viable capstone projects as well. Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:17:12 -0400 From: Zack Lischer-Katz Next week, from April 14-16, second … Continue reading

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History Department Newsletter

If anyone has anything you would like to contribute to the history department newsletter (recent conference presentations, awards, articles, whatever) please let me know and I will send it on to Jessica. Peter Dear Faculty, I wanted to let you … Continue reading

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Eye On The Arts Video Archive Intern

If anyone thinks they might be interested in this, please e-mail Celia at the address below her signature line. Thanks. Dear Peter, Just checking in to see if you happen to have an intern interested in working on the EYE … Continue reading

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Discussing the Archive Series

Discussing the Archive Series Announcing an upcoming panel discussion at NYU: “Embodied Archives” Wednesday, April 7th, 5:30 pm 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor (Humanities Initiative) Ann Fabian, Professor of American Studies and History, Dean of Humanities, Rutgers University Anne Golomb … Continue reading

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