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Call for Proposals 2026 Creative Arts and Scholarly Engagement Festival

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The Margaret Walker Center invites proposals for papers, presentations, and panels for the 20th Annual Creative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 10 & 11, 2026. The CASE Festival will feature a keynote address by Dr. Evie Shockley, Director of Creative Writing and Writers and the Zora Neale Hurston […]

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Program Associate – Center for Oral History

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The Science History Institute (Philadelphia, PA) is currently recruiting for the full-time (35 hours per week) position of Program Associate, Center for Oral History. The Program Associate will focus on the maintenance and growth of the Institute’s oral history collection. Work includes processing audio/video recordings and transcripts; communication with interviewees; planning interviews for ongoing and

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Call for Case Studies – Artificial Intelligence Applications in Oral History (Due 12/31/25)

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The forthcoming publication from Palgrave Macmillan, Artificial Intelligence Applications in Oral History: Reports from the Field, is launching a call for case studies from oral history practitioners across the world who have utilized artificial intelligence technologies in their work. The possible applications of this technology will be divided into the following chapters: Chapter 1 –

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Incite’s Oral History MA Program is Hiring a New Co-Director

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The Oral History Master of Art Program (OHMA) at Columbia University invites applications for a full-time appointment as a Lecturer in Discipline, to serve as Co-Director for the Oral History Master of Art Program. This is a full-time appointment based in Incite to begin July 1, 2026. The Co-Director will work alongside Amy Starecheski, current Director of

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Call for Chapters: Routledge Handbook of Oral History Theory (Due 1/31/26)

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Co-editors George Severs and Amy Tooth Murphy are inviting expressions of interest to contributechapters to the forthcoming Routledge Oral History Theory Handbook. The Handbook will consist ofbetween 35 and 40 chapters in English which aim to reflect on and advance the field of theorywithin oral history. Despite its usefulness and importance, theory remains under-examined andunder-appreciated

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Agricultural History Society Award for Public Engagement

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Submissions Due December 31, 2025 The Agricultural History Society established the Effland-Grim-Reid Award for Public Engagement in Agricultural History in 2022. The award recognizes an individual, group, or organization that makes a significant contribution to broad public understanding of agricultural history or demonstrates creativity and innovation in practice, either through an exceptional activity or for

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One-Year Postdoc Fellowship @ American Conservation Experience (apply by july 21)

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The American Conservation Experience is hiring a one-year postdoctoral fellow whose primary responsibility will be to record oral histories with Downwinder communities in Utah and Nevada. During this one-year Fellowship program, one Mellon Humanities Fellow will research, document, contextualize, and interpret the first-hand experiences of area residents who lived through a decade (1951-1962) of above-ground nuclear

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Postdoc Research Fellow @ Institute for Immigration Research, George Mason University

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George Mason University’s Institute for Immigration Research is hiring a Postdoc for the 2025-2026 academic year (potentially renewable) to help build folklore, arts, culture, and storytelling initiatives at the IIR. They encourage recently minted PhDs with a strength in immigration, arts, and/or culture to apply. Reach out to Lisa Gilman (lgilman3@gmul.edu) if you have questions.

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Shannon Senior Historian & Assistant Director @ Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies

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Deadline: June 15, 2025 About the Thomas Jefferson Foundation:The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has a twofold mission of preservation and education, and was incorporated in 1923 to preserve Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Today, the Foundation seeks to bring history forward into national and global dialogues by engaging audiences with Jefferson’s world

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Head of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library @ Pennsylvania State University

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Location: University Park, PA 16802 The Pennsylvania State University Libraries seeks applications for the position of Head of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library. Reporting to the Associate Dean for Distinctive Collections and Digital Strategies, this tenure-line faculty librarian position provides strategic leadership and administration of the Special Collections Library (SCL). This position will build

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Oral History Fellowship @ California State Parks

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Review of interest forms will begin on May 5, 2025. Description: California State Parks in the Capital District (Sacramento Region) seeks graduate students or early-career professionals with an interest in museums for a fellowship program starting in July 2025. Fellows will undertake an oral history project at either the California State Railroad Museum or the

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One-Year Contract Positions @ Crownsville Hospital

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Due May 2, 2025 Crownsville Hospital Public History Manager The Cultural Resources Section in the Planning Division is hiring a Contractual Crownsville Hospital Public History Manager. The primary role of this position is to: The position will work under the direction of the Program Administrator for the Cultural Resources Section in the Office of Planning and

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