ai4Libraries is now accepting proposals for their second-year conference. This conference is a free, virtual event that is scheduled to take place on October 23, 2024 (time to be determined). Please note that the registration limited to 500 attendees this year.
The conference is accepting proposals for the following session types:
Lightning Talk (10 minutes, includes Q&A)
Presentation or Library Project Demo (20 Minutes, includes Q&A)
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The Southern Association for Women Historians (SAWH) invites proposals for its thirteenth triennial conference, to be held June 19-22, 2025, at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. The conference provides a stimulating and congenial forum for discussing all aspects of southern women’s history and gender history. The program organizers seek to reflect the best in recent scholarship and the diversity of our profession, including college and university professors, graduate students, public historians, K-12 teachers, community organizers, and independent scholars.
In partnership with The Mary McLeod Bethune Institute for the Study of Women and Girls at Bethune-Cookman University, this SAWH meeting is an unprecedented opportunity for our organization to mark the 150th anniversary of Dr. Bethune’s birth (and the 120th anniversary of the university). This year’s theme, “Unspeakable Challenges,” is inspired by yet another taxing moment in history. The Bethune Institute is an artfully crafted resource for intentional research, programming, and support for issues paramount to the survival and success of women and girls. Of particular note are gender equity topics such as women’s leadership, food and housing security, body image, physical and sexual health and safety, LGBTQ+ challenges, mental health and emotional wellness, maternal health, and healthy relationships. In this spirit, we want to address the front lines of the battle to ensure a bright future for all in this state and nation.
We recognize the specific obstacles and challenges that traveling to Florida might present, and we acknowledge that these obstacles and challenges exist throughout the South and, increasingly, the nation. The organization is committed to providing a safe space for scholarship and conversations about “unspeakable challenges.”
Proposals on any topic related to Southern Women’s histories will be considered, but those related to this year’s theme are most likely to be accepted. Click here for proposal form/instructions.
Topics May Include:
Native American history and challenges
Immigration
Health Care
Education
Public History
Teaching in &/or about this Moment
Reproductive Rights
Sex, Sexuality and Gender
Safety
HBCUs
Student Movements
Teaching History in Florida and Other Southern Schools
The program seeks proposals for the following:
Panels (we prefer to receive proposals for complete 3-paper sessions with a chair, but will consider individual papers as well).
Roundtables (informal discussions of a historical or professional issue).
Workshops (informal discussions centered around professional development).
Scholars or community leaders interested in chairing or commenting on a session are invited to submit a 500-word vita.
The submission deadline is September 1, 2024.
SAWH program committee:
Chairs: Françoise N. Hamlin & Robin Morris Denise Bates Beverly Bond Lorri Glover Pippa Holloway Briana Royster
The Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series, published by Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of Bloomsbury, welcomes book proposals that advance knowledge in the discipline and profession of library and information science. The following broad topics are suggestions that future authors may wish to undertake, but is by no means an exhaustive list:
The economics of information and libraries
Innovative service options in different environments
Technologies that facilitate librarians’ and information specialists’ work
Examination of the dynamics of communities
Complexities of decision making
Developing professionals to make differences in organizations
Research into communication challenges
Serving ethnically, culturally, and/or linguistically diverse populations
Creating models for the sustenance of leadership in organizations
More information about the series can be found here. To see our most recent publications, please view the Rowman & Littlefield website.
Authors are asked to submit proposals that include the following:
Working title
Expected publication date and anticipated timeline
Estimated length of manuscript
Summary
Outline of chapters
Drafted chapter (if possible)
Explanation of the significance of the manuscript
Resume or vita addressing author’s qualifications
Inquiries, questions, and proposals should be sent directly to the Editor, Andrea Falcone, at bpmseries@gmail.com.
Call for article submissions for the 2026 issue of Markers, the scholarly journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies. The deadline is November 1, 2024.
The subject matter of Markers is defined as the analytical study of gravemarkers, monuments, tombs, and cemeteries of all types and encompassing all historical periods and geographical regions. Markers is of interest to scholars in public history, anthropology, historical archaeology, art and architectural history, ethnic studies, material culture studies, historic preservation, American studies, folklore and popular culture studies, linguistics, literature, rhetoric, local and regional history, cultural geography, sociology, and related fields. Articles submitted for publication in Markers should be scholarly, analytical, and interpretive, not merely descriptive or entertaining, and should be written in a style appropriate to both a wide academic audience and an audience of interested non-academics.
Questions and submissions to Markers should be sent to Editor Elisabeth Roark, Professor of Art History and Museum Studies at Chatham University, at roark@chatham.edu. To learn more about the Association for Gravestone Studies, please visit our website at https://www.gravestonestudies.org/.
Contact Information
Dr. Elisabeth Roark, Editor, Professor of Art History and Museum Studies, Chatham University
Archival Science Volume 24, Issue 2 June 2024 Special Issue: Dignity by Design: Pathways to Participatory Recordkeeping Systems Issue Editors: Elliot Freeman, Violet Hamence-Davies, Joanne Evans (partial open access)
Dignity by design: pathways to participatory recordkeeping systems Elliot Freeman, Violet Hamence-Davies, Joanne Evans
Returning love to Ancestors captured in the archives: Indigenous wellbeing, sovereignty and archival sovereignty Kirsten Thorpe
Beyond access: (re)designing archival guides for changing landscapes Mike Jones, Rebe Taylor
Archival dignity, colonial records and community narratives Jeannette A. Bastian, Stanley H. Griffin
Caring records: professional insights into child-centered case note recording Martine HawkesJoanne EvansBarbara Reed
The need for a participatory recordkeeping system for children and young people placed in residential care homes: the case of Sweden Proscovia Svard, Sheila Zimic
Designing recordkeeping systems for transitional justice and peace: ‘on the ground’ experiences and practices relating to organizations supporting conflict-affected peoples Victoria Lemieux, Amber Gallant, Niloufar Vahid-Massoudi
The perpetual twilight of records: consentful recordkeeping as moral defence Gregory Rolan, Antonina Lewis
Publishing in the Archives Profession 