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WHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for Papers

Women's History Network

First Call for Papers Womens History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections.

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries and Museums

Women's History Network

The 33rd annual conference, which will take place on 4-5 September, 2025 will explore and celebrate women in the archives, libraries and museums and the challenge of uncovering their presence. We encourage approaches that foreground marginalised voices and imaginative approaches.

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The Surprising History of Google's Push to Scan Millions of Library Books

ED Surge

Nearly 20 years ago, Google made an ambitious play to digitize the content of some of the world’s largest research libraries. It seemed like the beginning of a new era, when scholars and the public could make new connections and discoveries in the kind of mass digital library that had previously been the stuff of science fiction.

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CUNY Digital History Archive: Call for Proposals

ASHP CML

The CUNY Digital History Archive, co-administered by ASHP/CML and the MinaRees Library at the CUNY Graduate Center, is seeking proposals for curatedcollections to feature on its website. We invite proposals that highlightunderrepresented aspects of CUNYs history and contributions to the historicalrecord.

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A Linguist’s Night at the Ball

Sapiens

Dozandri explores the representation of Puerto Rican linguistic practices in the archive of ballroom history. SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human is part of the American Anthropological Association Podcast Library. Their doctoral research focuses on trans forms of creative expression in the Puerto Rican ballroom scene.

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Cuts at the NEH

ASHP CML

NEH-funded documentary movies, podcasts, and digital archives have been enjoyed by millions of viewers, as have award-winning books such as A Midwife’s Tale , Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s history of the life of Martha Ballard in Revolutionary era New England.

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Call for Applications: 2025-2026 Hellenic Research Fellowship Program

Society for Classical Studies

Currently numbering over 83,000 volumes and 500 linear feet of personal papers and institutional archives, it comprises a large circulating book collection, journal holdings, electronic resources, non-print media, rare books, archival materials, art, and artifacts.