CALL FOR PAPERS: Bridging the Gap: New Scholars, New Forms of Scholarship (On-line Edition)

REFLECTIONS: A Journal of Writing, Community Literacy, and Service Learning
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Call for Papers

Bridging the Gap: New Scholars, New Forms of Scholarship (On-line Edition)

What does civic engagement look like to the next generation of scholars? What are the challenges, opportunities, and consequences posed by publicly active scholarship at the graduate level?  This special issue addresses these questions by featuring work by emerging scholars -  graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, independent scholars, and new assistant professors. Edited by the Publicly Active Graduate Education Collective, an alliance of graduate students focused on publicly engaged scholarship, this issue will feature work which speaks to the issues, scholarly models, and writing styles being developed by the generation of scholars who will define "community literacy," "service learning," and "engaged scholarship" in the years to come.

This issue of Reflections will be published on-line to allow new forms of multi-media scholarship and community literacy work to be featured.

We invite submissions of two kinds:

1) Substantial, article-length work that emerges in the nexus of community- and university-based programming, research, and/or teaching. We are particularly interested in work that emerges from and reflects on community partnership while also actively considering the consequences of taking these partnerships seriously in our scholarship, in our teaching, and/or in our disciplinary training--especially as graduate students and new professors. Within these multiple contexts, how do particular community-based programs and partnerships inform and influence established disciplinary practice?

There is no set format for these submissions; we invite collaborative submissions, innovative forms, and multi-media scholarship, and we welcome the opportunity to publish materials produced out of the partnership project adjacent to or in conjunction with the submitted article.

2) Shorter responses to the following writing prompt:
Years of conventional academic wisdom tell us to put community-based programs and partnerships on hold or on the side until we achieve tenure.  Yet the breadth of public practice already undertaken by graduate student scholars, artists, and activists across the country makes vividly clear that such advice is no longer adequate. What new agendas do you see publicly engaged graduate students setting?  What has being "publicly active" meant in your own trajectory to and through graduate school?  What's helped you? What's hindered you? How has your community-based work influenced or informed your academic training? What does it—or what would it—look like to "come up" in a university culture that acknowledged, accommodated, and encouraged civic engagement at the graduate level?

Deadline for Submission: March 21st, 2008
Please e-mail submissions to:
Steve Parks
Editor, Reflections
sjparks@syr.edu

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History Channel Announces Guidelines for Save Our History Grant Program

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History Channel Announces Guidelines for Save Our History Grant Program

An initiative of the History Channel, the Save Our History Program invites history organizations to partner with a local school or youth group and apply for funding to help preserve the history of their communities. Each year, the History Channel awards grants to organizations across the country that partner with schools or youth groups on community-preservation projects that engage students in learning about, documenting, and preserving local history.

Eligible applicants are nonprofit 501(c)(3) history organizations such as museums, historical societies, preservation organizations, historic sites, libraries, archives, or other history organizations that are located in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia. Other eligible applicants include local government agencies such as parks and recreation commissions, historic commissions, departments of local history, or other local government agencies that own and/or operate a historic site or property. Eligible applicants must partner with a local elementary, middle, or high school, or an organization
that provides educational programming for children of similar ages. Applicants may partner with multiple schools or educational organizations.

The History Channel will award a total of $100,000 in grants of up to $10,000 each in 2008.

All applications must be completed and submitted online. Visit the program's Web site for complete program information and application instructions.

Around The Block: Rhode Island Preservation News 1-18-08 (scroll bar at bottom of post)

Around The Block Rhode Island Preservation News January 18, 2008 Statewide News Buyer needed to preserve threatened Ide Homestead The Ide Homestead, a historic farmhouse in the City of East Providence is for sale. In an attempt to prevent the demolition of this unique historic structure, the City of East Providence is seeking a buyer to purchase the property, which is located at 2585 Pawtucket Avenue. The property, estimated to be built in the late 18th century, is one of the few remaining structures of the Ide family and was once the center of an extensive farm. The Homestead, which is located on a 21,029 sq. ft. parcel and has 2,100 sq. ft. of living space, possesses unique historic amenities that include: a basement summer kitchen a beehive oven parlor size rooms a service staircase a foundation that may predate the 18th century residential structure a stone-walled side yard that retains evidence of its service as an orchard lot The property is a part of an eight lot subdivision that recently received approval by the Planning Board. The City has entered an agreement with the owner to grant the City 90 days to search for a buyer to rehabilitate the structure, which will expire the second week of March 2008. The property is serviced by a RIPTA bus line, is in proximity to commercial destinations along Pawtucket and Warren Avenue, and is less than 15 minutes by vehicle from Providence, Pawtucket, and Barrington. According to East Providence's Historic Designation and Properties Commission Chairman Dean Martineau, "This is a great opportunity for an investor to renovate an exceptional historic structure, a profitable investment..." A non-profit organization could also rehabilitate the structure for the purpose of providing community services to residents of East Providence and nearby communities. If you or your organization is interested in rehabilitating this significant property please review this informational packet that contains images and a detailed description of the Homestead. For additional information or to take a tour of the structure, please contact Patrick Hanner, Senior Planner at (401) 435-7533. Old House Soul documentary focuses on Rhode Island preservation pioneer Steve Tyson Local artists, Michel Schtakleff and Don Manley, are in the midst of producing a documentary film about Steve Tyson, a Rhode Island native and owner and founder of Architectural Preservation Group in Warwick. With support from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, Schtakleff and Manley have launched a website featuring a 7-minute video clip as a work-in-progress to introduce the film. Titled Old House Soul, the film will be an hour and a half long when completed. The 7-minute clip was shown at the RI International Film Festival last August and Schtakleff and Manley have made presentations at the Providence Public Library and a number of preservation societies throughout Rhode Island. The project has also been able to obtain non-profit status through the North Scituate Library. View the 7-minute video clip and details about Steve Tyson and the producers on the Old House Soul website If you or your organization is interested in supporting the production of this project please contact Michael Schtakleff at mschtakleff@iiri.org or 401-453-0567. Riverpoint Lace Works, an original Lippitt mill, may be auctioned next week The historic mill located in West Warwick has been in continuous operation since 1809 when it was built for the Lippitt Manufacturing Company. The business was formed in 1808 by Christopher and Charles Lippitt, Benjamin Acorn, George Jackson, and Amass and William Mason. Charles Lippitt was the grandfather of Governor Henry Lippitt (1818-1891), who later owned the mill and whose home located at 199 Hope Street in Providence is now a museum operated by Preserve Rhode Island. The mill is a significant piece of Rhode Island's industrial and architectural history and has survived as a textile mill thanks to the Riverpoint Lace Works, who has kept the mill in operation since 1925. The assets of the textile company, located at 825 Main Street, were to have gone on the auction block on the morning of Wednesday, January 16th, but the company's court-appointed receiver postponed the sale for a week to give two prospective buyers time to consider purchasing the business to keep it operating. The auction has been rescheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 23rd. Read the full article in the ProJo Visit the Riverpoint Lace Works website National Trust for Historic Preservation February Preservation Fund Grant Round Once again, it is time for the February Preservation Fund grant round. Any preservation nonprofit and/or public agencies in need of financial assistance to advance their preservation project are eligible. The postmark deadline is February 1, 2008. To learn about the grant guidelines and restrictions and to access the Word version of the applications for the Preservation Fund, the Johanna Favrot, and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell for Historic Interiors grants please visit the NTHP website. In addition, during this grant round, the Hart Family Fund for Small Towns and the Battlefield Preservation grants are available. For more information contact Brent Leggs at the NTHP Northeast Office at 617.523.0885. Rhode Island Preservation News Links Lincoln 1/9/08 'No' to subdivision of historic Arnold House land - for now Providence 1/16/08 Appeal of the court: Yearlong celebration in store for historic federal courthouse 1/16 Eight projects to receive PPS Preservation Awards 1/15/08 Historic warehouse begins fall to backhoe 1/12/08 Proposals for old produce terminal never bore fruit 1/11/08 State asks court to halt demolition of decrepit warehouse 1/8/08 Bathhouse converted to school library South Kingstown 1/5/08 House of the Week: South Kingstown property highlights three styles Wakefield 1/10/08 Newly renovated Kenyon house has an interested buyer West Warwick 1/16/08 Venerable West Warwick mill dodges auction block, for now Preservation news links are provided by PRI staff for informational purposes only. The inclusion or exclusion of articles should not be considered as an endorsement or indictment of their contents.

News from Historic New England (scroll bar at bottom of post)

News from Historic New England e-newsletter January 2008 Rome - an insider's view Each year, members of Historic New England's Appleton Circle travel internationally. In October 2007, the destination was Rome, where the group spent eight days touring museums, visiting private palaces, and meeting members of leading families and learning about the city from them. Click here to view our album of photographs. Appleton Circle members are committed to preserving New England's past, and ensuring Historic New England's continued ability to research, collect, and share our rich cultural heritage for years to come. Click here for more information on the Appleton Circle. Help us plan our next exhibition Please take a moment to answer a few questions that will help us determine the topic of our next traveling exhibition. Click here to access our online survey. Historic New England's collection includes more than one million archival items, 120,000 objects, and thirty-six historic sites. We share our collections at the sites and, more broadly, through traveling exhibitions that are hosted at partner museums across the region. Please take a few minutes to let us know your opinions on the proposed exhibition topics. Your feedback helps us so much in creating exhibitions that you want to see. A leader in the field For more than twenty years, Historic New England has welcomed school children to its historic properties. For the past three years, we have participated in a pilot program on performance management developed by the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), to develop a new approach for evaluating the quality and educational impact of these school programs. Historic New England and five other pilot organizations from across the country developed an innovative survey tool and gathered data at the pilot sites. The final report quantified the teacher and student reactions to school programs, facilities, and visitor services. Historic New England's Pierce House and the Otis House education programs were evaluated. Our overall score for the quality and level of satisfaction was 9.7 out of ten. In addition, we scored statistically higher than the other groups in five of ten core measures related to overall quality. And on the questions that related to learning style and our museum educators, we again dramatically outperformed the others in five out of ten key areas. Click here for more information about our education programs. Plant of the month Sweet Olive, Osmanthus fragrans, is this month's special purchase available at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses. This small shrub really shines during cool nights in the winter. It has shiny dark leaves and clusters of small, highly fragrant white flowers. When the sun is out a large plant can fill the air with a wonderful fragrance reminiscent of a gardenia. They require well-drained sandy soil, and no heavy salt fertilizers. The Lyman Estate Greenhouses have wonderful windowsill sized plants that sell for $24. Brighten up your winter with one of these special shrubs. The greenhouses are open Monday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. on Thursdays). For more information call 781-891-4882, ext. 244. Historic New England members receive a 10% discount, and Garden & Landscape members receive a 15% discount at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses. For Garden and Landscape membership information click here. Interns and fellows This fall, five interns worked on projects that will further our mission of preserving and presenting the region's heritage. Rogan Motter drew on his interest in Federal furniture and research in Historic New England's impressive collection to create a special tour of the Rundlet-May House that connects the social and professional life of James Rundlet and early nineteenth-century America with the house furniture. Denisse Rubio assisted with teaching at the Pierce House in addition to researching and developing curriculum for the new Quincy House programs, funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Lauren Miller updated the finding aid to the photographs and negatives in the Riegel Family Collection. These images provide a wonderful record of activities at "Riegel Point," the family's southern Connecticut estate. Jennifer Vernali processed glass plate and film negatives from the Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection that capture the political and personal life of President Calvin Coolidge in New England. Miller and Vernali's projects resulted in updated collection finding aids, which will increase access to these important documents. Nathan Sullivan worked with the development team on donor prospect research and assisted with various tasks related to the online auction and gala preparations. For more information on Historic New England's intern program contact Jennifer Pustz. International exchange Thirteen visitors from Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, and Montenegro visited the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm and Coffin House. Participants included representatives of historical museums, and environmental and land conservation organizations in Central Europe. The group was particularly interested in Historic New England as a model of preservation through membership and private philanthropy, concepts just beginning to take root in many former Communist countries. Historic New England also hosted Katarina Voskova, a professor of architecture in Slovakia, for three days, introducing her to preservation and property care colleagues doing similar preservation work. The perfect gift Fulfill your New Year's resolution to support your community and show your loved ones how much you care by giving them the gift of membership - a gift they'll appreciate all year long when they receive exclusive benefits including: Historic New England magazine Unlimited free admission to thirty-six historic sites Discounts at museum shops and the online shop Invitations to special receptions and workshops For information on membership click here. Sincerely, Historic New England 617-227-3956 web http://www.historicnewengland.org In this issue... Rome - an insider's view Help us plan Leader in the field Plant of the month Interns and fellows International exchange The perfect gift Quick Links Join, renew, or upgrade today Shop online Calendar of events Paint color chart