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Call for Editors: Scholarly Editing
Call for Editors Scholarly Editing: The Annual of the Association for Documentary Editing Summer 2023 Dear Colleagues, As the Editors in Chief of Scholarly Editing, we write to issue a call for editors and other recovery practitioners. Scholarly Editing seeks to develop and advance all aspects of textual and documentary editing, including […]
Release of Volume 40 of Scholarly Editing
Dear colleagues, Along with our editorial team, we are delighted to announce the publication of volume 40 of Scholarly Editing: The Annual of the Association for Documentary Editing. https://scholarlyediting.org/issues/40/ Volume 40 further expands the journal’s scope to include disability studies, Holocaust studies, and works of creative rememory enriched by performance art. We […]
The Lyman H. Butterfield Award 2023: Call for Nominations
The Lyman H. Butterfield Award Committee seeks nominations for the award to be given in 2023. Since 1985, the Association for Documentary Editing has presented the Butterfield Award annually to recognize recent contributions in the areas of documentary publication, teaching, and service. Both senior and early-career scholars are eligible, as […]
February 2022 ADE Member Events
The ADE will host two member events this month through Zoom. These are the first in a series of events to support community engagement and discussion. Event descriptions and access information are noted below. Tuesday February 21st, 12:00pm ET Community Forum: Translating Community Values into Community Action On July 28, […]
New Primary Source Resource for K-12 Teachers
The Massachusetts Historical Society has released History Source, a free digital collection of primary source documents from their collection, with intention of promoting the learning of U.S. History. The MHS describes the site as “a free, easy-to-use resource hub for K–12 social studies, ELA, and civics classrooms.”
Project Announcement: The Papers of William Short
The Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina announces The Papers of William Short, a born-digital documentary edition focusing on Virginian William Short (1759-1849), who was a U.S. diplomat and fiscal agent in Europe, a successful businessman and philanthropist in the United States, an early advocate of […]
Call for Papers: The Association for Documentary Editing 2023
The Association for Documentary Editing 2023 Theme: Modalities of Text and Editing Call for Papers The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) will meet in person, for the first time in four years, on June 22–25, 2023. The conference will be held in Washington, DC, and most sessions, streamed live online, […]
Yale University to publish Notes on the State of Virginia: An Annotated Edition
On June 7, Yale University Press will publish Notes on the State of Virginia: An Annotated Edition, edited by ADE member Robert Pierce Forbes. This is the first edition of Thomas Jefferson’s book to be based on both the 1785 first edition and the original manuscript. Congratulations! https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300226874/notes-state-virginia/
American Historical Association (AHA) Call for Proposals
As an affiliated society of the American Historical Association, the Association for Documentary Editing is proud to host 1-2 sessions at the annual meeting, to be held in Philadelphia, 5-8 January 2023. We invite all active ADE members to send a proposal for consideration by 25 May 2022 to our AHA affiliate, Sara Georgini: sgeorgini@masshist.org. Please […]
Past ADE President Constance Schulz wins Robert Kelley Memorial Award
The National Council of Public History honored past ADE president Constance Schulz with the 2022 Robert Kelley Memorial Award. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in public history. Per the NCPH announcement: The Robert Kelley Memorial Award Committee is pleased to present this year’s award to a nominee with a long […]