Events
Publishing Without Walls Informational Event
The University of Illinois has recently launched Publishing Without Walls (PWW), a new digital scholarly publishing initiative funded by the Andrew W. Mellon foundation. PWW is currently planning a Global Midwest series geared toward publishing the results of the Humanities Without Walls (HWW) Global Midwest projects, and we are eager to engage with scholars throughout the HWW consortium around […]
Continue ReadingRoopika Risam Talk and Workshop
Roopika Risam Assistant Professor of English Salem State University roopikarisam.com, Twitter @roopikarisam Talk and discussion: “Decolonizing Digital Humanities: Towards New Communities of Practice” Friday, March 11th, 4:15, Burling Library – Grinnell College As digital humanities has grown, the field and its methods have been subject to critique for their exclusions along lines of race, […]
Continue ReadingDigital Bridges Informational Workshop
Please register here! Join us for a brief overview of the Digital Bridges initiative and the various funding opportunities available for Grinnell and UIowa faculty and graduate students. You will have an opportunity to meet the PIs and learn about current DH projects that are being supported by the grant. There will be plenty of […]
Continue Reading4CAST 2016 – Bridging Art and Science: STEAM Education in a Digital World
Kickoff keynote by John Unsworth (Vice-Provost for Technology and Library Services, CIO, and Professor of English, Brandeis University) about the impact of innovative technologies on student learning. Unsworth will discuss how the art and science of 3-D fabrication enable users to acquire new perspectives that change how they learn and visualize the world. A collaboration with Iowa […]
Continue ReadingDigital Humanities Fellowship
The American Philosophical Society (APS) Library in Philadelphia seeks applicants for its inaugural Digital Humanities Fellowship. This two-month fellowship is open to scholars who are comfortable creating tools and visualizations, as well as those interested in working collaboratively with the APS technology team. Scholars, including graduate students, at any stage of their career may apply. […]
Continue ReadingDigital Blackness Conference Submissions Due
Rutgers University issued a call for papers for the Digital Blackness Conference to be held on April 22-23, 2016 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. What we might call the digital turn also has significant implications for how we study Blackness within and across fields and disciplines. What does Digital Black Studies mean? What are its […]
Continue Reading4CAST’16
Jan. 14, 9:00-2:30 Bridging Art and Science: STEAM Education in a Digital World Kickoff keynote by John Unsworth (Vice-Provost for Technology and Library Services, CIO, and Professor of English, Brandeis University) about the impact of innovative technologies on student learning. Unsworth will discuss how the art and science of 3-D fabrication enable users to acquire […]
Continue ReadingSomeone to Watch in the Digital Liberal Arts: Adeline Koh
Adeline Koh teaches at Stockton University and is, in her words, “passionate about teaching, web design, technology, and the darker side behind tech: inequality and oppression.” She writes about “gender, race, ethnicity, issues in higher education, digital pedagogy and the digital humanities.” One of the leaders in taking her scholarship to a broader public, especially […]
Continue ReadingThe Twitterverse of the DLA
As you may know, much of the action of scholarly conversation in the digital liberal arts happens on Twitter. If you want a glimpse of that action, you can jump onto Erik Simpson’s own quirky list of Twitter users in the digital humanities, or you can build your own list by following a few people whose […]
Continue ReadingMapping/GIS Workshop
Rob Shepard, GIS Specialist & Sarah Bond, Assistant Professor, Classics Department The mapping workshop will provide basic hands-on experience with GIS software. Participants will learn simple techniques for working with multiple layers and geographic data sources in their projects. The workshop is intended for beginners. It will be particularly useful for scholars who want to […]
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