Category: Announcements

From the Announcement:

Some of the digital art history summer institutes from last year are returning for 2015!
At the moment, there are two announced institutes, both being funded by the Getty Foundation:

July 13 — July 24: Building a Digital Portfolio at George Mason University: “Participants will learn from experienced RRCHNM and GMU faculty whose expertise span a range of digital humanities methodologies. Together with returning Project Co-Directors, Sheila Brennan and Sharon Leon, are Lisa Rhody, Stephanie Westcott, Lincoln Mullen, and Michele Greet.” N.B.This institute is specifically open to students pursuing MAs or PhDs in art history. Applications open February 9th.

July 5 — July 15: Beyond the Digitized Slide Library at the University of California, Los Angeles: Participants will learn about debates and key concepts in the digital humanities and gain hands-on experience with tools and techniques for art historical research (including metadata basics, data visualization, network graphs, and digital mapping).” N.B. current graduate students are not eligible to apply. Applications are open now, and due March 1st.

Source: Summer 2015 Digital Art History Institutes

From the announcement:

More than 25,000 early English texts from 1473-1700 have been released online to members of the public as part of a collaborative initiative led by the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries and the University of Michigan Library.

Source: Bodleian Libraries | Thousands of early English books released online to public by Bodleian Libraries and partners

From the announcement:

WASHINGTON (January 15, 2015) — A new joint grant program by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation seeks to give a second life to outstanding out-of-print books in the humanities by turning them into freely accessible e-books.

Humanities Open Book: Unlocking Great Books | National Endowment for the Humanities

See the list of speakers and sign up: Mark your calendars … MITH’s Spring 2015 Digital Dialogues are coming up!

From the announcement:

We’re excited to invite you to join us at DPLAfest 2015, taking place on April 17-18, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our hosts include the Indianapolis Public Library (Central), the Indiana State Library, the IUPUI University Library, and the Indiana Historical Society.

About

DPLAfest brings together the full range of the cultural heritage sector to discuss everything from technology and development, to content, law, and education. DPLAfest will appeal to librarians, archivists, museum professionals, developers and technologists, publishers and authors, teachers and students, and members of the public alike who are interested in an engaging mix of interactive workshops, hackathons, engaging discussions with community leaders and practitioners, fun events, and so much more.

Registration

Registration for DPLAfest 2015 is now open. We invite all those interested from the general public, the educational community, public and research libraries, cultural organizations, state and local government, the creative community, publishers, and private industry to join us for conversation and community building as we celebrate our second year of success.

Source: DPLA: Registration now open for DPLAfest 2015!

Source: Debates in the Digital Humanities

From the announcement:

The annual open DH Awards 2014 is now accepting nominations!

Please nominate any Digital Humanities resource in any language that you feel deserves to win in any of this year’s categories.

Nominations will be open until 2015-01-18. Voting will take place shortly after.

To nominate something for the DH Awards 2014 visit the nominations page at: http://dhawards.org/dhawards2014/nominations/

Source: DH Awards 2014 Call For Nominations

Source: Stanford University Press Awarded $1.2 Million for the Publishing of Interactive Scholarly Works | Stanford University Libraries

Source: ANNOUNCING ANNOTAGS: A CONCEPT FOR A DECENTRALIZED LITERARY ANNOTATION PROTOCOL | JONATHAN REEVE