The Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies (IWGS) at the University of Winnipeg invites applications for a half time Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities and New Media starting as soon as possible, and lasting up to two years. The successful candidate should have received a PhD within the last three years or have a defense […]
Out of the box, Neatline (our recently-released framework for building geotemporal exhibits) can be used to create geo-temporal exhibits based on “modern-geography” base-layers – OpenStreetMap, Google satellite and street maps, and a collection of beautiful, stylized layers from Stamen Design. For historical and literary projects, though, one of Neatline’s most powerful features is its deep integration with Geoserver, […]
The University of Munich is looking for an experienced Programmer and Digital Humanist to work on the Buddhist Manuscripts from Gandhāra project in the Institute for Indian and Tibetan Studies. The initial term of appointment is until 31 December 2015, with the possibility of renewal. The application deadline is 31 August 2012, with a start […]
Course Details – Clio Wired I — Fall 2012. This course is designed to introduce history graduate students to the theories and methods of digital history. Over the last 14 years (check out the syllabus from 1998), the course has prepared a generation of graduate students to do cutting edge historical work in a digital environment, […]
Downloadable data sets [OCLC]. DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 14 August 2012—OCLC has published bibliographic linked data for the most widely held works in WorldCat. This downloadable file—representing nearly 1.2 million resources—contains approximately 80 million linked data “triples,” the term for the most granular relationship possible between discrete pieces of information. “This is an important step for […]
Teaching Digital Humanties: Digital methods elective: PhD Coursework Subject |. Teaching Digital Humanities: Digital methods elective: PhD Coursework Subject By CRAIG | Published: AUGUST 16, 2012 I have started teaching in a PhD coursework subject here at the University of Melbourne; the first year that this type of subject have been offered in PhD research here. And as part […]
Over 1,000,000 Torrents of Downloadable Books, Music, and Movies | Internet Archive Blogs. The Internet Archive is now offering over 1,000,000 torrents including our live music concerts, the Prelinger movie collection, the librivox audio book collection, feature films, old time radio, lots and lots of books, and all new uploads from our patrons into Community collections (with more to follow). To download the Torrent of the files […]
Online GIS Using ArcGIS.com | Spatial Humanities. Difficulty: Easy This is a multi-step process that will enable you to add data to a webmap, embed the webmap in your own website, and/or view the webmap on your smartphone using the free ESRI app. Required: Free ESRI personal account, shapefile of your study area (or a .csv, […]
Spatial Techniques for the Digital Humanities: Workshop Recap!. On Monday and Tuesday, August 13-14, the Smith Spatial Analysis Lab teamed up with Amherst College to host a workshop for Five College faculty entitled Spatial Techniques for the Digital Humanities. We had a great two days of discussion, learning, and collaboration, as workshop participants and instructors alike […]
Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants | National Endowment for the Humanities. Receipt Deadline September 25, 2012 for Projects Beginning May 2013 Brief Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites applications to the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program. This program is designed to encourage innovations in the digital humanities. By awarding relatively small grants to support the planning […]
