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Conference: Digital Humanities Asia (DHAsia) Summit Meeting

From the post: With support from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, and multiple departments, centers, and divisions at Stanford University, the DHAsia 2018 Summit will focus on four (4) areas of research that represent both the core of DH as a whole, as well as areas […]

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Job: Digital Matters (Assistant or Associate) Librarian, University of Utah

From the ad: The Marriott Library at the University of Utah seeks a Digital Matters Librarian to work in conjunction with the emerging Digital Matters Lab and its Director, as well as in conjunction with existing scholarly communications services, to facilitate digital scholarship across the University. The ideal candidate will provide technical expertise, training, and […]

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Job: UX Researcher/UX Designer, Humanities Commons

From the ad: The Humanities Commons team is looking for a part-time UX researcher/designer (remote possible) to join our collaborative team. This person will be capable of juggling research, strategy, prototyping, information architecture, and usability testing to help us determine the needs and motivations of our users (and potential users) and ensure that the Humanities […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Fostering Digital Inclusion in Smart Cities

Cities capture people’s imaginations because they are a whirlwind of change, adaptation, and challenge. Cities change on almost a daily basis, with the influx and exit of commuters. To survive over time, cities have to adapt to economic change, migration patterns, and citizens’ needs. Cities also have to face society’s toughest problems—poverty, crime, homelessness, and […]

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Job: Web Developer, Modern Language Association

From the post: The Modern Language Association (MLA) is seeking a full-stack PHP developer to extend and maintain several open-source software products, including the WordPress-based MLA Commons, Humanities Commons , and Humanities CORE, which allow humanities scholars to create profiles, seek feedback from peers on their work, establish and join groups to discuss common interests, and collaborate through new […]

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Conference: Digital Frontiers: Exploring the Edges, Pushing the Boundaries

From the post: Registration is now open for Digital Frontiers 2017 at the University of North Texas. This year’s conference is September 21-23 at the University of North Texas, featuring Keynote Speakers Jacqueline Wernimont and Stacie Williams. The theme for the 2017 Digital Frontiers Conference is Exploring the Edges, Pushing the Boundaries. 43 presenters from throughout the U.S. will share […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: A Cognitive/Computational Understanding of the Text, and How it Motivates the Description of Literary Form

In a previous post in this series I criticized the vague spatial metaphors literary critics use to understand the text and nature of critical inquiry. Think of those vague spatial metaphors as the founding “myth” of post-war literary criticism, one that allowed the explication of “meaning” to take center stage. In advocating a mode of […]

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Job: Chair of the Department of Humanities, llinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology is recruiting a Chair of the Department of Humanities in Illinois Tech’s Lewis College of Human Sciences. From the ad:  As the home of humanities research and teaching in a technological university, the department holds a special role in the education of all of Illinois Tech’s students. In addition to a wide […]