The International Conference on Open and Distance Education was hosted by the University of South Africa this month. Paul Prinsloo put together a truly remarkable set of keynote addresses and invited me to present the opening keynote. I have more than a few reflections, many of which are probably beyond the scope of a post but […]
Earlier today Paul Putz wrote a post about an interactive bibliography that he and I created of books that study American religion in the context of cities. Paul explained our motivation for the project and how we created it. I’d like to offer a few observations about what I think we can learn from the […]
For the past 11 months, members of the DLF Assessment Interest Group (AIG)’s User Studies Working Group have been researching and writing a white paper on assessing use and usability in digital libraries. Today we are excited to announce that “Surveying the Landscape: Use and Usability Assessment of Digital Libraries” is available for public comment. […]
The editors of Debates in the Digital Humanities, have released a call for proposals. Read CFP here.
The University of Miami’s Department of Modern Languages and Literatures seeks a scholar of the digital humanities at any rank, in any field, to contribute to the department’s intellectual life by maintaining an active research and publication agenda, teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, directing dissertations, and serving on departmental, college, and/or university […]
The Journal on Data Mining and Digital Humanities is seeking contributions to a special issue on “Computer-Aided Processing of Intertextuality in Ancient Languages.” Abstracts are due October 31st. Read full CFP here.
From the ad: The University of Cincinnati invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor position in Digital Humanities with a specialization in Early Modern British Literature and Culture. Read job post here.
[this is a draft of a short piece I am writing for a society journal, hence not peer reviewed. I would therefore welcome comments, keeping in mind that I wrote it in one sitting this AM. When it comes out formally – if – I’ll post the link here and direct folks to read the […]
We are now accepting presentation proposals that highlight ongoing, current, and recent digital humanities work across The City University of New York, and would like to encourage you to consider participating. All disciplines, all research, and all students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend and present. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, November 10th, 6:30-8:30pm […]
Digital humanities scholars from NC State University and Texas A&M University are launching a powerful new system to help researchers more quickly and accurately sift through hundreds of thousands of archives and articles related to materials dating from 450 A.D. to the 20th century. The new tool, called BigDIVA, will be formally unveiled later this […]
