The Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Innovation in Digital Historyis sponsored jointly by the AHA and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University. It was developed by friends and colleagues of Roy Rosenzweig (1950–2007), the Mark and Barbara Fried Professor of History and New Media at George Mason University, to honor […]
As we all know, the digital humanities are the next big thing. A couple of years ago, I gave a presentation at a digital humanities colloquium, explaining what I saw as the major reasons for this (Allington, 2011). We are working within an economic system in which owners of capital (funders) invest in research speculatively […]
Join Us : Systems Librarian Title: Rare Books, Manuscripts and Digital Projects Librarian Reports to: Head of Special Collections and University Archivist Position Summary: The individual in this position manages rare books, manuscripts, and other non-University Archives materials in the Special Collections and University Archives, including their development, organization, description, accessibility, digitization, preservation, promotion and […]
Expressions of Interest: DH Training Network – RegOnline A number of those in our community will be aware of the emergence of a DH Training Network last summer — organically growing thus far to involve those at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (Victoria, Canada), the Digital Humanities Winter Institute (College Park, Maryland, USA), DH@Leipzig (Germany), DH@Oxford […]
US Scholar Fulbright Opportunities in Digital Humanities and Digital Culture | laurie n. taylor The most recent application solicitation for US Fulbright Scholar grant opportunities includes many wonderful opportunities including ones in digital culture and digital humanities. Applications for the 2014-2015 academic year are due by August 1, 2013. The Digital Culture opportunity is in Norway and the Digital […]
Director of Digital Collections | Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Title: Director of Digital Collections Supervisor: Senior Director of the Library and Collections Department: Digital Collections, Library Division Position Summary: The Director of Digital Collections, a member of the library staff, is primarily responsible for managing the Digital Collections Department and overseeing special projects. This is a full-time, 40-hour […]
Join the Global Women Wikipedia Write-In (#GWWI) this Friday, 1-3pm EST! – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education. Ever been disappointed by the level of Wikipedia coverage on the world outside of Europe and the United States? Consider joining in this Friday in the Global Women Wikipedia Write-in (#GWWI), hosted by the Postcolonial Digital Humanities (#DHPoco) and […]
http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/reader-survey/ As we look ahead to the second year of the Journal of Digital Humanities, we invite your feedback regarding what you value most in this publication. The survey will be open until May 3.
In recent years, visualization has become an all-purpose technique for communicating and exploring data within the humanities. There are a wide availability of tools offering different points of entry from IBM’s Many Eyes to Gephi to Tapor 2.0. Projects like the Visual Thesaurus, Mapping the Republic of Letters, and Hypercities, among countless others, all engage with visualization as an integral part of their […]
Job Posting: Digital Scholarship Advisor / Web Developer « American Social History Project · Center for Media and Learning. The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning (ASHP/CML) is seeking an individual with strong web programming, organizational and advising skills as a full-time Web Developer/New Media Lab Digital Scholarship Advisor. Deadline: May 8 or […]
