From the ad: Davidson College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Art and Digital Studies, with a specialization in interactive installation, transmedia art, robotics, data art, physical computing, or a similar creative field. Artists must demonstrate a distinguished record of creative work and a commitment to undergraduate education. Preference will be given to […]
The Department of History & Art History at George Mason University is offering two Digital History Fellowships to support students undertaking a Ph.D. Fellows enrolling in Fall 2016 will receive stipends of $20,000 for two years, during which time they will take a practicum course each semester here at RRCHNM, and then a further three years of support from […]
In a move that seeks to bring stability and standards to the production of digital scholarship, the Department of History and Art History at George Mason University (GMU) has recently adopted digital dissertation guidelines (http://bit.ly/1MaXZpi). This document, created by the graduate studies committee and unanimously approved by the department, sets out the core elements of […]
A joint project between a history professor and VCU Libraries shows for the first time how the Ku Klux Klan spread across the United States between 1915 and 1940, establishing chapters in all 50 states with an estimated membership of between 2 million and 8 million. The project, “Mapping the Second Ku Klux Klan, 1915-1940,” is an animated, online […]
The African American Studies & Research Center (AASRC) and History Department at Purdue University and the Digital Humanities Initiative (DHi) at Hamilton College are pleased to announce an NEH ODH Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities for summer 2016. The Institute is designed to offer twenty (20) early and mid-career Africana/Black Studies scholars, graduate students, librarians and […]
King’s College London is offering two positions for teaching fellows in the Department of Digital Humanities. A Teaching Fellow in Digital Curation is required for a 9-month full time position. The post is available from the 1st January 2016. A part time (0.5) Teaching Fellow in Digital Culture is required for up to 20 months fixed […]
The Centre for Disruptive Media is organizing an event, “Why Are We Not Boycotting Academia.edu?” Guest speakers Janneke Adema (Coventry University, UK), Pascal Aventurier (INRA, France), Kathleen Fitzpatrick (MLA/Coventry University, US), Gary Hall (Coventry University, UK), and David Parry (Saint Joseph’s University, US) will discuss numerous topics concerning academic publishing platforms. Register and find out more here.
I couldn’t help but wonder at the relative lack of digitally-inflected panels, workshops, and seminars at the Modernist Studies Association’s most recent annual conference in Boston last week (2 workshops, 2 roundtables, 1 panel, 1 seminar, and a “digital exhibition,” featuring 8 projects). I set aside lobster rolls and Sam Adams and oh-so-good East Coast pizza […]
I was privileged to be able to give the opening keynote for the National Digital Forum in New Zealand a few weeks back. It was a really great conference and event and before too much time went past I wanted to post the content of my talk. I was generally blown away by what the digital library, archive and museum […]
This article gives an overview of the history and current status of the DOAJ. After a brief historical overview, DOAJ policies regarding open access, intellectual property rights and questionable publishers are explained in detail. The larger part of this article is a much requested explanation on how DOAJ uses its new set of criteria for […]
