CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: DHSI Colloquium

From the announcement: Proposals are now being accepted for presentations at the DHSI Colloquium, to be held in June 2015 at the University of Victoria. Open to all attendees, the DHSI Colloquium offers an opportunity to present research and projects within an engaging, collegial atmosphere. Submissions are peer-reviewed, with participants subsequently invited to contribute to […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: Keystone Digital Humanities Conference

From the announcement: The Keystone Digital Humanities Conference will be held in the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, July 22-24, 2015. We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Miriam Posner, Coordinator and Core Faculty of the Digital Humanities Program at UCLA, will be presenting the […]

News, Resources

Resource: From Paper Maps to the Web: A DIY Digital Maps Primer

From the tutorial: I was invited to the National Library of Colombia’s 2nd Digital Book Week as a speaker and to give a workshop on digital mapping tools. I thought it would be useful to share that workshop since it encompasses a lot of different processes and tools that make digital cartography today very accessible. […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Hearing the Past

What follows is our draft chapter for ‘Seeing the Past‘, a colloquium hosted by Kevin Kee at Brock University. The chapter will eventually be published in ‘Seeing the Past: Augmented Reality and Computer Vision in History’ http://kevinkee.ca/seeing-the-past/book-abstract/ Comments welcome. Hearing the Past – S Graham, S Eve, C Morgan, A Pantos This volume is about seeing […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Speak to the Eyes: The History and Practice of Information Visualization

[Posted here, on my personal website, per the allowance of the publication agreement, is my  article, co-authored with Lily Pregill (@technelilly) for  Art Documentation (Vol. 33, Fall 2014). If for some reason you cite this, please use the citation at the bottom of the article. You can also view a PDF version, but it lacks color […]

Blog, Editors' Choice

DHNow: 2014 in Review

As the year draws to a close and as our staff begins its winter recess, this seems like an ideal time to take a brief look back at Digital Humanities Now in 2014. We’ve had a remarkable year thanks to the hard work of a dedicated staff, a motivated and generous community of volunteer editors, and an […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: Decolonizing the Digital: First Peoples’ On-Line Presence

From the CFP: From the use of social media during the Idle No More movement to the growth of on-line magazines and educational platforms, Canada’s First Peoples are increasingly using the internet as a space of resistance, community development, and as a platform for sharing and preserving language and tradition. The essay collection Decolonizing the […]

Funding & Opportunities, News

Funding: GMU Digital History Fellowships available for Fall 2015

From the announcement: We’re pleased to announce that the  Department of History & Art History at George Mason University has received another round of funding from the Provost’s PhD Award Program to admit two Digital History Fellows in each of the next three years. Fellows enrolling in Fall 2015 will receive stipends of $20,000 for two years, during […]

News, Reports

Report: Harnessing the Power of Technology at Public Research Universities

From the announcement: Our researchers at Ithaka S+R, with funding from Lumina Foundation, undertook a study over the course of the 2013/2014 academic year to understand the current environment for public research universities. We interviewed 214 individuals, including academic administrators, directors of online learning, chief financial officers, career services staff, and department chairs, and we […]

News, Resources

Resource: Using NYPL MapWarper Maps Inside CartoDB

From the post: Geospatial data lovers know that proximity has its perks- especially in a major city like New York. We recently spent a few minutes browsing through the work of New York Public Library’s Map Division and discovering all of the awesome tools they’re creating- one of which we are about to share with […]