DHNow is on Spring Break!
Digital Humanities Now is taking the week off for spring break. All posts nominated this week will be included for consideration when we return next week. Keep nominating!
Author: Colleen Nugent
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Job: Software Developer, University of Münster
From the ad: The Leibniz Prize Research Unit ALEA (Arabische Literatur Elftes bis Achtzehntes Jahrhundert) directed by Prof. Dr. Thomas Bauer currently prepares an edition of the complete works of Ibn Nubatah al-Misri (1287-1366), one of the most famous poets of premodern Arab literature. The literary work of Ibn Nubatah was considered a stylistic ideal […]
Announcement: DH Awards 2019 Results
From the announcement: The winners of the DH Awards 2019 are as follows. Once duplicates were removed, the ballots as cast by members of the public over two weeks voting for one or more of the categories chose the winners. Sorry if your favoured resource did not win — open public votes are popularity contests […]
Report: 20th Birthday of R
From the report: In this post, we will look back on the 20 years of R with a bit of history and 3 interesting perspectives – how much faster did R get over the years, how many R packages were being released since 2000 and how did the number of package downloads grow. Read the […]
Report: (Un)attending the #ELI2020Unconference
From the report: I was excitedly awaiting my first ELI Annual Meeting on Sunday afternoon when I received the disappointing news that it was called off. Due to growing concerns over COVID-19, the conference organizers made the difficult decision tocancel the meeting. Although an appropriate decision, many presenters, like me, were left with many hours […]
Editors’ Choice: what does it mean to be Cherokee online?
Over 100 years since the Dawes Act land grabs, theft of Indigenous resources continues through misappropriated identity. Non-Natives frequently dismiss these “family myths” as harmless, claiming they do not affect Natives in any material way. I wanted to see the data. Content Note: This post contains references to anti-Indigenous slurs & other racism. Background On […]
Job: Part-Time User Experience Researcher, George Mason University
From the ad: The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) is seeking a half-time (20 hours per week) staff member to assist us with our work in the digital humanities… The primary responsibilities for this position fall under the category of user experience testing. The person hired will work with our staff […]
Job: Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship Specialist/Diversity Resident, Bucknell
From the ad: We are seeking an early-career librarian or technologist to participate in a three-year diversity residence program. If mutually agreeable, continuation of the position after the three-year term is an option… As a member of the Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship Group, the Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship Specialist | ACRL Diversity Resident collaborates with faculty, […]
Resource: Making a GitHub Diagram
From the resource: You know how to use a computer, right? Obviously that’s true since you’re reading this, but that doesn’t mean you know how a computer works. You probably have some idea that electricity, circuits, binary and other computer stuff are working together to make the thing run, but for most people there is […]
Editors’ Choice: THATCamp Roundup
Where We All Ended Up by Lee Skallerup Bessette I don’t know if I can say what impact THATCamp had on (checks notes) Comparative Literature, but I do know, personally, what impact it had on my teaching and my career. A decade ago, I was a contingent faculty member in the middle of nowhere. I […]