Job Announcements, News

Job: Asst Prof in Digital Humanities with a focus on screen research, Umea University

Biträdande lektor/ Assistant Professor. We are looking for a person with a Ph.D. or the equivalent qualifications from a humanities discipline or a discipline relevant to the position. The position will be placed at HUMlab and is part of the research project Multiple Screens as Material. HUMlab is a meeting place for the humanities, culture and […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Digital Humanities & Cultural Heritage, or, The Opposite of Argumentation

Back in August, Miriam Posner’s post “What are some challenges to doing DH in the library?” initiated a wide-ranging conversation in the blogosphere examining the relationship between DH and libraries. As the dh+lib blog gets a’rolling, it seems useful both to revisit Miriam’s post, but also remind ourselves of the potential DH holds to enable […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Exploring visualisations of electronic literature communities at the Digital Methods Winter School

I’m excited to be off to the Digital Methods Winter School in Amsterdam tomorrow! The first day is a mini conference (and look at all the interesting stuff in the reader!) and then there’s a three day workshop where we actually do data sprints and hands on work with data capture and “abbreviated analysis”. Richard Rogers and Sabine […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Early Career Research Associate in Digital Sociology, Cambridge, deadline January 25, 2013

The project, Digital Bridges, grows out of interconnections between these groups – and out of the recognition that Cambridge has over many years been at the forefront of producing great writers, actors and directors for the theatre even in the absence of a theatre studies program. This project thus explores bridges between the academic world […]

News, Resources

Resource: Research Data Curation Bibliography, updated 1/14/2013

The Research Data Curation Bibliography includes selected English-language articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding the curation of digital research data in academic and other research institutions. For broader coverage of the digital curation literature, see the author’s Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works,which presents over 650 English-language articles, books, and technical […]

News, Resources

Resource: Anthologize 0.7

Version 0.7 includes a number of important, under-the-hood improvements. Some highlights: The way Anthologize loads itself has been largely rewritten, which means that it fires up more reliably – and using fewer resources – than ever before. Some validation issues with epub exportsr have been cleared up In previous version of Anthologize, PDF exports sometimes […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: Electronic Literature Organization, 2013 Paris

The conference title is “Chercher le Texte: Locating the Text in Electronic Literature.” Electronic literature is explicitly defined as literature. Yet there is great confusion about the concept of text at work in it. What defines the textuality of games, visual works, and works without any evident language? The ELO 2013 conference in Paris will […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFParticipation: IMLS WebWise Conference, March 2013, Baltimore

Since 2000, the WebWise conference has brought together representatives of museums, libraries, archives, systems science, education, and other fields interested in the future of high-quality online content for inquiry and learning. This annual conference highlights recent research and innovations in digital technology, explores their potential impacts on library and museum services, and promotes effective museum […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFParticipation: Global Outlook::Digital Humanities (GO::DH) Group

Participation in GO::DH is open to all who share its aims. If you are interested in participating in this initiative, you can visit the GO::DH website  http://www.globaloutlookdh.org/ , join the GO::DH mailing list (http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l), or follow it on Facebook or Twitter (@globaloutlookdh). Announcement: Special Interest Group: Global Outlook::Digital Humanities (GO::DH).

Funding & Opportunities, News

Opportunity: 2013 Summer Internship Opportunities at Berkman Center, Harvard

Each summer the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University swings open the doors of our vibrant yellow house to welcome a group of talented and curious students as full-time interns – Berkterns! – who are passionate about the promise of the Internet. Summer 2013 projects include the Digital Public Library of America, Harvard’s Open […]