CFP: Textual Studies Today / SAMLA, 9-11 November 2012, Durham NC
Papers are welcome on any topic relevant to modern textual studies, textual editing, manuscript studies or digital textuality. 250-word abstracts by 6 June.
Papers are welcome on any topic relevant to modern textual studies, textual editing, manuscript studies or digital textuality. 250-word abstracts by 6 June.
The Humanities and Technology Association is an interdisciplinary scholarly society that explores the impact of technology on human life from a broad range of perspectives. We welcome papers that investigate the cultural interaction of the humanities, science, engineering, and technology.
HTRC is hosting its first annual HTRC UnCamp September 10-11, 2012 at Indiana University in Bloomington. The UnCamp is different: it is part hands-on coding and demonstration, part inspirational use-cases, part community building, and a part informational, all structured in the dynamic setting of an un-conference programming format. It has visionary speakers mixed with boot-camp […]
Supported by the Volkswagen Foundation and the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing the Summer School will take place at Leipzig University, Germany, from the 23rd to the 31st of July 2012. Deadline for application: 15th of June 2012.
We seek a Digital Project Manager to manage the day-to-day timeline and work flow for Carnegie Hall’s Digital Archives Project, a comprehensive initiative that will digitize extensive paper and audio-visual holdings documenting the Hall’s 120-year history, ensuring that they are preserved for future generations and made increasingly accessible to the public. Manage vendor relationships, perform […]
Editors’ Note: Several recent pieces by Mia Ridge and Trevor Owens have been focused on Crowdsourcing and Cultural Heritage. Excerpts and links to the original pieces are below. Frequently Asked Questions about Crowdsourcing in Cultural Heritage By Mia Ridge ….What kind of cultural heritage stuff can be crowdsourced? I wrote this list of ‘Activity types […]
Editors’ Note: Two new publications using quantitative methods to study the literary and intellectual history of nineteenth century Britain have been released. The first by Ryan Heuser and Long Le-Khac from the Stanford Literary Lab, and the second from Dan Cohen and Fred Gibbs. Excerpts and links to the original texts are included below. A […]
Field Papers allows you to print a multipage paper atlas of anywhere in the world and take it outside, offline, into the field. You can scribble on it, add features, or make notes about the area, all without a GPS or complicated GIS software. Once you’ve annotated your atlas, you can upload photographs of each […]
Notes from Geoffrey Rockwell from the SDH/SEMI 2012 (Programme) at Congress in Waterloo, Ontario.
This panel will consider the implications of the digital humanities, broadly defined, for the study of early American culture. What particular challenges and/or opportunities do the digital humanities offer scholars in the field? How might some of the foundational conceptions that help structure and organize the study of early American writing and culture need to […]