Being a “public intellectual” in 2014 typically involves using social media. This brings many advantages for scholars, journalists, and other public thinkers. For example, sharing one’s writing on social media tends to increase readership, and being active on a service like Twitter can lead to the forging of many new, mutually beneficial professional relationships. I…
Linguists try to understand the nuances of languages, and how they relate to one another. A computer scientist says the English mistakes of non-native speakers can reveal something about languages. Anything you write or say has two parts to it – what you say and how you say it. Computers can now pay attention to…
If your image of a computer programmer is a young man, there’s a good reason: It’s true. Recently, many big tech companies revealed how few of their female employees worked in programming and technical jobs. Google had some of the highest rates: 17 percent of its technical staff is female. It wasn’t always this way….
The “Crossing Borders” theme invites discussion of the social construction and social impacts of borders dividing individuals, groups, and nations. It challenges us to explore how borders are created, how they can change, and the complex processes shaping whether, and how, they can be crossed – and with what consequences. View CFP Here.
On the codespeak site today, you’ll find links to a customizable kit that anyone can use to host their own Speaking in Code gathering. It includes our starter bibliography, advice for welcoming a diverse group of participants and planning an event, and the framework of a Jekyll website (complete with instructions), ready for you to…
The HASTAC Scholars program is comprised of graduate and undergraduate students who are engaged with innovative projects and research at the intersection of digital media & learning, the digital humanities, and technology in the arts, humanities and sciences. We blog, host forums, get feedback on our research, organize events, discuss new ideas and develop new…
Welcome to one of the world’s most beautiful Ramayana manuscripts. The original was prepared for Maharana Jagat Singh, the ruler of the Rajput kingdom of Mewar in Rajasthan, in the middle of the seventeenth century. Most volumes of the manuscript are now in the British Library. They were presented by Maharana Bhim Singh of Mewar…
The University of Sheffield’s Humanities Research Institute with the support of Centernet is delighted to announce that registration has opened for a three-day conference to be held in Sheffield during 4th – 6th September 2014. Source: Digital Humanities Congress 2014 – Digital Humanities Congress – HRI – The University of Sheffield
Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Please join us for the 36th annual conference of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, February 11-14, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Conference Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The theme for 2015 is “Many Face, Many Voices: Intersecting Borders in Popular and American Culture.” Digital Humanities (DH) is “a nexus…
Tenure-track faculty position available August 15, 2014. Responsibilities: teaching and developing undergraduate and graduate courses in Early Modern/Renaissance and Medieval literature, including Shakespeare; teaching a wide range of courses in English; publishing scholarship in area of specialization; directing graduate student research; participating in service activities. Minimum qualifications: earned doctorate in English or related discipline…