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CFP: 2016 Göttingen Dialog in Digital Humanities

The Göttingen Dialog in Digital Humanities has established a forum for the discussion of digital methods applied to all areas of the Humanities and Social Sciences, including Classics, Philosophy, History, Literature, Law, Languages, Archaeology and more. The initiative is organized by the Göttingen Centre for Digital Humanities (GCDH). We invite submissions of abstracts describing research which […]

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Job: Digital Engagement Specialist, University of Cambridge

From the ad: The University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced person to help us transform the way that we engage with our audiences digitally. We are looking for someone who shares the UCM’s commitment to developing and diversifying our audiences, and who will work with the UCM team and […]

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CFParticipation: AHA, “AskHistorians,” Outreach and Its Challenges in an Online Space

AskHistorians is an all-volunteer, multi-platform new media forum with over 350,000 subscribers, making it the largest historical space of its kind on the internet. Unlike most outreach, the forum is structured like highly public “town hall meeting” on a global scale—a question-and-answer session in which knowledgeable experts publicly interact with individual questioners while an audience […]

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CFP: Help the Digital Liberal Arts Exchange

The Digital Liberal Arts Exchange is imagining a collaborative, multi-institutional approach to supporting digital scholarship efforts. Their hope is that you would take a few moments to review what we’ve posted there. You can vote up and comment on the ideas that you like the best. Read full CFP here.

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CFP: Propose a workshop for NYC DHWeek 2016

We invite members of the NYC DH community to participate in the NYC DH Workshop Week—like Restaurant Week for DH! At the link below, you may sign up to teach a workshop on a topic of your choice during the week of February 8-12 (except on 2/9, which is the day of the general meeting). Read full CFP here.

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Job: Assistant Professor (Digital Resources Librarian)

Sam Houston State University is looking for an assistant professor (Digital Resources Librarian). From the ad: Experience with creation and/or management of digital objects in various formats. Knowledge of and ability to use computer information technologies, especially, digital image technologies, effectively. Should be familiar with metadata standards. Experience with web page development and design. See […]

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Resource: Digitized Hebrew Manuscripts at the Library of Congress

The Hebraic Section of the Library of Congress houses over 225 manuscripts; most of them in Hebrew but with a fair sampling of manuscripts  also written in cognate languages such as Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Persian, and Yiddish.  It is a highly diverse collection, dating from the 11th to early 20th centuries and drawn from Jewish communities throughout […]