Job Announcements, News

Job: King’s College London Seeks Teaching Fellows

King’s College London is offering two positions for teaching fellows in the Department of Digital Humanities. A Teaching Fellow in Digital Curation is required for a 9-month full time position. The post is available from the 1st January 2016. A part time (0.5) Teaching Fellow in Digital Culture is required for up to 20 months fixed […]

Announcements

Announcement: Why Are We Not Boycotting Academia.edu?

The Centre for Disruptive Media is organizing an event,  “Why Are We Not Boycotting Academia.edu?”  Guest speakers Janneke Adema (Coventry University, UK), Pascal Aventurier (INRA, France), Kathleen Fitzpatrick (MLA/Coventry University, US), Gary Hall (Coventry University, UK), and David Parry (Saint Joseph’s University, US) will discuss numerous topics concerning academic publishing platforms. Register and find out more here.

News, Reports

Report: Reading Digitally, Archiving by Smartphone

I couldn’t help but wonder at the relative lack of digitally-inflected panels, workshops, and seminars at the Modernist Studies Association’s most recent annual conference in Boston last week (2 workshops, 2 roundtables, 1 panel, 1 seminar, and a “digital exhibition,” featuring 8 projects). I set aside lobster rolls and Sam Adams and oh-so-good East Coast pizza […]

Announcements, News

Announcement: $20 Million in Gifts Furthers Hanlon’s Cluster Initiative | Dartmouth Now

Dartmouth has received gifts totaling $20 million to establish two interdisciplinary faculty groups, called academic clusters, to help elevate the institution as a global leader in the fields of neuroscience and digital humanities and to attract exceptional scholars whose work will benefit individuals and societies around the world. Read full announcement here.

Funding & Opportunities, News

Opportunity: Digital Methods Initiative, Winter School 2016

The Digital Methods Initiative (DMI), Amsterdam, is holding its annual Winter School on Critical Analytics and the Meanings of Engagement. The format is that of a data sprint, with hands-on work on engagement metrics for political, social and media research, together with a programme of keynote speakers and a Mini-conference, where PhD candidates, motivated scholars […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Digital Scholarship Librarian at DePaul University

From the ad: Reporting to the Coordinator of Reference, Instruction, and Academic Engagement, the Digital Scholarship Librarian will provide leadership for the integration of digital tools, resources and methodologies with traditional resources and approaches to research, teaching and learning. The Digital Scholarship Librarian will collaborate with members of the Library Administration and with Coordinators of […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: Poetics of the Algorithm

Poetics of the Algorithm: Narrative, Digitality, and Unidentified Media is an international conference hosted by the University of Liege (Belgium, 16-17-18 June 2016) with a focus on interactive fiction, apps, digital comics, games, e-literature and other emerging, ‘new’ media. The conference will host workshops, roundtable discussions, panels, and presentations of papers. We invite scholars, artists, […]