News, Projects

Project Update: Transcribe Bentham

Transcribe Bentham began in 2010, and another 20,000 or so manuscript pages require transcription. We’d like to invite your readers to help us complete the project and to explore the writings and correspondence of a figure of enormous historical importance. By doing so they will contribute to the production of the authoritative edition of The […]

News, Resources

Interview: Sari Altschuler, Before Disability

Today, Sari Altschuler is bringing us a sneak peek of her new book, Before Disability: A History of American Citizenship, which will be released on June 16. Sari is an Associate Professor of English and the Founding Director of the Health, Humanities, and Society Program at Northeastern University. Here’s Sari to tell us more about her […]

Announcements, News

DHNow Newsletter, June 24, 2026

This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow’s Editor and Zhihui Zou, DHNow Guest Editor. Our Editors’ Choices this week include an interactive discussion of rendering Arabic typography on the web, a roundtable discussing how to digitize physical collections in concert with AI and a reflection on the difficulties of teaching that numbers are […]

News, Reports

Report: The World in an Archive: Preserving the Websites of Geographers, Cartographers, and Map Enthusiasts

The Geographic and Cartographic Professional Societies and Organizations Web Archive preserves the websites of groups shaping our understanding of the world. In this interview, Carissa Pastuch discusses how the collection was built, what it includes and why preserving born-digital content is increasingly important for documenting the field of geography and cartography. See full post.

Announcements, News

Weekly Highlight: Now & Here

Now & Here is a collection of original research projects created by emerging scholars in collaboration with partners in communities, historic sites, and public lands. Now & Here shares the work of the Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. See full post.

Announcements, News

DHNow Newsletter, June 17, 2026

This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow’s Editor and Monica Storss, DHNow Guest Editor. Our Editors’ Choices this week include a LibGuide on the environmental impacts of AI and discussion of AI and book history. We have also included CFPs, job announcements, opportunities, and reports, including a digital archive of cartography. As part […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: Alabama Digitorium

In 2026, Digitorium is focused on the theme of Preserve. As Digital Humanists, we engage in so many levels of preservation, and we want to make space to explore and document that work. Digital Humanities is a field committed to uncovering and preserving culture and society that is hidden. Sometimes hidden means time, as in […]

Job Announcements, News

Job Announcement: Digitization Archivist at Letterform Archive

Reporting to the Collections Director, the Digitization Archivist will be responsible for implementing digitization services and managing resources that support the current and future needs of our team and community. The Digitization Archivist will support the Collections Director in key areas of digitization project management, data preservation, workflow strategy, and design and launch of the […]