Job Announcements, News

Job: Manager of Digital Collections as Data, Johns Hopkins University

From the ad: The Manager of Digital Collections as Data will develop a vision for and implement a program of digital collections as data. The Manager will provide leadership in further development and management of the Institutional Repository (“JScholarship”), direct digitization services including developing services for use of digitization services beyond the library, and collaborate […]

News, Resources

Resource: Postdoc Bill of Rights

From the resource: Postdoctoral positions in the humanities have changed significantly in the past two decades. The traditional model, which assumes that the majority of one’s appointment is directed at individual research, has largely been superseded by labor-intensive positions embedded in a department, library, center, institute, etc. These positions can be highly rewarding for institutions […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Assistant Director for Digital Engagement and Discovery, Brown

From the ad: The Assistant Director for Digital Engagement and Discovery coordinates digital initiatives at the Library and works with the Director/Librarian and Associate Librarian in developing strategies for online engagement.  With a keen interest in and deep knowledge of emerging technological trends in special collections libraries and/or the humanities, the Assistant Director is responsible […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Assistant Professor of English, Gannon University

From the ad: The College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences invites applications for a 9-month, Teaching Track, Assistant Professor in English. Requirements include a Ph.D. with writing specialization, specifically in digital humanities. Experience teaching first-year writing and skills in technology are essential. The successful candidate will teach primarily liberal core courses in first-year writing, […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change

From the CFP: The workshop will be co-located with ACL 2019 in Florence, July 29th – August 2nd, 2019… Characterizing the time-varying nature of language will have broad implications and applications in multiple fields including linguistics, artificial intelligence, digital humanities, computational cognitive and social sciences. In this workshop, we will bring together the world’s pioneers and experts […]

Announcements, News

Announcement: “What is a Feminist Lab?” Symposium

From the announcement: The “What Is a Feminist Lab?” Symposium will take place at the University of Colorado Boulder in Norlin Library N410 on April 17-18, 2019. Co-organized by Maya Livio, Lori Emerson, and Thea Lindquist, the event will examine the recent proliferation of labs, surveying the lab landscape and exploring ways in which intersectional […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Research Assistant, Center for Digital Cultural Heritage Research, Berlin/La Habana

From the ad: For the launch of an international digitization and digital edition project, the Academy invites applications for the position of a Research Assistant (male/female/divers) in the field of Digital Humanities (Digital Scholarly Editions and Research Software Development) 100% full-time position for an initial duration until December 31, 2021. The position should ideally begin […]

News, Resources

Resource: Possibilities for Digital Humanities at Community Colleges

About the Resource: I was pleased to present today at Houston Community College’s Spring 2019 English & Humanities Colloquium on “The Digital Classroom: Humanities, Literature & Composition.” Thanks to Dr. Helen Graham for the invitation. Here are my slides. Much of the presentation is built on Dr. Anne McGrail’s work on DH and community colleges. […]