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POST: ManoWhisper Visualizations

May

1

2025

Nick Ruest (York University) posted a blog, “ManoWhisper Visualizations,” detailing his work on ManoWhisper in partnership with University of Waterloo for the Digital Feminist Network. ManoWhisper is a compilation of “an ever-growing dataset of podcast transcripts comprising over 11,000 episodes from 20 podcasts associated with the Intellectual Dark Web, conspiracy theories, QAnon, the Alt-Right, White Supremacist/Nationalist movements, and the Manosphere.” ...

RESOURCE: Creating a Dashboard for Interactive Data Visualization with Dash in Python

May

1

2025

Programming Historian has released a lesson by Luling Huang (Missouri Western State University), titled “Creating a Dashboard for Interactive Data Visualization with Dash in Python.” The description for the lesson describes how, “Using two news media case studies, this lesson provides a practical guide for making digital humanities research outputs more accessible and engaging.” From ...

RESOURCE: TrOCR Model for Medieval Manuscripts (12th-16th Centuries)

May

1

2025

TRIDIS (Tria Digita Scribunt) is a Handwritten Text Recognition model trained on and for medieval and Early Modern manuscripts. While trained specifically for legal, administrative, and memorial writings from the Late Middle Ages, it may also be useful for a more diverse range of materials including literature and treatises. The model was originally trained on ...

EVENT: Immersive Realities in the Humanities and Intro to FrameVR for Pedagogical Applications of Public History

May

1

2025

The US Latino Digital Humanities (USLDH) Center at the University of Houston is hosting two free online events in the month of May. On Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 2 p.m. Eastern time the Immersive Realities in the Humanities workshop with Amanda Licastro (Swarthmore College) “explores how emerging technologies are being used to cultivate community ...

EVENT: Technology and Evolving Research Practices in the Humanities

May

1

2025

On Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 2 p.m. Eastern time, Choice 360 is hosting a webinar sponsored by the Modern Language Association (MLA) on how new technologies are affecting humanities research and scholarship. The webinar will be moderated by Angela Gibson, Senior Director of Operational Strategy at MLA and speakers include: Elizabeth Brookbank, Instruction Librarian ...

CFP: Scholars’ Lab Data Art Call For Proposals

May

1

2025

The Scholars’ Lab at the University of Virginia Library has released a call for proposals for “creative works that tell evocative, artistic, and thought-provoking stories with data” to be displayed in the Scholars’ Lab community space. From the call: We use “data art” rather than “data visualization” to emphasize we seek physical, compelling, data-inspired or ...

CFP: Texas Digital Humanities Symposium

May

1

2025

The Baylor Libraries and the Baylor Digital Humanities Initiative at Baylor University are hosting the Texas Digital Humanities Symposium taking place virtually September 9-11, 2025 and is seeking proposals for 30 minute and 60 minute sessions. From their website: This three-day symposium offers a unique opportunity to engage in stimulating discussions, share innovative research, and ...

JOB: Information Specialist, Digital Scholarship Developer (UT San Antonio)

May

1

2025

From the announcement: Job Summary Leverage technical knowledge and skills to plan and implement library projects focused on making scholarship relevant to the community; utilize digital methods that value interdisciplinarity, collaboration, and critical inquiry. Advance student success and research excellence at UTSA by supporting research and instruction services, developing and maintaining strong faculty relationships and ...

JOB: Director of Digital Scholarship and Scholarly Communication (Ball State University)

May

1

2025

From the announcement: The Ball State University Libraries seeks a dynamic, effective, and visionary leader to head up our Digital Scholarship and Scholarly Communication team. The director will be responsible for developing and growing the suite of services around open access publishing, scholarly communication, digital scholarship projects, and open educational resources. If you would like ...

RECOMMENDED: Static Web Methodology as a Sustainable Approach to Digital Humanities Projects

Apr

18

2025

Olivia Wikle (Iowa State University) and Evan Peter Williamson (University of Idaho), have published an article in latest issue of the code4lib Journal, on “Static Web Methodology as a Sustainable Approach to Digital Humanities Projects.” Their article advocates for a reexamination of digital humanities platforms through a minimal computing lens, proposing static web development, “Lib-Static,” ...

POST: Support the NEH and IMLS

Apr

18

2025

The National Humanities Alliance (NHA) has released “NHA Statement on Threats to the NEH,” detailing the importance of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) staff and grant programs to cultural organizations amid recent cuts. The statement reads in part: Established in 1965, the National Endowment for the Humanities is the only entity, federal or ...