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EVENT: Lightning Talks, DH Open Office Hours Series from Northeastern University

Mar

9

2023

On March 15th at 12:00 pm EST, the Digital Scholarship Group and NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks at Northeastern University is hosting a free, virtual series of lightning talks, featuring 5 panelists in different disciplines and the projects and research they’ve conducted. From the event page: This year’s virtual event will feature lightning talks ...

EVENT: New Horizons in AI and Machine Learning for Libraries and Archives

Mar

9

2023

An online workshop on the applications of AI and machine learning technologies will be March 24, 2023 at 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm UK time (or 8:00 am EST – 12:30 pm EST), hosted by the AEOLIAN network and the University of Glasgow. The workshop will host several guest speakers, who will discuss their implementations ...

CFP: Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Special Issue

Mar

9

2023

From the call: The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) seeks scholarly (especially creative and experimental) work that contributes to or is informed by the liberatory pedagogical legacy of bell hooks. Paying special attention to texts like Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (1994) and Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope ...

CFP: Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship (ILiADS)

Mar

9

2023

From the call: ILiADS, the Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship, welcomes proposals for the seventh annual Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship. This year’s Institute, hosted by Davidson College in North Carolina, will be held in person July 23-28, 2023. ILiADS offers a week-long intensive environment for collaborative project teams composed of some mix ...

CFP: Modern Language Association (MLA) 2024 Sessions

Mar

9

2023

Numerous MLA committees that perform work related to digital humanities and libraries are seeking proposals for sessions planned for the 2024 MLA Annual Convention. Of note, the MLA’s Committee on Information Technology (CIT) initiates projects, publications, and other activities relating to the use of computers and other technologies for teaching and research in the language ...

FUNDING/OPPORTUNITY: Podcasting the Humanities

Mar

9

2023

Disclosure: This post highlights an opportunity in which a dh+lib editor has a financial interest. The editor involved has recused themselves from making editorial decisions on this post. Hosted by the National Humanities Center, in partnership with the Digital Humanities Center at San Diego State University, Podcasting the Humanities is a five-day virtual institute that ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian, Boston College

Mar

9

2023

From the announcement: The Digital Scholarship Librarian is responsible for facilitating and supporting faculty and student digital research projects, ranging from short and long-term consultations (e.g., helping to identify appropriate methods, tools, and training resources) to more intensive, hands-on assistance with technology, project design, and project management. For faculty, they offer a range of teaching ...

RECOMMENDED: Rethinking Data and Rebalancing Digital Power

Feb

23

2023

The Ada Lovelace Institute released a new report, “Rethinking data and rebalancing digital power.” Developed by the Rethinking data working group, co-chaired by Diane Coyle (Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge) and Paul Nemitz (Principal Adviser on Justice Policy, European Commission and visiting Professor of Law at College of Europe), the report sought ...

PROJECT: Periodical Poets

Feb

23

2023

Periodical Poets is a digital humanities project containing over 500 poems printed in New York-based, nineteenth-century periodicals run by Black editors. Created by Charline Jao with the support of the Cornell Summer Graduate Fellowship in Digital Humanities, the project is sponsored by Cornell University Library & Society for the Humanities. As explained in the project’s ...

PROJECT: Mary Ann Shadd Cary and Herstory in the Colored Conventions Movement

Feb

23

2023

The Colored Conventions Project announced the launch of a new online exhibit, “Mary Ann Shadd Cary and Herstory in the Colored Conventions Movement.” The exhibit “examines the work of activist, educator, and newspaper editor Mary Ann Shadd Cary within the Colored Conventions Movement. Drawing on various scholarship on Shadd Cary, this exhibit also centers her ...

POST: Using Data to Discover and Explore the Stories of Enslaved People

Feb

23

2023

JSTOR Daily recently published a blogpost, “Using Data to Discover and Explore the Stories of Enslaved People.” Written by Daryle Williams (Professor of History and serves as Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS) at the University of California, Riverside) and Kristina E. Poznan (Clinical Assistant Professor of History at the ...