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Tom Scheinfeldt

Tom Scheinfeldt

Connecticut
Tom is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. He writes about history, technology, digital humanities, design, higher education, and (sometimes) politics.
19
Aug
Connecticut as Borderland

Connecticut as Borderland

Anne is from New York City (Stuyvesant Town, on the Lower East Side). I was born in Hartford and raised
4 min read
27
May

Briefly Noted for May 27, 2021

I read Zach Carter's magisterial biography of John Maynard Keynes, The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the
1 min read
30
Apr

Sourcery: “Disruption,” Austerity, Equity, and Remote Access to Archives

I’ve spent the last 24 hours thinking about and responding to Mark Matienzo’s recent post about Sourcery and
4 min read
25
Nov

Correspondence Course

During the depths of the lockdown in March, I imagined a course for our times that would be completely free
2 min read
24
Nov

Briefly Noted for November 24, 2020

I just finished Alan Mikhail's God's Shadow, an excellent history of the Ottoman Empire told through
1 min read
20
Nov

Farming in the Suburbs

I write bad poetry from time to time. I use this space to record it. I wrote this one in
09
Aug

Rethinking ROI

This semester I'll be co-chairing our President's "Life-Transformative Education" task force, a signature initiative
2 min read
24
Oct

Briefly Noted for October 24, 2018

Caitlin Flanagan's eloquent description of how histories, true or false, operate in families (e.g. Elizabeth Warren'
1 min read
26
Sep
Collaboration and Emergent Knowledge at Greenhouse Studios

Collaboration and Emergent Knowledge at Greenhouse Studios

Crossposted from Greenhouse Studios Since the 1970s, scholars in fields as varied as sedimentology, ornithology, sociology, and philosophy have come
3 min read
20
Aug

Briefly Noted for August 21, 2018

Test everything; retain what is good. 1 Thessalonians, Chapter 5