“Game changing” is a term we hear a lot in digital humanities. I have used it myself. But try, as I was asked to do for a recent talk at Brown University’s Ancient Religion, Modern Technology workshop, to name a list of truly game-changing developments wrought by digital humanities. I come up short. Struggling withContinue reading “Game Change: Digital Technology and Performative Humanities”
Connecticut Forum on Digital Initiatives
Today, I’ll be speaking at the Connecticut Forum on Digital Initiatives at the Connecticut State Library under the catch-all title, “The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media: New initiatives, oldies but goodies, and partnership opportunities with ‘CHNM North’.” The long and short of it is that the institutional realities of being a grant-fundedContinue reading “Connecticut Forum on Digital Initiatives”
Post-Doc at CHNM (North)
Many Found History readers will know that I have recently moved full-time to Connecticut, working remotely and traveling to Fairfax four or five days each month to meet with the gang at CHNM. Since moving north, I have been lucky to make a slew of new friends and colleagues in the bustling New England publicContinue reading “Post-Doc at CHNM (North)”
PressForward
We have been threatening to do it for years. Frustrated with the inadequacies of traditional modes of scholarly publishing for the digital age, we have long batted around the idea of launching a “CHNM Press.” Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of PressForward, a new initiative to explore and produce new means forContinue reading “PressForward”
Summer Blockbusters: Sci-fi and Alternate History
It seems the past has replaced the future as Hollywood’s preferred setting for summer’s science fiction blockbusters. Jon Favreau’s screen adaptation of the graphic novel, Cowboys and Aliens imagines an extraterrestrial invasion of the Old West. X-Men: First Class offers a prequel to the popular franchise, tracing Magneto and Charles Xavier’s education and upbringing andContinue reading “Summer Blockbusters: Sci-fi and Alternate History”
For Your Listening Pleasure: History Conversations
A few years back I had the bright idea to launch a second podcast (Digital Campus being the first). It languished. In fact, I only ever managed to record three episodes. The last one was recorded in February 2008. It’s time to retire the website, but I don’t want to lose what I believe isContinue reading “For Your Listening Pleasure: History Conversations”
A Pound of History
Does a pound of history amount to a hill of beans? Starbucks seems to think so. It’s pushing the history angle pretty hard in its 40th anniversary marketing campaign.
Hey you! Come to THATCamp NCPH
Here is a partial list of places an easy workday’s drive from Pensacola, FL: Athens, GA Atlanta, GA Auburn, AL Baton Rouge, LA Beaumont, TX Biloxi, MS Birmingham, AL Chattanooga, TN Gainsville, FL Hattiesburg, MS Huntsville, AL Jackson, MS Jacksonville, FL Knoxville, TN Lake Charles, LA Macon, GA Memphis, TN Mobile, AL Montgomery, AL Nashville,Continue reading “Hey you! Come to THATCamp NCPH”
Stuff Digital Humanists Like: Defining Digital Humanities by its Values
[A very rough transcript of my talk at the CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative on December 1, 2010. The DHI’s theme for this semester’s program was “What is Digital Humanities?” This is my attempt to answer—or dodge—that question. Many thanks to Matt Gold and all my friends at CUNY for a great event and a thought-provokingContinue reading “Stuff Digital Humanists Like: Defining Digital Humanities by its Values”
Briefly Noted for November 15, 2010
Open Access Week 2010 talk available — The full audio of Mason’s October 20, 2010 Open Access Week panel discussion is now available via our library’s institutional repository. Cliff Lynch of CNI kicks it off at about 4:55. My talk starts at about 31:30 with a shout out to Paul Fyfe’s Open Access Week talkContinue reading “Briefly Noted for November 15, 2010”
