Briefly Noted: AI links for back-to-school
As a new semester begins, I'm pretty sure we're all thinking about how AI will affect our teaching and research this fall. Here are a few recent, thoughtful links
Digital Humanities Outreach and Media Fragmentation
Reaching an audience for a digital humanities project used to be straightforward. It isn’t anymore. The fragmentation and toxicity of social media have made it profoundly more difficult for DH projects to
Briefly Noted for August 3, 2025: Some Good News for the Humanities
For those of us in the humanities, the last 20 years have often felt like a siege. But maybe we’ve reached a nadir. With a new semester just around the corner, here
Generative Artificial Intelligence and Archives: Two Years On
Yesterday I gave a talk on AI and archives at the Colby/Bates/Bowdoin Special Collections and Archives Staff Retreat. Thanks to the staff of the George J. Mitchell Department of Archives and
Jim Bennett, Digital Humanist
I've just returned from London, where I joined a celebration at the Science Museum of the life of my D.Phil. thesis advisor, Jim Bennett. Jim was one of the world&