literature

CFP: "The Past's Digital Presence: Database, Archive, and Knowledge Work in the Humanities"

Submitted by pdp on Jul 06, 2009, 11:01 AM

Call For Papers

The Past?s Digital Presence: Database, Archive, and Knowledge Work in the Humanities

A Graduate Student Symposium at Yale University

Beyond "Flat Maps": GIS and the Humanities

Submitted by moacir on Jun 01, 2009, 09:07 PM
I was asked by our Humanities Computing department to put together a discussion about how I've started using a Geographic Information System in my analysis of US novels of the 1930s. The result was a powerpoint presentation / 26 minute podcast on the possiblities available when taking a sharp spatial turn in the humanities. Here i've included a few more sentences about the presentation as well as links to more information about it.

Duke U Press Publishes Study by Obama's Mama

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on May 04, 2009, 02:03 PM
It hasn't been very often, if ever, in American history that the mother of the President of the United States was a scholar and an academic.  Congratulations to Duke University Press for publishing Against the Odds:  Village Industry in Indonesia, by the late S. Ann Dunham.  Duke U Press Editorial Director Ken Wissoker notes:  ?It is a great privilege for Duke University Press to be publishing this remarkable work by Ann Dunham.  Her global perspective and obvious respect for other people?s intelligence and self-direction is a model we all can learn from. Her children clearly have!?

Traversing Digital Boundaries (without looking back)

Submitted by whitneyt on Feb 25, 2009, 11:00 PM

HASTAC III.  ?Traversing Digital Boundaries.?
This blog is part of a series of blogs leading up to the third annual HASTAC conference, which will be held April 19-21, 2009, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the theme ?Traversing Digital Boundaries.? As the theme suggests, the gathering will focus on the exploration of new territory and on work that crosses, manipulates, or simply ignores traditional boundaries. The conference program will include presentations of research, performances, technology demonstrations, posters, panel discussions, and ?virtual? participation via telepresence technology.  For more information, visit http://www.chass.uiuc.edu/Index/Entries/2009/1/26_HASTAC_III.html or contact HASTAC3@ncsa.uiuc.edu.

HASTAC III

Submitted by manuelb on Feb 19, 2009, 07:12 PM
HASTAC III.  ?Traversing Digital Boundaries.?
This blog is part of a series of blogs leading up to the third annual HASTAC conference, which will be held April 19-21, 2009, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the theme ?Traversing Digital Boundaries.? As the theme suggests, the gathering will focus on the exploration of new territory and on work that crosses, manipulates, or simply ignores traditional boundaries. The conference program will include presentations of research, performances, technology demonstrations, posters, panel discussions, and ?virtual? participation via telepresence technology.  For more information, visit http://www.chass.uiuc.edu/Index/Entries/2009/1/26_HASTAC_III.html or contact HASTAC3@ncsa.uiuc.edu.

Representing the Past and the Future of Humanities

Submitted by Kathleen on Feb 12, 2009, 10:27 AM
This blog is part of a series of blogs leading up to the third annual HASTAC conference, which will be held April 19-21, 2009, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the theme ?Traversing Digital Boundaries.? As the theme suggests, the gathering will focus on the exploration of new territory and on work that crosses, manipulates, or simply ignores traditional boundaries. The conference program will include presentations of research, performances, technology demonstrations, posters, panel discussions, and ?virtual? participation via telepresence technology.  For more information, visit http://www.chass.uiuc.edu/Index/Entries/2009/1/26_HASTAC_III.html or contact HASTAC3@ncsa.uiuc.edu.