We are hosting our rescheduled initial interest meeting at The Frontier in Research Triangle Park. There will be delicious snacks. Everyone is welcome, whether you’re a seasoned veteran or just a little DH–curious. We especially encourage graduate students, adjunct faculty, people from smaller institutions, civic do-gooders, non-academics, and miscellaneous misfits. Date: Tuesday, January 29th, 2019 Time: … Continue reading “TDHN Initial Interest Meeting”
Grant Glass is a PhD student at UNC Chapel Hill and a Graduate Fellow at Duke University, focusing on work in digital humanities and British literature. Grant led a research team during the summer of 2018 to create Pirating Texts, a project related to his dissertation work using algorithmic text analysis to find social, historical, and literary … Continue reading ““Pirating Texts” – an Interview with Grant Glass”
I had the opportunity to interview Sean Swanick, Duke’s Librarian for Middle East and Islamic Studies. We discussed the librarian’s role both supporting and participating in digital humanities projects. Describe your involvement with DH projects at your institution. Currently there are three DH-related projects at Duke University which relate to the Middle East and Islamic … Continue reading “Interview with Sean Swanick”
TDHN Initial Interest Meeting We’re looking for a new date, time, and place for our first interest meeting! Keep an eye out for updates, as we’re hoping to get something put together for January or early February. Recent Posts Not Your Daddy’s DH: A Review of Disrupting the Digital Humanities by Nathan Kelber December … Continue reading “Weekly Roundup 1/8”
The captains at the helm of Disrupting the Digital Humanities—Dorothy Kim (editor), Jesse Stommel (editor), and Eileen Joy (publisher)—arrive with convictions. Kim’s Digital Whiteness and Medieval Studies (2019) argues that medieval studies has been “complicit in the construction of the historical and critical category of whiteness” and that medievalism “has become a fertile ground for … Continue reading “Not Your Daddy’s DH: A Review of Disrupting the Digital Humanities”
If you’ve never had the opportunity to browse through the Blake archive, take their newest addition to the collection as an excuse to get lost in the art and poetry of William Blake (1757 – 1827). On October 31st, the William Blake Archive announced the addition of 43 digitized pencil drawings done by Blake, now … Continue reading “The William Blake Archive’s Pencil Drawings Highlight Access for All”
In October, I joined a group of librarians and library graduate students for a two-day Library Carpentry workshop at UNC’s Davis Library. The workshop is part of a larger organization that extends all over the world to teach introductory skills for data management and digital tools. Our workshop was typical of their style and included … Continue reading “Library Carpentry Review: A Great Introduction to Digital Scholarship Skills”
Weekly Roundup **TDHN Interest Meeting has been cancelled** The Triangle Digital Humanities Network is hosting an initial interest meeting at The Frontier in Research Triangle Park. There will be delicious snacks! Date: 12/10/2018 Recent Posts Conference Lessons: The Realities of DH and Librarianship by Kristina Bush December 3, 2018 Upcoming Events Visualization Friday Forum: … Continue reading “Weekly Roundup 12/4”
As part of winning the Atiyeh Prize, the week of November 12 I attended the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) and Middle East Studies Association (MESA) conferences. My work with Syriac Paleography is actually what introduced me to the digital humanities as an undergraduate at Mount Holyoke College. I began as a research assistant on … Continue reading “Conference Lessons: The Realities of DH and Librarianship”
**This event has been cancelled due to inclement weather** The Triangle Digital Humanities Network is hosting an initial interest meeting at The Frontier in Research Triangle Park. There will be delicious snacks. Everyone is welcome, whether you’re a seasoned veteran or just a little DH-curious. We especially encourage graduate students, adjunct faculty, people from smaller … Continue reading “TDHN Interest Meeting 12/10/18 **Cancelled**”
