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Digital Humanities Bootcamp 2018
Jul. 25, 2018—We’re pleased to post the draft schedule for Digital Humanities Bootcamp 2018, to be held at Vanderbilt University from August 15-17. Created with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this intensive three-day program is designed to familiarize scholars with a broad range of digital humanities tools, methods, project genres, and controversies. Each...
April 25: Seb Franklin, “Forms of Disposal: Value and the Digital”
Apr. 12, 2018—Wednesday, April 25 5:10pm Center for Digital Humanities, 344 Buttrick Hall Seb Franklin, “Forms of Disposal: Value and the Digital” Seb Franklin is a Lecturer in the Department of English at King’s College London, where he co-convenes the MA in Contemporary Literature, Culture, and Theory. He is the author of Control: Digitality as Cultural Logic (2015). ...
April 20: Talk & Play 04 — Dream Daddy
Apr. 12, 2018—Friday, April 20, 3:30 pm Center for Digital Humanities, 344 Buttrick Hall Talk and Play 04: Dream Daddy Join us for social, critical play of 2017’s best Dad-dating video game! Snacks provided.
April 18: Se Young Kim, “Player-Gamer-Soldier-Killer”
Apr. 12, 2018—Wednesday, April 18, 4:10 pm Center for Digital Humanities, 344 Buttrick Hall Se Young Kim, “Player-Gamer-Soldier-Killer: The War on Terror and Video Game Shooters as Military Training” Se Young Kim is a Mellon Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Arts at Vanderbilt University. His areas of teaching and research specialization include contemporary East Asian and...
April 16: (Making a) Difference in Gaming
Apr. 12, 2018—Monday, April 16th, 3pm Center for Digital Humanities, 344 Buttrick Hall “(Making a) Difference in Gaming” A digital colloquium about how games culture deals with difference and what kind of a difference games might be making in the world. Featuring Dante Douglas (journalist and critic for venues like Paste, ZAM, Polygon, and Waypoint), Adrienne Shaw (professor...
August 15-17: Digital Humanities Bootcamp 2018
Mar. 19, 2018—We’re pleased to announce the second annual Digital Humanities Bootcamp 2018, to be held August 15-17 on the Vanderbilt University campus. This intensive three-day program is designed for faculty and graduate students who: Have an interest in incorporating digital methods into their scholarship but aren’t sure how to get started May have some experience with specific...
Just Published: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene
Mar. 19, 2018—Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Fay of Cinema and Media Arts and CMAP on the publication of her new book, Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene!
DH FELLOWSHIP DEADLINE EXTENDED to 3/21/2018
Mar. 19, 2018—The deadline for 2018-19 Mellon Digital Humanities Fellowships has been extended until Wednesday, March 21, 2018. One-year fellowships are available at the graduate, postdoctoral, and faculty levels. Find more information about the fellowships and application process here.
March 1-2: Mountains and Spatial History Workshop
Mar. 2, 2018—Thursday, March 1, 4:00-6:00 pm, Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities (344 Buttrick Hall) Friday, March 2, 9:00 am -1:30 pm, Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities (344 Buttrick Hall) “Mountain Spaces” will include environmental, mapping and cultural historical perspectives of mountains, with a central/east European focus. Participants from Vanderbilt include Helmut Smith, Ruth Rogaski, Emily Greble, Johnathon Speed, Matthew...
February 21: Marisa Parham, “Lost and Found in the Digital: Ephemeral Scholarship”
Feb. 19, 2018—Wednesday, February 21, 4:10 pm Center for Digital Humanities, 344 Buttrick Hall Marisa Parham, “Lost and Found in the Digital: Ephemeral Scholarship” Dr. Marisa Parham is Professor of English and Director of the Immersive Reality Lab for the Humanities at Amherst College, where she also serves as a faculty diversity and inclusion officer. Parham is the author of...