Events, Workshops, Drop-in hours Category
April 25: Seb Franklin, “Forms of Disposal: Value and the Digital”
Apr. 12, 2018—Wednesday, April 25 4:10pm 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). His...
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...
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...
March 22 Drop-In: Recording and Editing Audiovisual Media
Feb. 15, 2018—Recording and editing audiovisual media Drop by the DH center this Thursday 2:30-4:00 to explore software for editing media files, to learn about new media formats and ways to incorporate them into your scholarship and teaching, or just to troubleshoot an existing audio or video project. Topics for consultation include: Video recording Sound recording Podcasts...
March 15 Drop-In: Technology A-Team
Feb. 15, 2018—Talk to the Technology A-Team Drop by to pitch, plan, or troubleshoot your digital project with a panel of consultants representing a broad range of technological support and computing offices at Vanderbilt. Sign up in advance by emailing m.casad@vanderbilt.edu, or just stop in.
March 1 Drop-In: Brightspace
Feb. 15, 2018—Brightspace Support Brightspace support at the CFT will take place at the Center for Digital Humanities on Thursday, March 1st . Faculty, staff and TAs who have questions about Brightspace are welcome to drop in anytime between 2:30 and 3:45 pm where they will find Brightspace specialists ready to assist. We can get you up to speed with...
February 15 Drop-In: Technology A-Team
Feb. 15, 2018—Talk to the Technology A-Team Drop by to pitch, plan, or troubleshoot your digital project with a panel of consultants representing a broad range of technological support and computing offices at Vanderbilt. Sign up in advance by emailing m.casad@vanderbilt.edu, or just stop in.
February 16: Discussion with Lisa Reilly
Feb. 15, 2018—Friday, February 16 2:00-3:30 pm, Center for Digital Humanities (344 Buttrick Hall) Roundtable discussion, “Architecture and Environment Research in the Digital Age” Lisa Reilly, School of Architecture, University of Virginia Scholars and teachers who deal with the built and ‘natural’ environments now have at their disposal a variety of means for understanding how spaces are...
February 14: Frederick Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon
Feb. 13, 2018—Frederick Douglass’ 200th Birthday and Transcribe-a-thon Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities, 344 Buttrick Hall 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Although Douglass was born into bondage, and never knew his birthdate, he chose to celebrate every year on February 14. Celebrate his elected birthday and his legacy by joining together with others to transcribe documents from the Freedmen’s Bureau...