Newsletter November 18th
In This Newsletter
- Announcements
- 21/22 Digital Humanities Working Groups
- New Job Postings
- CFPs, Conferences, and Workshops
Announcements
Welcoming our newest Student Workers: Chanda Deenadayalan
The Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities is pleased to welcome Chanda Deenadayalan as a worker at the center. Chanda is a Senior Double Majoring in Biology and Classical Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences. She’s interested in exploring the intersection of History and Medicine, especially in the Ancient World, and in her free time enjoys Wikipedia wormholes, writing, and playing the guitar.
21/22 Digital Humanities Working Groups
The Center for Digital Humanities’ Working Groups for the 2021/2022 academic year are in full swing! These working groups are for anyone on campus interested in Digital Humanities, from absolute beginner to advanced practitioner. If you’re interested in any of the topics below, get in touch with the organizer to learn more!
| 3D Models and Immersive Environments DH Working Group
Contact: Melanie Forehand |
Black Studies and DH Working Group
Contact: Brandon Byrd |
| Digital Collections Working Group
Contact: Mickey Casad Email: m.casad@vanderbilt.edu |
Text Analysis Working Group
Contacts: Danielle Picard and Mark Schoenfield Email: danielle.r.picard@vanderbilt.edu; mark.l.schoenfield@Vanderbilt.Edu |
| Game Studies and DH Working Group
Contact: Derek Price Email: derek.t.price@vanderbilt.edu |
Spatial Humanities Working Group
Contact: Derek Price Email: derek.t.price@vanderbilt.edu |
New Job Postings
Below are job ads that may be of interest to scholars working in Digital Humanities, Media Studies, Information Science, Library Science, and more. We hope these links will encourage you to learn more about the advertised positions and institutions. If you want us to circulate a particular job ad or have any questions, please reach out to Derek Price (derek.t.price@vanderbilt.edu)
Lecturer/Associate Professor in Digital Humanities, UCL
Closing Date: 21 Nov 2021
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Due: 22 Nov 2021
Research Fellow vacancies for The Sloane Lab, Department of Information Studies at UCL
Closing date 25th November 2021
Assistant Professor – Indigenous Data Studies, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Due: 29 Nov 2021
Assistant/Associate Professor Social Media/Public Relations – Markham, York University
Due: December 15, 2021.
Digital Scholarship Partner, Case Western Reserve University
CFPs, Conferences, and Workshops
Event: Coffee & Viz: Exploring Race and Place through Data: The W.E.B. Du Bois Visualization Exhibit, NC State University Libraries
Date and time: Fri, November 19, 2021, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CST
CFP: DHARTI 2022 Conference The Digital Divides: Discontents, Debates and Discussions
Deadline for Abstract submissions: 30 November 2021
CFP: Digital Humanities 2022: “Responding to Asian Diversity”
Deadline for Submissions: November 30, 2021
CFP: Zoomland. Exploring Scale in Digital History and Humanities
One-page abstract, deadline: 15 December 2021.
CFP: Digital Pandemic Studies: Public Health and Structural Oppressions, Chesapeake Digital Humanities Consortium
Proposals due: December 31, 2021
CFP: Special Issue of First Monday: This Feature Has Been Disabled: Critical intersections of disability and information studies
Abstracts due: January 5, 2022
Event Series: Humanities for All Winter Webinar Series, National Humanities Alliance
- Event 1 – Starting Points: Higher Ed Perspectives on how to Begin a Publicly Engaged Humanities Practice, Thursday, December 9 from 1-2 pm EST.
- Event 2 – Supporting Humanities Faculty in Creating Engaged Courses, Thursday, January 13th from 1-2 pm EST.
- Event 3 – Scaling Up: Growing Public Humanities Projects Beyond Higher Ed, Thursday, January 27 from 1-2 pm EST.
- Event 4 – Measuring Impact: The Role of Assessment in the Publicly Engaged Humanities, Wednesday, February 16 from 2–3 pm EST.
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