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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...
February 22: Talk and Play 03 – Race and Visibility in Mafia III
Feb. 15, 2018—Thursday, February 22 6:30-8:00 pm, Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities (344 Buttrick) Come to the third event in the Vanderbilt Talk and Play critical gaming series for group play and discussion about how the popular video game Mafia III deals with race visually, mechanically, and affectively. Snacks will be served.
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.
Juliet Larkin-Gilmore: Frederick Douglass Day 2018
Feb. 15, 2018—Although Frederick Douglass was born into bondage, and never knew his birthdate, he chose to celebrate every year on February 14. Members of the Vanderbilt community gathered to celebrate Douglass’ elected birthday and his legacy by transcribing documents from the Freedmen’s Bureau Papers, making these important records more accessible to researchers worldwide, in a multi-institutional event organized by the Colored...