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February 8, 2017: Tara McPerson, “Feminist in a Software Lab”
Feb. 8, 2017—Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities Wednesday, February 8, 4:10 pm Feminist in a Software Lab Many view the Digital Humanities as a scientific and quantitative endeavor, intent on blending computer science and humanities traditions. What if we instead imagined the origin story for DH to emerge from the intersection of the arts and the interpretative...
Drop-In Consultation Hours, 2-4 pm Thursdays
Feb. 7, 2017—Working with Data | Mapping | Text Analysis | Social Media Scholarship | Multimodal Publishing | Assessment of Digital Projects | Technology A-Team Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities Thursdays, 2:00-4:00 pm Whether you’re a seasoned DHer with a specific problem to troubleshoot, or a neophyte hoping to learn more about digital tools and methods relevant...
December 9: Maxime Durand, “From Dreams to Realities; Performing History in the Assassin’s Creed® video game series”
Dec. 9, 2016—101 Buttrick Hall. Friday, December 9, noon From Dreams to Realities; Performing History in the Assassin’s Creed® video game series The past is a scattered jigsaw puzzle we feel driven to reconstruct, despite the challenges of lost models and many missing pieces. The teams working on Assassin’s Creed have mastered a unique method to interpret...
November 17-18: Matthew Handelman
Nov. 18, 2016—Events with Professor Matthew Handelman, Assistant Professor of German, Michigan State University. “Who’s afraid of Mathematics? Gershom Scholem and the Digital Humanities” Thursday, November 17, 6:15 pm, Furman 132 Graduate workshop on digital humanities tools and collaborative digital projects Friday, November 18, 3:00 pm, Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities (344 Buttrick Hall) As part of...
November 16: GIS DAY @ Vanderbilt
Nov. 16, 2016—Wednesday, November 16 is GIS DAY 2016, and, along with the Library, we’re hosting a number of events to celebrate Geographic Information Systems and their innovative use in humanities research. Introduction to GIS 10:30 am, 418 A Central Library Basic introduction to geospatial data visualization and mapping using QGIS, an open source Geographic Information Systems platform. ...
November 16: David Bodenhamer, “Developing the Spatial Humanities: More than GIS”
Nov. 16, 2016—Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities (344 Buttrick Hall), Wednesday, November 16, 4:10 p.m. Developing the Spatial Humanities: More than GIS What contributions have spatial technologies such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) made to the humanities—and what problems have they raised for humanists and social scientists? This presentation explores how scholars are reaching beyond GIS to...
Laura Hagele-Strömbergsson: Vanderbilt 2016 THAT Camp
Nov. 2, 2016—Every year, the Vanderbilt digital humanities community looks forward to fall not just because of the promise of slightly cooler weather, but also because of our annual THAT Camp. Short for “The Humanities and Technology”, this two-day un-conference for digital humanists across the Vanderbilt campus provides a wonderful opportunity to come together and learn as...
October 29: Amanda Visconti, “Public + Participatory: Infinite Ulysses and a more open humanities”
Oct. 29, 2016—Curb Center, Saturday, October 29, 10:00 am Keynote Address for Vanderbilt THATCamp Public + Participatory: Infinite Ulysses and a more open humanities We need more digital humanities projects that aren’t just hypothetically accessible to the public (“we put it on the web: everyone can now use it”), but are designed for supporting, valuing, and growing...
October 27: A Decade of Digital Humanities at Vanderbilt: Roundtable Discussion of the Ecclesiastical and Secular Sources for Slave Societies Digital Archive
Oct. 27, 2016—Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities (344 Buttrick Hall), Thursday, October 27, 4:10 pm A Decade of Digital Humanities at Vanderbilt: Roundtable Discussion of the Ecclesiastical and Secular Sources for Slave Societies Digital Archive This panel will discuss some of the trials and triumphs of our international team who for more than a decade have worked...
Introducing the Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities
Oct. 26, 2016—(Or, Hello World!) If you saw the announcements last spring, you already know that Vanderbilt University was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Mellon foundation to create a new Center for Digital Humanities, a trans-institutional center located in Buttrick Hall, with support from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Provost....