Event Archives
March 17: Felix Kronenberg on Video Games and Second Language Pedagogy
Mar. 13, 2017—The Center for Second Language Studies is hosting Felix Kronenberg of Rhodes College for two discussions of interactive environments and second language pedagogy this Friday, March 17.
March 14: Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
Mar. 13, 2017—Recognizing Women Artists Edit a Thon at Vanderbilt Library Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 11:00am – 4:00pm, Vanderbilt University Library Special Collections (419 21st Avenue South, Nashville TN 37203) Why We Edit Wikipedia’s gender trouble is well-documented; less than 10% of contributors to Wikipedia identify as female. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for...
Digital Salon Series: New Projects in Digital Scholarship
Feb. 16, 2017—Digital Salon events begin with brief walkthroughs of current digital projects, led by experts in the relevant disciplines. Open, informal discussions follow. Refreshments will be served, and parking is available. Hosted at the Wond’ry and cosponsored by the Jean and Alexander Heard Library, the Wond’ry at the Innovation Pavilion, the Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities, the...
February 27-28: Pier Gabrielle Foreman
Feb. 16, 2017—Invitational lecture and workshops with Dr. P. Gabrielle Foreman, founder of ColoredConventions.org Monday, February 27, 11:15 am, Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities, 344 Buttrick Hall Lunch & Discussion, “Digital Humanities Pedagogy” Register in advance for this event. Lunch will be provided. Monday, February 27, 3:30 pm, Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Auditorium Invitational Lecture,...
Zotero Workshop, 1pm February 14, 2017
Feb. 13, 2017—Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities, 344 Buttrick Hall 1:00 pm Tuesday, February 14 Join us for an informal workshop on citation management using Zotero, the free open-source flexible citation tool created by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. All experience levels welcome.
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...
2016-2017 Working Groups
Dec. 16, 2016—Drop-In Consultation Hours, 2-4 pm Thursdays Debates in the Digital Humanities Reading Group Sustainability and Digital Humanities Digital Humanities Writing Group
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. ...