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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,...
2017-2018 Mellon Digital Humanities Fellowships
Feb. 13, 2017—The College of Arts and Science invites applications for Mellon Fellowships in Digital Humanities for the 2017-2018 academic year. Submission deadline for all applications is March 20, 2017. See below for more information and submission procedures: Graduate Fellowships Postdoctoral Fellowships Faculty Fellowships
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...
When Communication Is Key – Honing In On Online Platforms Of Communication For Alternative Black America
Dec. 2, 2016—The social impact that the internet provides its users opens doors (or Windows) for building a community which would otherwise struggle to connect. As a Mellon Digital Humanities Graduate Fellow, I have been given the opportunity to continue some of the digital work that I started prior to my admission to Vanderbilt University in 2015...
Reflections on GIS Day 2016
Nov. 16, 2016—On GIS day (and please, do visit us at the Center for Digital Humanities Open House this November 16th, from 1:00-3:00 pm), I wanted to take a closer look to the role of GIS in the current stage of development of the Digital Humanities. I am looking forward to celebrating GIS day as any other...
The Hammer Principle: Smashable (and Sustainable) DH
Nov. 3, 2016—At THATCamp this past weekend, I had the opportunity to gesticulate with a hammer and talk about smashing stuff. Specifically, I talked about the smashability of the internet, a much underdiscussed property of the most prominent infrastructure of our times. The point is that if the internet is smashable – and it is – then...