Newsletter November 4th
In This Newsletter
- Digital Humanities Events
- Announcements
- 21/22 Digital Humanities Working Groups
- New Job Postings
- CFPs, Conferences, and Workshops
Digital Humanities Events
Below is a selection of upcoming events across campus that might be of interest to scholars, educators, and students working in and around Digital Humanities. You can always check out events that the Center for Digital Humanities is running on the center’s public google calendar or on the events page of the center’s website.
Virtual Talk: Large-scale Data and Racial Inequality – Dr. Mario Small (Harvard)
Date and Time: November 4th, 2021, 12:15 – 1:15pm Central
Sponsor: Center for Digital Humanities
Hybrid Talk: Mathematics in the Humanities or the Humanities in Mathematics: An Obverse Exploration – Dr. Bharath Sriraman, University of Montana
Date and Time: Wednesday, Nov 10th 2021, 10:00 am (CST)
Sponsor: The Learning Incubator: a Vanderbilt Endeavor (LIVE)
Co-Sponsor: The Center for Digital Humanities
Workshop – Rapid Prototyping – The Wond’ry
Date and Time: Thursday, November 11, 2021, 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM Central
Location: Wond’ry 2nd Floor Makerspace
Digital Scholarship and Communications Office – DiSC Education and Training
Date and Time: Multiple
Workshops offered: Digital Literacies Workshop Series, GIS Workshop Series, Python Series, R Series, Github Series, Modalities of Text Mining: Exploring British Periodicals at Scale Series,
More Information and Registration: Link to DiSC Workshops webpage
Data Science Institute – Data Science Workshops
Date and Time: Multiple
Workshops offered: MLflow in Practice (November 10), State of the Art Data Science Overview (November 17)
More information and registration here
Announcements
New Expanded Hours at the Center for Digital Humanities
The Center for Digital Humanities is pleased to announce expanded hours for the Fall and Spring semester:
- Monday – Thursday, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Friday, 9:00 am- 3:00 pm
- Saturday, 10:00 am- 2:00 pm
- Sunday, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Due to COVID-19, access to the building is restricted to Vanderbilt faculty and Vanderbilt students. If you would like to use or access the Center during these hours, please get in touch via dhcenter@vanderbilt.edu.
Book Time at the Center’s “Gaming Lab”
The Center for Digital Humanities has a collection of Playstation 4 games and hardware peripherals. If you would like to book play time at the Center, you can use the booking site below:
If you have any questions about what games and hardware are available, reach out to Lynn Ramey at lynn.ramey@vanderbilt.edu.
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, or sign up using the survey links below!
| 3D Models and Immersive Environments DH Working Group
Contact: Melanie Forehand Email: melanie.j.forehand@vanderbilt.edu Sign-up Link: Sign Up Here! |
Black Studies and DH Working Group
Contact: Brandon Byrd Email: brandon.r.byrd@vanderbilt.edu Sign-up Link: Sign Up Here! |
| Digital Collections Working Group
Contact: Mickey Casad Email: m.casad@vanderbilt.edu Sign-up Link: Sign Up Here! |
Text Analysis Working Group
Contacts: Danielle Picard and Mark Schoenfield Email: danielle.r.picard@vanderbilt.edu; mark.l.schoenfield@Vanderbilt.Edu Sign-up Link: Sign Up Here! |
| Game Studies and DH Working Group
Contact: Derek Price Email: derek.t.price@vanderbilt.edu Sign-up Link: Sign Up Here! |
Spatial Humanities Working Group
Contact: Derek Price Email: derek.t.price@vanderbilt.edu Sign-up Link: Sign Up Here! |
Upcoming Working Group Meetings (email contact for more info):
- Digital Collections: November 5th, 1pm: creating exhibits in Omeka and using the Geolocation plugin
- Black Studies and DH: November 17 from 2:00-3:30 pm: discussing Kim Gallon, “Making a Case for the Black Digital Humanities” (2016) and Safiya Umoja Noble, “Toward a Critical Black Digital Humanities” (2019). Contact Brandon Byrd for readings.
- Spatial Humanities: November 17th @ 2:30pm central – Data Workflows for GIS Projects workshop
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)
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric for Social Justice, California State University, Los Angeles
Application Due: November 8th, 2021
Faculty in Media/Digital Studies and Transnational Black Studies, California Institute of the Arts
Application Due: November 30th, 2021
Assistant Professor – Media Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough
Application Due: December 1st, 2021
H-Net Job Guide – Multiple Digital Humanities Postings
CFPs, Conferences, and Workshops
Event: Open and Inclusive Access to Research
Date: November 8-11, 2021
CFP: The Digital Humanities Advancement Grants (DHAG) program, National Endowment for the Humanities
Application Due: November 15th, 2021 (optional draft), January 14, 2022 (final draft)
CFP: EVA (Electronic Visualisation and the Arts) London 2022: Call for Proposals
Application Due: Monday 10th January 2022