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Reading Group: Corpus Selection, Wed, Feb 11, 5pm
Join us on Wed, Feb 11 from 5-6pm (Wells Hall 2nd Floor Atrium) for the second DH Reading Group of Spring 2015. Erin Beard will lead a discussion on Corpus selection based on the following articles. Please read as many of the articles as possible in advance of the discussion, but also feel welcome to attend even if you haven’t had a chance to read it all! Ted Underwood, 2014, Distant Reading and the Blurry Edges of Genre, http://tedunderwood.com/2014/10/22/distant-reading-and-the-blurry-edges-of-genre/ Mark Algee-Hewitt and Mark McGurl, 2015, Between Canon and Corpus: Six Perspectives on 20th-Century Novels, Stanford Literary Lab Pamphlet 8, http://litlab.stanford.edu/LiteraryLabPamphlet8.pdf…
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Workshop: Mapping with QGIS, Feb 3 @ 12pm
Join us for the 2nd workshop of the semester, Tues Feb 3, given by MSU Map Librarian Kathleen Weessies, on Mapping with QGIS, from 12-1:30pm in Wells B-125. QGIS is an open source GIS program that will allow you to map your research data, analyze it, and create attractive map layouts. In this workshop you will learn how to acquire and display GIS shapefiles, map a list of addresses, perform a spatial analysis, and create a layout. Registration is encouraged. Please register here.
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LOCUS: Spatial Humanities & Social Science, CFP Due 2/3
LOCUS is a new series of presentations from people at MSU doing work in DH. The first is Feb 25, 3pm. Click here for more info. LOCUS: Call for Participation (full information found at digitalhumanities.msu.edu/locus) Spatial Analysis in Humanities and Social Science Partners: German Studies & Anthropology Digital technology has brought about a renewed interest in geographic space in humanities and social science research. Projects using spatial analysis or cultural mapping take many different forms: aggregated data layered on geographic information systems (GIS), archaeological or archival objects tied to their places of origin, a visualization tool to illustrate differences in…
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Reading Group: Topic Modeling, Wed, Jan 28, 12pm
Join us on Wed, Jan 28 from 12-1pm in Linton 120 for the first DH Reading Group of Spring 2015. Coffee will be provided! Sean Pue will lead a discussion on Topic Modeling based on the following articles. Please read as many of the articles as possible in advance of the discussion, but also feel welcome to attend even if you haven’t had a chance to read them all! Megan R. Brett, 2012, Topic Modeling: A Basic Introduction, Journal of Digital Humanities, 2.1, http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/2-1/topic-modeling-a-basic-introduction-by-megan-r-brett/ David M. Blei, 2012, Topic Modeling and the Digital Humanities, Journal of Digital Humanities, 2.1, http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/2-1/topic-modeling-and-digital-humanities-by-david-m-blei/ Benjamin M. Schmidt,…
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First Spring ’15 Workshop, Jan 20 @ 12pm
Join us for this term’s first workshop, 1/20, 12-1:30pm “Web Based Mapping” on StoryMap Js & Google Maps Engine. Register in advance at lib.msu.edu/dh/events
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Reading Group – Leaders still needed!
Meet up 4 times this semester (1/28, 2/11, 3/25, 4/15) to discuss writings on DH. Leaders for 1/28 & 4/15 still needed! Email kmapes@msu.edu if interested.
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Workshop Series
Join us for this term’s LAST workshop, 11/5, 1-2:30pm “Reading from a Distance: Introduction to Text Analysis” Register in advance at lib.msu.edu/dh/events
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Digital Humanities Brown Bag Lunch Series
Join us Today, November 13 for the last Brown Bag discussion of the semester, held in the MATRIX Conference Room, 12:00-1:00pm
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THATCamp Languages a Success!
The THATCamp Languages, held on September 6-7, 2014, was organized by students and faculty from the College of Arts and Letters and featured conversations and workshops on language research, learning and teaching topics. For a full article wrapping up the event, see the CAL website.
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DH Open Office Hours at the MSU Libraries
Tuesdays 12:00-1:30 Main Library Collaborative Technology Lab, W101C Have a question or idea about Digital Humanities? Come chat with the DH librarians!