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Global Digital Humanities Symposium Call for Proposals (Due Dec 15)
Join us March 22-23, 2018 for our third annual symposium! Find out more at msuglobaldh.org Digital Humanities at Michigan State University is proud to extend its symposium series on Global DH into its third year. Digital humanities scholarship continues to be driven by work at the intersections of a range of distinct disciplines and an ethical commitment to preserve and broaden access to cultural materials. The most engaged global DH scholarship, that which MSU champions, values digital tools that enhance the capacity of scholarly critique to reflect a broad range of literary, historical, new media, and cultural positions, and diverse…
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Locus Talks Mini-Symposium Program on Social Media & Social Media Analysis Announced – Attend on Dec 7, 3-5pm
December 7th, 2017 3:00-5:00pm REAL Classroom, 3W Instruction Room, Main Library (3rd Floor) Join us for a series of presentations and discussion around social media analysis as well as the study of social media as a rhetorical form! Anyone is welcome to attend – no registration required. Just drop in! (Also, there will be coffee.) Analyzing Political Memes on Instagram: Insights, Challenges, and Possibilities Julia DeCook, Information and Media As a social media platform, Instagram is monumental in its influence of youth culture, identity, and perceptions of the world, with the application serving not only for youth to follow accounts…
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MSUDH Hiring! Assistant Professor, Culturally Engaged Digital Humanities/Digital Rhetorics
Join the team of scholars at MSU Digital Humanities! Find the full posting here. This is an academic-year, tenure-system faculty appointment to begin August 16, 2018. Applicants are expected to hold a Ph.D. in rhetoric & writing or in a closely related field or discipline. The successful candidate will demonstrate a promising scholarly trajectory anchored by culturally-engaged research in digital humanities/digital rhetorics (including digital publishing), experience or interest in grant-seeking, engagement in culturally-sustaining teaching practices, and evidence of promise or interest in local and national service and/or leadership. We favor candidates whose work engages with issues of rhetoric, culture, and…
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Virtual Reality (VR) Brown Bag Sessions
Come one, come all! If you’re hearing a lot about VR (virtual reality) lately and wondering how you might incorporate it meaningfully into your teaching, or you’re already using it in your teaching or research, this is for you. The Libraries and CAL will host demonstrations of our VR headsets (Vive and Oculus), and provide the snacks! The focus of the events will be on conversation between participants; the equipment will be used for illustration and to spur discussion. We are hoping to facilitate an academic community of practice around the uses of VR for teaching and learning. The first…
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MSUDH Hiring! Associate/Full Professor, Literary Studies & Digital Humanities
Join the team of scholars at MSU Digital Humanities! Find the full posting here. The Department of English at Michigan State University invites applications for a scholar, at the level of Associate or Full Professor, whose work connects literary studies and the digital humanities to critical diversity. This position is part of the College’s Critical Diversity in a Digital Age initiative, which will facilitate research programs, develop new curricula, and seek external funding for scholarship at the intersections of digital theory and practice with issues of social justice and human difference, including race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, ability, and religion.…
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Join the MSUDH Email List
Join the MSUDH Listserv for email updates about events and announcements on campus and beyond. Join the list at list.matrix.msu.edu/listinfo/msudh. Visit the listserv archive here.
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Fall 2017 Digital Humanities Workshops
We have some exciting workshops set up for this fall. We hope to see you there! September 7, 3:00-4:30pm, Getting Started in the Digital Humanities: Beginner Tools, find out more here September 28, October 19, 3:00-4:30pm, Experimental Design in the Digital Humanities, find out more here October 11, 3:00-4:30pm, Preparing and Exploring Local Public Data with Tableau, find out more here November 1, 3:00-4:30pm, Getting Started with Content Management Systems and Web Publishing, find out more here November 9, 3:00-4:30pm, Security and Privacy in Online Scholarship, find out more here November 15, 3:00-4:30pm, Crash Course in Research Data Management, find…
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Open Consultation Every Tuesday and Wednesday 2pm-3pm
Not sure where to get started on a digital scholarship project? Need help troubleshooting a new technology you’re using in your research? Wondering how you can use digital scholarship in your classroom? Join MSU Library experts at Open Consultation, every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1pm to 2pm, in the Main Library’s Make Central (2nd Floor West). This hour is perfect for folks just starting out on digital scholarship projects, as well as those that may have more advanced technical questions. We can help with GIS, data visualization, scanning and digitizing questions, content management and web design, and much more! We’re…
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DH Pizza Meetup for Undergrad Students
This is a monthly gathering for undergraduate students who are doing or interested in digital humanities. Anyone is welcome to join once or regularly. We will start with one undergrad student sharing informally about something they are interested in relating to digital humanities. After about 10 minutes, then the rest of the time will be left to the group to share their interests and work, and/or talk about the field and MSU DH generally. There will be soda and pizza provided. This gathering is meant to be informal, so even if you can only stop by for a few minutes,…
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Distant Reading/Graphesis Research Workshops, led by the English Department
Distant Reading/Graphesis Coordinators: Dr. Steve Rachman and Laura McGrath Find out more: english.msu.edu/graduate/research-workshops This workshop is for faculty and graduate students who wish to learn more about two important turns in literary studies and digital humanities: distant reading and graphesis. Over the two semesters of this academic year we will engage the techniques and theories operating behind these analytical approaches. This workshop will 1.) discuss current work in the fields of distant reading and graphical analysis, 2.) share examples of works-in-progress by scholars on and off campus, and 3.) introduce relevant technologies and programs (Voyant, Gephi, etc., tailored to the interests…