Matthew G. KirschenbaumAssociate Professor of English, specializing in digital studies, at the University of MarylandDigital Diasporas- March 31, 2008 Registration is now open for Digital Diasporas. This three-day meeting here at Maryland May 1-3 is, to the best of my knowledge, the first conference devoted specifically to the intersection of digital humanities and African AmericanAfrican Diaspora studies. There's a...http://www.otal.umd.edu/~mgk/blog/archives/000963.html Remembering Ross Scaife- March 20, 2008 Just a note to commemorate Ross Scaife, who I met as a colleague during my first job at the University of Kentucky. Ross was an amazingly decent person, kind and generous to a new assistant professor in a neighboring department...http://www.otal.umd.edu/~mgk/blog/archives/000962.html Twittering- March 19, 2008 Been at it a few weeks now. Follow me if you like (mkirschenbaum)....http://www.otal.umd.edu/~mgk/blog/archives/000961.html Audio and Visual- March 19, 2008 Over the last year or so I've noticed that I can't give a talk without being asked to sign a permission form allowing it to be videoed or podcast or whatever. I'm guilty myself, as we now try to routinely...http://www.otal.umd.edu/~mgk/blog/archives/000960.html New Project Funded- March 6, 2008 Got great news the other day about an NEH Digital Humanities Start Up application I put in. The project's official title is "Approaches to Managing and Collecting Born-Digital Literary Materials for Scholarly Use," which I know sounds terribly dry and...http://www.otal.umd.edu/~mgk/blog/archives/000959.html Ken Price at Maryland for Rosenzweig Forum on Technology and Humanities (March 11)- March 2, 2008 This spring the Rosenzweig Forum on Technology and the Humanities is pleased to present: Ken Price on "Edition, Project, Database, Archive, Thematic Research Collection: What's in a Name" What are the implications of the terms we use to describe large-scale...http://www.otal.umd.edu/~mgk/blog/archives/000958.html Leap Blogging- March 1, 2008 An extra day hanging off the calendar precarious as the fingernail clipping that won't quite separate. There. It's gone....http://www.otal.umd.edu/~mgk/blog/archives/000957.html |