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It Starts on Day One
[This is a guest post by Bethany Nowviskie, the Director of Digital Research & Scholarship at the University of Virginia Library and Associate Director of the Scholarly Communication Institute. She...
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Introducing the Journal of Digital Humanities
Late last month saw the debut of the Journal of Digital Humanities, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that features “the best scholarship, tools, and conversations produced by the digital humanities...
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Getting Your Digital Work to Count
Here at ProfHacker, we regularly write about the stages of professional life in academia. One of the most important–and therefore the most stressful–is preparing for promotion and tenure. George wrote...
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Announcing the Digital Humanities Winter Institute
Earlier this week, the fine folks at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH)–friends of ProfHacker, all–announced a new initiative, the Digital Humanities Winter Institute...
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Sabbatical Diary: Back to School
Last fall, Nels started off the academic year with a post that became the first in a series titled “Sabbatical Diary.” This year, I’d like to continue that tradition. Back in January, I got into a...
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Announcing Three Digital Workshops at the 2013 MLA
[This is a collaborative post written by Brian Croxall, Ryan Cordell, and Adeline Koh.–@bc] As of this week, registration for the 2013 MLA Convention has begun. While there is always lots to do at the...
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Accessibility and the Digital Humanities
[This is a joint post by Jen Guiliano, who is the assistant director of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, and ProfHacker's own George H. Williams.] Consider this a call to...
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The Latest from Digital Humanities Questions and Answers
Launched in September of 2010, Digital Humanities Questions & Answers is a joint venture of the Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) and ProfHacker. (See Julie Meloni’s launch...
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A Day in the Life of a Digital Humanities Postdoc
[This is a guest post by Adrianne Wadewitz, a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Digital Learning + Research at Occidental College. You can find her online here and follow her on Twitter at...
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#transform…H? Reflections on #ASA2012
[This is a guest post by Amanda Phillips, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English with an emphasis in Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research interests are...
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Making Digital Collaboration Visible
[This is a guest post by Adrianne Wadewitz, a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Digital Learning + Research at Occidental College. Find out more at her homepage and follow her on Twitter at...
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The Latest from Digital Humanities Questions and Answers
Launched in September of 2010, Digital Humanities Questions & Answers is a joint venture of the Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) and ProfHacker. (See Julie Meloni’s launch...
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How to Find the Best Tool for the Job
[This is a guest post by Seth Denbo, project coordinator for Project Bamboo at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. Seth is a cultural historian of eighteenth-century England, has...
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Weekend Reading: the #MLA14 Edition
Last week, a wave of good news about acceptances of panels for the Modern Language Association to be held in Chicago in January 2014 (#MLA14) were announced over Twitter. The program is full of...
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Review: Learning Python on CodeAcademy
If you’re dabbling around with the digital humanities, you’ve probably been told that you should learn Python. Today I’m reviewing one way you can learn this programming language: with CodeAcademy....
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Open Thread: Digital Humanities Outside of the Research University
Getting started in the digital humanities is increasingly becoming part of a typical department’s agenda. Less discussed, however, are some of the significant barriers to entry to the digital...
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First Look: Textal, A Free SmartPhone App for Text Analysis
If you’ve ever wanted to do sophisticated text analysis on your smartphone, you’re in luck. A team from University College London Center for the Digital Humanities, made up of Melissa Terras...
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One Week | One Tool: Introducing Serendip-o-matic
[ProfHacker interrupts our scheduled summer break for this special, breaking news! We'll be back in the full swing of things on Monday, August 12! --Ed.] This past week, I was one of twelve...
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Weekend Reading: GovernMental Institution Edition
Happy Friday, ProfHackers! It’s been a topsy-turvy week for many of us, especially George Williams and Ryan Cordell, who have traveled to Washington D. C. to participate in a now-cancelled NEH Digital...
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Showcase Your Undergraduates’ Digital Work at Re:Humanities
More and more institutions are beginning to incorporate digital tools and assignments into their curricula. If this includes you and your students, and you work in the arts and the humanities, consider...
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