Maura Ives, associate professor of English, has been appointed Director of the Digital Humanities Program in the College of Liberal Arts. As director, she will work with liberal arts faculty to secure funding for research projects and promote faculty accomplishments to the appropriate audiences.

--Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, October 10, 2008.

Carlos Monroy, PhD candidate in Computer Science at Texas A&M University, has been selected as a finalist in the third annual Nebraska Digital Workshop, sponsored by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities (CDRH) at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. His topic is titled: Good Wind and Good Sea: Navigating Beyond Text, Illustration, and Physical Artifacts.

This three-day seminar is being held at Texas A&M University from Friday, September 12 through Sunday, September 14, 2008. The application deadline is May 30, 2008. The application form and schedule are available on the information page.

“Digital Humanities: Discovering Buried Treasure”

Tuesday, May 13th, 11:00am – 1:00pm, Glasscock 308

Outcome: New ideas for projects from materials you bring; potentially the seed of a proposal to the Digital Humanities Program for development support.

Any graduate student in good standing at Texas A&M University may now pursue a Digital Humanities Certificate in addition to their stated degree program.

The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research and the Texas A&M University Libraries’ Sterling C. Evans Chair announce the second year of support for the early development of projects in digital humanities. This program will assist faculty in any department in the university by providing up to $10,000 to a project in digital humanities (collaborative or singly directed). Preference may be given to untenured or newly tenured faculty applicants.

The College of Liberal Arts is continuing to build support for the digital humanities (DH) with the appointment of James G. Smith as lead digital humanities programmer. In this role Smith will facilitate DH workshops and demonstrations, provide technical consulting and planning for faculty in all stages of DH projects, and create digital tools and other technical infrastructure broadly supporting DH projects.

The Cushing Memorial Library and Archives and the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research invite applications for the 2008 Cushing/Glasscock Graduate Award. This graduate research award, open to Texas A&M graduate students in good standing, supports projects in the humanities that are based in collections housed in the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives. Up to two awards of up to $2,000 each will be made.