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Seminar on Scholarly Text Encoding, September 12 - 14

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:53:52 GMT

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.

Participants need not be currently working on a digital humanities project involving encoded transcription of textual material, but should be seriously considering such work in the future or be actively engaged in a research program in digital humanities for which text encoding would be relevant. Part of the funding for this seminar series goes to provide consultation and advice following the seminar, including assistance with writing grant proposals, advice and assistance on developing TEI schemas and documentation, and guidance on text encoding issues.

Digital Humanities Workshop: Tuesday, May 13th

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:48:34 GMT

“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.

Digital Humanities at the 2008 Texas Open Source Symposium

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Texas Open Source Symposium gives attendees an opportunity to mingle with open source users and contributors in a relaxed, one-day series of discussions. The Symposium’s primary focus is on introducing open source to the college community.

The 2008 Open Source Symposium is free and will be held Saturday, April 26, at the C J Davidson Conference Center located on the Angelo State University campus.

Digital Humanities Certificate now an option for graduate students

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

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 Digital Humanities Certificate gives students the opportunity to acquire practical knowledge of digital tools and methodologies and to become competent in conducting digital practice activities. Students will receive skills, applied and theoretical, that are necessary to apply computational techniques to complex research problems as well as practical tasks in the humanities.

Evans/Glasscock Digital Humanities Project Fellowship

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:11:18 GMT

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.

Liberal Arts Expands Digital Humanities Support

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:47:22 GMT

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.

Cushing/Glasscock Graduate Award Call for Submissions

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:52:56 GMT

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.

Urbina Appointed Director of Digital Humanities Program in Liberal Arts

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:00:00 GMT

Eduardo Urbina, professor of Hispanic studies, has been appointed director of the Digital Humanities Program in the College of Liberal Arts effective immediately. As director he will work with liberal arts faculty to secure funding for research projects and promote faculty accomplishments to the appropriate audiences. About 20 faculty and students in the College of Liberal Arts are currently engaged in some type of scholarship involving digital humanities.