DHC-NC Monthly Newsletter
November 2023
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Updates, events, opportunities and more from the Digital Humanities Collaborative of North Carolina.
We know it's been a while since our last newsletter, but there are updates in the works! (Keep reading for more.)
Have an update, story, event, opportunities or something else digital
humanities-related? Send it our way and we'll share it in our next
newsletter.
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We have new executive board members
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In August we announced our current executive board. In December, look for a story introducing the group.
For now, here are our executive board members:
- Jamie Harr, President, Christian Brothers University and NC State University
- Emma Stanley, President-Elect, NC State University
- Donna Kain, Immediate Past-President, East Carolina University
- Tanya Walker, Secretary, Winston-Salem State University
- Rhea Hebert, Communications Manager, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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You may have noticed that we've decided to retire the DHC-NC Twitter/X account.
In the coming weeks, you'll notice the feed leaving our website.
We're weighing multiple options for DHC-NC social media and we'll let
everyone know where to find and connect with us as soon as the dust
settles!
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We're updating our newsletter
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Hopefully you noticed our newsletter's new look.
We're in the process of updating how we send and track emails from the
DHC-NC. We want to make it easier to share your news, events, updates,
opportunities and projects. And we want to make it easier for our
executive board to keep you updated on what's happening!
As we investigate efficient, affordable options, this is a preview of newsletter changes to come.
We want to hear from you - share your feedback on the new newsletter look.
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We're updating our website
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It's not just our newsletter that's getting a
refresh. Our website will be getting some updates in the coming weeks,
too.
Our focus is on making the website relevant, current and accessible. And
we're excited about creating a hub for all things digital humanities in
North Carolina.
Is there something you'd like to see on our website? Let us know!
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Save the date - and be a program chair - for the 2024 Digital Humanities Institute
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The 2024 Digital Humanities Institute is on
our minds. As we begin planning, we have two to-do items for our
members:
- Save the tentative dates: May 17 - 18, 2024
- Volunteer to be a program chair!
This year, we're asking you, our members, to help us put on the best Digital Humanities Institute yet.
Get involved - program chairs will lead a topic area: from call to
acceptance to supporting presenters, help shape the 2024 program.
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The Image of the Book: Representing the Codex from Antiquity to the Present
November 20 | 1:30 PM Eastern
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A great deal of recent research has focused on the objecthood of the pre-modern book and its associated materiality.
But only sporadic attempts have been made to understand the role of
visual representations of the book in conveying ideas about knowledge.
How can our understanding be transformed when the dictum that “a picture
is worth a thousand words” is put into practice, when the how of
depiction is accorded as much importance as the what of textual content?
This symposium will examine the means by which the book, and in
particular the manuscript, is described across a wide variety of media,
from painting and sculpture to digital media and film. Topics to be
addressed include the book as a symbol of authority, wisdom, or piety;
the visual archeology of otherwise vanished bookbinding styles, reading
practices, and study spaces; and the re-imagining of the physicality of
the codex through digital means.
🎉 The event will also mark the public launch at Penn Libraries
of the Books as Symbols in Renaissance Art (BASIRA) project, an
innovative, public-access web database of thousands of depictions of
books in artwork produced between about 1300 and 1600 CE.
The database, like the symposium itself, aims to engage historians of
religion, literacy, art, music, language, and private life, as well as
book artists, conservators, and interested members of the public. The
symposium is organized in partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia (view on map).
The
program will begin Thursday evening, November 16 at 5:00 p.m., at the
Free Library of Philadelphia in the Rare Book Department, with a
reception and keynote address by Jeffrey Hamburger, Kuno Francke
Professor of German Art & Culture, Harvard University.
The symposium will continue November 17-18 at the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts (view on map).
The symposium will be held in person with an option to join virtually. All are welcome to attend.
Thanks to Barbara Ellertson for sharing - and congrats on this launch!
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If, Then: Technology and Poetics
November 20 | 1:30 PM Eastern
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An acclaimed working artist and Guggenheim
Fellowship recipient, Kameelah’s practice focuses on the pleasures,
politics, and poetics of Black knowledge production and information
technology.
In this workshop, we will explore Saidiya Hartman and Emily Dickinson's
language of "waywardness"; Fred Moten's question - "Is there an
underground railroad in the sentence?" in conversation with Renee
Gladman's work; and Clarice Lispector's assertion that "writing is a
method of using the word as bait..."
Participants will engage in a range of activities alongside a
mini-lecture and an invitation to begin designing their own writing
constraints and scores.
For some pre-reading, Rasheed invites you to read:
This event is part of If, Then: Technology and Poetics, a
collaborative, public, and interdisciplinary virtual working group and
workshop series promoting inclusivity and skills-building in creative
computation. Get in touch with Carly Schnitzler (csch...@jh.edu) or Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (l...@umd.edu) with any questions or suggestions.
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Call for Submissions: GSC's Digital Humanities Showcase
Submissions due Friday, December 15
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The
GSC is seeking presenters for the second edition of its Digital
Humanities Showcase, scheduled to take place over Zoom on 30th January,
2024.
We invite scholars in any field or discipline of global medieval studies
who use innovative technologies in their study or teaching of the
Middle Ages to share their work with a broad audience of medievalists.
This virtual gathering will serve as a forum for scholars, both emerging
and established, to gather and learn about, as well as celebrate, their
achievements and work in the digital humanities, broadly conceived.
Above all, the GSC’s Digital Humanities Showcase is meant to be fun and
exciting, giving participants and presenters alike the chance to share
ideas and connect. Presentations should be no more than ten minutes in
length and explain the impact of the applied technologies on medieval
studies. The content of the presentations should be accessible to
scholars from all disciplines while also maintaining a high quality of
research. If possible, we encourage presenters to include a
demonstration of their technology, methodology, or approach.
Applications
should include a 2-page CV as well as a brief abstract of no more than
200 words. Submissions should be sent to William Beattie at wbea...@nd.edu and g...@themedievalacademy.org by Friday, 15 December 2023. Selected speakers will be notified by the end of December.
Possible topics could include, but are not limited to:
- Digital modelling of religious and secular spaces
- Virtual reconstructions of manuscripts
- New innovations in mapping
- Immersive technologies such as mixed- or virtual-reality headsets
- Sensory recreations—spaces, sounds, textures, tastes, etc.
- Classroom or research applications for technology
- X-ray, imaging, and other scientific analyses to research palimpsests, artworks, and manuscripts
- Examinations of medieval technologies through modern reconstructions and analyses
Thanks to Jamie Harr for sharing.
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Highlighted Presentations
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Worldbuilding and Recovery: Revisiting Historical Moments With Virtual Reality (Coffee & Viz recording)
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