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The Office of Digital Humanities (ODH) is an office within the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Our primary mission is to help coordinate the NEH's efforts in the area of digital scholarship. As in the sciences, digital technology has changed the way scholars perform their work. It allows new questions to be raised and has radically changed the ways in which materials can be searched, mined, displayed, taught, and analyzed. Technology has also had an enormous impact on how scholarly materials are preserved and accessed, which brings with it many challenging issues related to sustainability, copyright, and authenticity. The ODH works not only with NEH staff and members of the scholarly community, but also facilitates conversations with other funding bodies both in the United States and abroad so that we can work towards meeting these challenges. 

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By Brett Bobley on 5/9/2008 12:53 PM

In the May 8th edition of HPCwire, John West wrote a piece called “High Performance Humanities” that discusses the NEH’s new HHPC initiative.  It was great to see coverage of the new initiative in a leading HPC publication.  One of our stated goals here in the Office of Digital Humanities is to inspire collaborations across disciplines.  My hope is that the computing specialists who are regular readers of HPCwire will take an interest in the many computing challenges we have here in the humanities. ... Read More »

By Brett Bobley on 4/30/2008 9:14 AM

As many of you know, on April 22, the NEH announced our HHPC (Humanities High Performance Computing) initiative.  So imagine my surprise when I was reading Geoffrey Rockwell's blog post later that same day.  It turns out that on the very day the NEH announced our HHPC initiative, a group of Canadian scholars and scientists were having a two-day workshop on that very subject.  The workshop was called Read More »

By Jason Rhody on 4/28/2008 12:35 PM

Our colleagues at JISC recently passed along a call for papers (PDF) for the Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts conference, which is to be held at the University of Cambridge from September 14-17. Given our recent work with JISC, this year's conference theme is particularly compelling: discussions of "new collaborative environments, collective knowledge and redefining disciplinary boundaries."  The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2008, so act now!

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 Upcoming Dates & Events Minimize
Project Bamboo Planning Workshop

May 15 - 17: NEH staff will be attending the Project Bamboo Planning Workshop held at the University of Chicago.

HASTAC Conference

May 22-24: NEH staff will be speaking at the second annual HASTAC conference, TechnoTravels/TeleMobility: HASTAC in Motion at the University of California, Irvine and the University of California, Los Angeles.

THATCamp

May 31-June 1: NEH Staff will be attending THATCamp at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.

JISC/CNI Meeting: Transforming the User Experience Conference

July 10-11: NEH staff will be attending the JISC/CNI Meeting: Transforming the User Experience Conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

NEH/DOE HHPC Deadline

July 15: Deadline for NEH/DOE Humanities High Performance Computing program.

Preservation & Access HCR Deadline

July 31: Deadline for Preservation & Access Humanities Collections and Resources program.

Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology Conference

August 12-13: NEH staff will be presenting at the Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology Conference at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

NEH Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers
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