NEH Office of Digital Humanities

Welcome to the NEH's Office of Digital Humanities

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.

CFP: DRHA 2008: 'New Communities of Knowledge and Practice'

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!

Grant Workshops in Indiana

By Jason Rhody on 4/4/2008 3:12 PM

Last week I flew out to Indiana—my first trip to the state—to give two grant workshops, one at Indiana University in Bloomington (home to one of the largest student unions in the country), and another at IUPUI in Indianapolis (home to one of the newest student unions in the country). Grant workshops are truly a give-and-take affair. We might come to showcase grant offerings at NEH and give tips about the application process, but we also benefit enormously from the communities we visit, learning about potential and existing projects, the needs of faculty and staff, and even ways that we can improve our communication and outreach.

Part of my tour ... Read More »

JISC Awards Announced

By Jason Rhody on 3/21/2008 4:34 PM

Just two months ago, Brett wrote about an event, hosted by King's College London, where NEH Chairman Bruce Cole and JISC Executive Secretary Malcolm Read discussed international digitization efforts.

On March 25, Chairman Cole and NEH staff attended another celebration of international digitization: the announcement of the five recipients of JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants. Collaboration is rarely easy, but it is certainly worthwhile, as evidenced by the quality of the applications we received for this program (both successful and unsuccessful).

You can read the official press release for the full list of the recipients and their project descriptions.

Upcoming Dates & Events

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

September 15: Deadline for NEH Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers.