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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By Beth Stewart on
4/28/2008 12:04 PM
On Wednesday, April 23, NEH had the pleasure of welcoming Mike Toth and Doug Emery from the Archimedes Palimpsest project, who shared their gained wisdom after years of overseeing the conservation, preservation, digitization, and transcription of a fragile and very valuable manuscript.
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By Brett Bobley on
4/22/2008 8:41 AM
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By Brett Bobley on
4/14/2008 4:18 PM
I'm very happy to say that the NEH's Division of Research has just posted the guidelines for our new "NEH Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers" program ("FDHC" for short). The NEH first announced this program back at the CNI conference in December of 2007, but now the full guidelines are available. I would encourage all humanities centers to check out this new program and consider applying. The deadline is September 15th, 2008. In a nutshell, FDHC allows centers to apply for funding to bring in a visiting fellow to work on one or more humanities projects.
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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 ...
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By Brett Bobley on
4/3/2008 2:27 PM
I just returned from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Research Fair. It was a great opportunity to give the UNL faculty an update about the NEH. I also had a nice tour of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. [...]
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By Brett Bobley on
4/3/2008 2:20 PM
Andy Guess wrote a nice piece in today's Inside Higher Ed called "Rise of the Digital NEH." It mentions the new Office of Digital Humanities and discusses some trends in digital scholarship.
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By Brett Bobley on
3/26/2008 3:48 PM
Yesterday, I attended a ceremony over at the Folger Shakespeare Library. The occasion was NEH Chairman Bruce Cole announcing the winners of the first JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants. The Director of the Folger, Gail Kern Paster, also spoke, as did the Folger's Richard Kuhta, who is the director of one of the funded projects, the "Shakespeare Quartos Archive." Also in attendance were representatives from three of the other winning projects, including Greg Crane from Tufts, Linda Frueh from the Internet Archive, and Tom Elliott from the NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. For a complete description of each grant, please check out the NEH press release. All told, a very impressive group of projects. Just before the ceremony, ...
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