By Brett Bobley on 9/29/2008 3:18 PM

When the NEH first launched our Digital Humanities Initiative (now known as the Office of Digital Humanities) nearly three years ago, one of our goals was to help spur more work in the wide range of scholarly activities that might fall under the banner of "digital humanities."  It is great to see [...]

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By Brett Bobley on 9/4/2008 2:50 PM

I'm happy to say that the guidelines for the DFG/NEH Symposia and Workshops Program are now available.  This program, funded by the NEH and the DFG in Germany, is designed to fund joint workshops between American and German scholars and scientists who are working together on digital humanities projects or discussing issues related to the field.  Deadline for applications is November 4, 2008.
 
I should note that this is the second of two joint programs we have with the DFG.  The earlier program is called DFG/NEH Joint Digitization Projects and has a deadline of October 15, 2008.
 
If you are working with (or are considering working with) colleagues in Germany, I urge you to check out these two programs.

By Brett Bobley on 9/4/2008 2:01 PM

As regular readers know, the NEH's Office of Digital Humanities has an ongoing Humanities High Performance Computing (HHPC) Initiative.  I wanted to let you know about two upcoming HHPC-related events. 
 
On Monday, October 6, NEH staff will present at a workshop here in Washington, D.C., entitled "Humanities Applications for the World Community Grid." This full-day workshop will feature IBM computer scientists who will conduct a hands-on session describing how high performance computer systems can be used for humanities research.  [...]

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By Brett Bobley on 8/22/2008 1:12 PM

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By Brett Bobley on 7/31/2008 10:15 AM

I just posted a brief piece onto the ODH website called "Why the Digital Humanities?" [PDF].  It was adapted from a presentation I gave to members of the National Council on the Humanities about the creation of the NEH’s Office of Digital Humanities.

By Brett Bobley on 7/11/2008 8:52 AM

By Brett Bobley on 7/1/2008 11:32 AM

The NEH's Division of Research is looking to fill one or more vacant program officer positions.  As a program officer, you will advise applicants about NEH grant programs, review and analyze grant proposals, select panelists, attend conferences, perform other outreach events on behalf of the NEH,  help the NEH formulate new grant programs, etc.  The job is located here in beautiful Washington, D.C.  I will also note that we have an ice cream shop right in the lobby of our building, should that factor into your decision making process.   We are quite keen on finding some candidates who are very knowledgeable about digital humanities.  More and more humanities research involves the use of digital technology.  So experience with databases, digitization, humanities computing, data mining, or other areas of technology as it applies to humanities research would be extremely helpful.   Salary ranges from $69,764 - $107,854.  If you or a colleague might be interested, please consult the vacancy announcement. ...

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By Brett Bobley on 6/19/2008 1:18 PM

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has recently released a report entitled "A Survey of Digital Humanities Centers in the United States" .  The report, written by Diane Zorich, was commissioned by the Scholarly Communication Institute and will be one of the focuses of discussion at their July meeting. The report covers a wide number of topics, including a definition of a digital humanities center, governance models, administration and operation of centers, sustainability, and trends.  There is also an appendix to the report written by Lilly Nguyen and Katie Shilton entitled "Tools for Humanists" that focuses on tool development.

Chuck Henry, the President of CLIR, mentioned to me that they are very interested in comments and suggestions...

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