eHumanities
An NEH Lecture Series on Technology & the Humanities
The lecture series is now on break. We hope to announce speakers for our Fall 2001 series soon.
In the Spring of 2001, we presented three lectures in the series:
John Unsworth, University of Virginia - April, 2001
Alan Liu, University of California, Santa Barbara - May 2001
Eric Rabkin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - June 2001
What is eHumanities all about?
How does technology affect traditional humanities disciplines? Some scholars and educators have argued that in just a few short years, advances in information technology and the development of the Internet have had a more dramatic affect on the way people read, write, and exchange information than any invention since the printing press. In the long term, what will its impact be on our notions of literature? On our culture and society? What are some of the philosophical ramifications of these advances? The goal of this series is to highlight some of the important work being done by scholars who are studying digital technology from various perspectives in the humanities.
The lectures will take place at the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20506 in Room M-09. Attendance is free, but please register in advance (see below). Feel free to share this announcement with your colleagues.