Faculty, it's that special time of year again to prepare our Individual Faculty Reports in Watermark (formerly Digital Measures). Logging in might feel a bit like solving the riddle of the Sphinx – a mix of skill, memory and maybe a little bit of luck. Once inside, you'll be greeted by a myriad of checkboxes, one of which is to categorize activities as "Digital Humanities." This particular box can be as mystifying as the Sphinx itself. Here's a quick guide to help you decide whether...
The Digital Humanities Collaborative is thrilled to announce the recipients of faculty fellowships for the 2023-24 academic year: Daniel Holcombe, assistant professor of Spanish, Department of World Languages & Cultures: "OpenAI (ChatGPT and Dall-E-2) in the Foreign Language Classroom" Alesa Liles, associate professor of criminal justice, Department of Government & Sociology, “Voices of the Returned: Life After Incarceration” Jessica Wallace, associate professor of history, Department...
Join us for a presentation by Digital Humanities Collaborative Faculty Fellow, Ruben Yepes Muñoz, assistant professor of Art History, Department of Art. This ongoing research documents and analyzes the artwork and art exhibitions produced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic across Latin America and the social crisis that the pandemic exacerbated. Artists and art curators, galleries and museums have responded to the health and social crisis in various ways. From large exhibitions to...
Digital Humanities student Ally Baker (History major, Theatre minor) was selected to throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Bobcats softball game against the University of North Georgia on Saturday, April 15. The Georgia College Department of Athletics honored Ally for winning the first place award for digital humanities research presented in a poster at Research Day on March 29. At the conference, Ally presented research on her data visualization about the Northern Renaissance...
The Digital Humanities Collaborative is thrilled to announce awards given to students for exceptional scholarship presented in posters and oral papers in the special Digital Humanities sessions at Research Day. This year's sessions were a big success with 17 students sharing their research representing seven humanities disciplines. Some of their projects are featured in the DHC Student & Faculty Project Showcase. Posters: First place ($150): Ally Baker, “Jan van Eyck: A Data Visualization...
Join us on Research Day, March 29, for three special sessions of undergraduate research in the digital humanities. Sixteen students representing seven humanities disciplines will share their research at the poster session (9-11 am in Magnolia Ballroom), in oral presentations (10-11 am in A&S Auditorium), and in a roundtable discussion moderated by Dr. Sidonia Serafini (Department of English) with Evan Leavitt (Ina Dillard Russell Library). Student presenters will be competing for cash...
Join us on Research Day, March 29, for three special sessions of undergraduate research in the digital humanities. Sixteen students representing seven humanities disciplines will share their research at the poster session (9-11 am in Magnolia Ballroom), in oral presentations (10-11 am in A&S Auditorium), and in a roundtable discussion moderated by Dr. Sidonia Serafini (Department of English) with Evan Leavitt (Ina Dillard Russell Library). Student presenters will be competing for cash...
Join us on Monday, March 20 at 12 noon in Zoom for a step-by-step workshop on building digital exhibits in Omeka. Register for the workshop here. Omeka is a free, open-source tool for building media-rich online digital displays of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections. This workshop will be led by our returning speaker, Kimon Keramidas, a cultural historian and leading figure in the field of digital humanities. Keramidas is Head of Digital Content and Strategy at the Rubin...
Join us on Monday, March 20 at 12 noon in Zoom for a step-by-step workshop on building digital exhibits in Omeka. Register for the workshop here. Omeka is a free, open-source tool for building media-rich online digital displays of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections. This workshop will be led by our returning speaker, Kimon Keramidas, a cultural historian and leading figure in the field of digital humanities. Keramidas is Head of Digital Content and Strategy at the Rubin...
The Digital Humanities Collaborative invites faculty to submit applications for fellowships to be awarded for the 2023-24 academic year. Fellowships in the amount of $1,000 each will be dispersed as professional development funds. Fellowships provide support for faculty to pursue research or creative work with a digital component. The goal of the fellowships is to increase productivity in innovative digital scholarship. The deadline to apply is May 19, 2023. To apply, submit a short...
