Author: Ryan Michael Gurney

April 16, 12pm

Join Deanna Shemek, DHX co-Chair and Professor of Italian and European Studies at UCI;  Anne MacNeil , Associate Professor of Music, UNC-Chapel Hill; and Alex Borucki, Associate Professor of History at UCI, in a conversation about building digital humanities projects within the confines of global lockdown. After brief presentations of their projects (IDEA: Isabella d’Este Archive and Slave Voyages), the speakers will engage with participants about strategies, obstacles, and workarounds for digital projects, including insights from our experience in 2020.

RSVP here: http://bit.ly/DHXProject21

 

The proposed session will give attendees the opportunity to learn from NEH senior program officer, Jennifer Serventi, about the many funding opportunities offered by the Endowment. She will cover the programs offered by the Divisions of Research Programs, Education Programs, Preservation and Access, Public Programs, and the Offices of Digital Humanities and Challenge Grants.  In her presentation, she will address two related questions: 1) What opportunities are available to faculty and staff, with a particular focus on support for digital projects? and, 2) What kinds of strategies can they employ to take advantage of them?

She also will  discuss ways that faculty and staff can participate in NEH projects and special initiatives beyond applying for an award directly from NEH. Examples of these opportunities include serving as a peer review panelist, advising documentary films or podcasts, evaluating archival collections as an advisory board member, participating in educational seminars and institutes, conducting research with support of a fellowship from an independent research institution, or becoming involved in the work of your state humanities council.

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Join us for a talk led by Johanna Drucker, Breslauer Professor and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA.

In a talk titled “Visualizing Catastrophe: Ethics of Aesthetics,” Dr. Drucker will examine the ethics of aesthetic qualities in visualizations used to present data related to climate change, pandemics, and other catastrophic events.

Join us for this important and timely talk!

Watch the talk HERE.