Category «CHNM»

What’s Next?

When I arrived in Fairfax in August 2004 to begin a post-doc at the Center for History and New Media, I didn’t have plans to stay for more than a couple of years. We can all see that that was demonstrably wrong. Now, at the close of my 13th year,  I am excited to announce …

#DayofDH Compilation

[cross-posted for #DayofDH] The Day Begins … earlier than usual this Tuesday. So, I’m a morning person, but I’m not usually in the office by 6am. Today, however, I had a bunch of student work to comment on before class at 9am and I just couldn’t bring myself to do it last night. (Monday evening …

Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Digital History @ GMU

The George Mason University, Department of History and Art History, home of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, invites applications for a tenure-track position in Digital History at the rank of Assistant Professor. The teaching load is 2-2. Qualifications: While the historical field is open, candidates must have the ability to teach …

PWD in the Chronicle

Don’t miss the nice profile of the Papers of the War Department and our use of community transcription in the Chronicle of Higher Education. PWD has been the primary testing ground for our work on Scripto. Though the article voices some concern about the ability of community transcription to add efficiency to the documentary editing …