Category Archives: Blog Post
Teaching Digital Mapping with kepler.gl
Like many DH teachers, I have had to look for an alternative to Carto to introduce students to digital mapping now that they have fully gated their platform. What I need is something off the shelf that offers a range
Teaching Digital Mapping with kepler.gl
Like many DH teachers, I have had to look for an alternative to Carto to introduce students to digital mapping now that they have fully gated their platform. What I need is something off the shelf that offers a range
Finding Questions As Well As Answers: Conceptualizing Digital Humanities Research
This post is a slightly revised version of a presentation I gave at the University of Florida Digital Humanities Bootcamp on January 28, 2016. It represents the current iteration of one approach I take to introducing digital humanities, providing an entry point focused on conceptual
Finding Questions As Well As Answers: Conceptualizing Digital Humanities Research
This post is a slightly revised version of a presentation I gave at the University of Florida Digital Humanities Bootcamp on January 28, 2016. It represents the current iteration of one approach I take to introducing digital humanities, providing an entry point focused on conceptual
Celebrating Alice Kessler-Harris: Her Graduate Students, 1994-2015
I’m thrilled to be part of Women’s History in Motion, a conference to celebrate the career of Alice Kessler-Harris, who I was extremely fortunate to have supervise my PhD during her time at Rutgers University. Heading into the event, I became curious
Celebrating Alice Kessler-Harris: Her Graduate Students, 1994-2015
I’m thrilled to be part of Women’s History in Motion, a conference to celebrate the career of Alice Kessler-Harris, who I was extremely fortunate to have supervise my PhD during her time at Rutgers University. Heading into the event, I became curious
Reviewing Digital History: An Exchange on Digital Harlem in the American Historical Review
The February 2016 issue of the American Historical Review includes an extended review of Digital Harlem — “Harlem Crime, Soapbox Speeches, and Beauty Parlors: Digital Historical Context and the Challenge of Preserving Source Integrity,” by Joshua Sternfeld, and my response, “Digital Mapping as
Reviewing Digital History: An Exchange on Digital Harlem in the American Historical Review
The February 2016 issue of the American Historical Review includes an extended review of Digital Harlem — “Harlem Crime, Soapbox Speeches, and Beauty Parlors: Digital Historical Context and the Challenge of Preserving Source Integrity,” by Joshua Sternfeld, and my response, “Digital Mapping as
How to make your published articles open access
For Open Access Week I’m collaborating with Jeri Wieringa and Claudia Holland of GMU Libraries to run “How to make your published articles open access,” a hands-on workshop intended to help scholars use the university’s institutional repository to make their research more
How to make your published articles open access
For Open Access Week I’m collaborating with Jeri Wieringa and Claudia Holland of GMU Libraries to run “How to make your published articles open access,” a hands-on workshop intended to help scholars use the university’s institutional repository to make their research more
The Future of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
[Cross-posted from the RRCHNM blog] This is the text of my presentation in the session on the future of digital humanities centers, on day two of RRCHNM20. November 15, 2014. I wasn’t originally slated to be one of the speakers, but
The Future of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
[Cross-posted from the RRCHNM blog] This is the text of my presentation in the session on the future of digital humanities centers, on day two of RRCHNM20. November 15, 2014. I wasn’t originally slated to be one of the speakers, but
CHNM’s Histories: Digital History & Teaching History
This is the second in a series of posts about aspects of RRCHNM’s history written to mark the Center’s 20th anniversary. No sooner had I published my blog post on the differences between digital history and digital humanities than I realized
CHNM’s Histories: Digital History & Teaching History
This is the second in a series of posts about aspects of RRCHNM’s history written to mark the Center’s 20th anniversary. No sooner had I published my blog post on the differences between digital history and digital humanities than I realized
CHNM’s Histories: Collaboration in Digital History
This is the first in a series of posts about aspects of RRCHNM’s history written to mark the Center’s 20th anniversary. (The second post is here) Collaboration has been by far the most popular of the five topics that we suggested
CHNM’s Histories: Collaboration in Digital History
This is the first in a series of posts about aspects of RRCHNM’s history written to mark the Center’s 20th anniversary. (The second post is here) Collaboration has been by far the most popular of the five topics that we suggested
The Differences between Digital History and Digital Humanities
The revised & expanded version of this post published in Debates in Digital Humanities 2016 is now online. For the last nine months I’ve spent much of my time exploring digital history. Part of becoming director of RRCHNM involved familiarizing myself
The Differences between Digital History and Digital Humanities
The revised & expanded version of this post published in Debates in Digital Humanities 2016 is now online. For the last nine months I’ve spent much of my time exploring digital history. Part of becoming director of RRCHNM involved familiarizing myself
Spring 2014: The Digital Past
HIST 390 The Digital Past Spring 2014 Syllabus This course is my version of HIST 390, the course first developed by Dan Cohen, which satisfies George Mason University’s general education IT requirement. It has to include a range of topics
Spring 2014: The Digital Past
HIST 390 The Digital Past Spring 2014 Syllabus This course is my version of HIST 390, the course first developed by Dan Cohen, which satisfies George Mason University’s general education IT requirement. It has to include a range of topics
“Putting Harlem on the Map” Published – Again
The print version of “Putting Harlem on the Map” has recently been published by the University of Michigan Press in the collection Writing History in the Digital Age. An online copy is also available for free from the publisher here. The
“Putting Harlem on the Map” Published – Again
The print version of “Putting Harlem on the Map” has recently been published by the University of Michigan Press in the collection Writing History in the Digital Age. An online copy is also available for free from the publisher here. The
Why Are We Still Captive To The Issue?
I was very happy to have two articles appear in print this month. But one had been accepted in November 2011, the other in February 2012. My most recent article published prior to this month appeared in September 2012, having
Why Are We Still Captive To The Issue?
I was very happy to have two articles appear in print this month. But one had been accepted in November 2011, the other in February 2012. My most recent article published prior to this month appeared in September 2012, having
Leaving Paper Behind
Moving means packing up my office. As you can see, on one side of the office are books; on the other, filing cabinets and piles of paper (it’s not usually this messy, I promise). Most of the books are making
Leaving Paper Behind
Moving means packing up my office. As you can see, on one side of the office are books; on the other, filing cabinets and piles of paper (it’s not usually this messy, I promise). Most of the books are making
Populating a Building in Harlem
Populating a Building in Harlem: 116 West 144th Street, Digital Harlem Blog Aggregated census data have been important in establishing the character of Harlem as a black neighbourhood. Census schedules individualize that data, and perhaps more importantly for Digital Harlem,
Populating a Building in Harlem
Populating a Building in Harlem: 116 West 144th Street, Digital Harlem Blog Aggregated census data have been important in establishing the character of Harlem as a black neighbourhood. Census schedules individualize that data, and perhaps more importantly for Digital Harlem,
