Comments on: Jobs in Digital History

By: Nathan Prophet

Nathan Prophet — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:11:59 +0000

Having many years of experience as an “IT” professional, I cringe at the thought of a professional historian thinking that he or she is a web programmer or a database expert. It’s like trying to be your own accountant; it’s the twenty percent that you don’t know that will burn you. The term, “digital skills,” seems to be thrown about as if everyone knows what that means. I sure don’t – it can mean about anything, thus mean nothing. Being intensely interested in the history field and in the potential for applying computer and web technologies to it, I am developing a website much like http://www.digitaluniverse.net, but my website is being developed on a shoestring unfortunately. A huge problem with such websites is providing information that has been validated by true experts and keeping information up-to-date (and also obtaining permission to use content). The search tools and data mining tools are there, but the immense amount of labor needed for complete and accurate information is not available. An example is: Wikipedia has tons of information, but can you believe it?

By: Dan Cohen’s Digital Humanities Blog » Blog Archive » Senior Positions in the Digital Humanities

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:08:20 +0000

[...] addition to the rising tide of tenure-track and post-doc positions recently mentioned here and over on Mills Kelly’s blog, there are at least three excellent senior positions available this year in the digital [...]

By: weblog.histnet.ch » Blog Archive » Gesucht: Digitale Historiker/innen

weblog.histnet.ch » Blog Archive » Gesucht: Digitale Historiker/innen — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:03:58 +0000

[...] – leider. Mills T. Kelly nimmt einige Ausschreibungen an US-Universitäten zum Anlass, über die Bedeutung von “digital skills” in den Geschichtswissenschaften zu sinnieren. Bezeichnenderweise stammen die meisten von ihm genannten Stellenausschreibungen im Bereich [...]

By: Mark Stoneman

Mark Stoneman — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:50:54 +0000

Some of us aquire digital skills independently of our graduate programs. We didn’t need our graduate program to impart writing and research skills either. Heck, I don’t recall my deparment providing me with foreign language skills or an ability to read old German handwriting. So how is this situation different?

By: William J Turkel

William J Turkel — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:16:11 +0000

This is a very encouraging sign, Mills. One thing: all four of the job ads (ours at UWO included) is actually for a public history position. Is “digital” the new public history?

By: Tapera » posdoctorado en historia digital

Tapera » posdoctorado en historia digital — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:48:55 +0000

[...] por correo: el formato electrónico todavía despierta sospechas… Agregado del 01/12/07: En Edwired, más información sobre posgrados y trabajos ligados a la Digital History. marcadores [...]

By: Ketan Patel

Ketan Patel — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:45:19 +0000

I don’t understand why other are feeling the resistance in accepting the new technology. The fact is now the world is changing so fast that if you don’t board on the technology wave, you will be lost far behind. I support your argument 100%.

By: Dan Cohen’s Digital Humanities Blog » Blog Archive » Digital History Takes Root

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:45:33 +0000

[...] Kelly takes note of a new trend this year: the sprouting up of digital history positions. The numbers aren’t large, but this is how new fields slowly emerge and are integrated into [...]