[NB: This post contains content that might not be suitable for all ages.] Regular readers of this blog will know that this semester I’m teaching a course on the history of human trafficking. One of the students in my class wrote a very good paper on the impact of technological change on the sex trafficking…
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A possible job in digital history
There still aren’t that many jobs for digital historians out there. If you are in the market for one of those jobs, here’s a possibility that I found out about from the search committee chair. Please do not email me about it — I’m just passing along the notice. __________________________ The Departments of History and…
The Historical Sciences and Web 2.0
On Friday I spent a very energizing day at the one-day conference Geschichtswissenschaften und Web 2.0 in Basel, Switzerland, an event sponsored by Jan Hodel and Peter Haber of hist.net, the excellent Swiss history portal and infoclio.ch, another history portal in Switzerland. If you haven’t visited these sites, they are must reads. In the morning…
Librarians and PDA
When I was in high school PDA meant “public displays of affection” and the term was used more to taunt couples who spent too much time making out, as in “Whoa, too much PDA!” Then the personal digital assistant came along and PDA took on a whole new meaning, as in “Whoa, nice PDA!” Now,…