Having been in the mountains and off the grid for a few days I missed the publication of this statement by the American Historical Association when it first came out on July 22. Now that I’m catching up on what I’ve missed, all I can do is avert my gaze from yet another rear guard…
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A Terrible Tip
In the December 2012 edition of the AHA’s newsletter Perspectives, Patricia Limerick, the new Vice President of the Teaching Division, announced a new Association project, “Tipping Points for Teaching.” The project, as described by Limerick, has two main goals: to (a) gather and curate teaching tips from AHA members that can then be disseminated via a web…
If Only Roy Were Here To See This
Today I saw the notice from the American Historical Association that there will be 23 separate sessions at the Association’s annual meeting devoted to digital history/digital humanities topics. If only Roy Rosenzweig were here to see his vision being realized at last. Seeing the variety of topics covered at these sessions, I realized that I’ve…
Super Models Invade Digital Campus!
Okay, so it is April 1, but the title of this post is no joke. The most recent episode of Digital Campus is up and available for your listening pleasure and our topic is new (and possibly super) models for academic publishing in the humanities. Dan, Tom, and I consider what it means when one…