• Information futures event: Dr Bethany Nowviskie, University of Virginia @ Melbourne (Dec 6)

    Dr Bethany Nowviskie Director of Digital Research & Scholarship at the University of Virginia Library and Associate Director of the Scholarly Communication Institute will speak at the final Information Futures Forum for 2010 on Monday 6 December, 9.30 – 10.30 at Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A,  University of Melbourne Monopolies of Invention: Collaboration Across Class Lines…

  • The nation needs the humanities

    Embedded video from Cornell University Here is a lecture from Don Randel, President of the Andrew W Mellon Foundation that funds a number of digital humanities initiatives around the world (including in Australia). It is good to engage with the debates and hone the arguments as you will never know when you will need them!

  • Fine Rolls Henry III

    I occasionally do talks at Melbourne University and elsewhere on the use of TEI in humanities research. Although a long way from being an expert, I usually just outline the key TEI projects and what is possible with TEI. Here I am explaining the Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) at King’s College London’s…

  • A Scientist advocates for the humanities

    I recently joined an international collective of digital humanities scholars called 4humanities who are advocating the importance of the humanities; especially in terms of why departments should not be cut; primarily in North America and Europe where the recession is biting hard into budgets and testing the intellectual courage of university leaders.  In Australia, the…

  • Why free is good for everyone…

    ” 20 years ago, set the agenda for far-reaching transformations in the political sphere, in economies everywhere, in social interaction, even in concepts of our own identity. And Berners-Lee succeeded in doing so for one reason: he released the technology for free. This simple decision, taken by a computer scientist used to work in environments…

  • Decoding Digital Humanities #4 (November 25)

    Decoding Digital Humanities is an informal monthly get together in the pub to discuss all things digital in the humanities. This is an opportunity to meet others working on digital projects (or thinking of starting one) and is open to staff, students, and faculty. This week we will discuss the recent article in the NY…