Medieval History
The State of the Humanities (USA)
The Humanities Indicators Protoype has just been unveiled. You can read about the project on their site, at
The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required), or at InsideHigherEd.com. Too much data to go through this minute, but hopefully I'll have some thoughts soon.
You go directly to the data though.
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Sources Of Illumination
Characterised by creativity and attuned to the needs of their age, the first European universities have important lessons for higher education today, says Miri Rubin As a historian of the Middle Ages, I am frequently asked about the links between universities...
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Researchers Shed Light On Study Of Historical Images
Academics from the Universities of Sheffield, Michigan and Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been awarded £183,233 in research funding from the international "Digging into Data" grant competition to explore how best we can analyse early historical manuscripts,...
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Narratives Of #digitalhumanities
A few days ago, Melissa Terras posted some great thoughts about analyzing the unfolding history of the hashtag for #digitalhumanities on Twitter, largely focusing on the financial problems of accessing data. While some data has already been charted and...
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Humanities And Inhumanities
Perhaps it's something in the air, but there have been a number of essays defending the Humanities and Liberal Arts in academia in recent days (and I'm, admittedly, coming late to this party). Just to point to a few things: The Chronicle...
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Digital Humanities Post
Applications are invited for two 2 ½ year fixed term positions with the Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO), a national digital humanities centre located in Dublin, Ireland. Digital Humanities Specialist The Digital Humanities Specialist will promote...
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