Open Access in the Disciplines: A Conversation
October 6th, 12:00-1:30 pm (Gelman Library, Room 702): Learn how faculty from the sciences and humanities have opened their scholarship to the public, and the challenges and benefits they have encountered in the process. Panelists include Paul Brindley (microbiology), Lorena Barba (aerospace engineering), Ami Zota (occupational health), Alexa Alice Joubin (English).
Call for Proposals:2nd Annual GW Digital Humanities Showcase February 20, 201512:30pmGelman Library, Room 702 Hosted by GW Digital Humanities Institute & GW Libraries Are you launching a Digital Humanities (DH) project and figuring out the next steps? Do you want to meet other people in GW who are interested in how the arts and humanities…
Announcement: M.W. Bychowski published an article, “Unconfessing Transgender: Dysphoric Youths and the Medicalization of Madness in John Gower’s “Tale of Iphis and Ianthe” in the OA journal Accessus Abstract: On the brink of the twenty-first century, Judith Butler argues in “Undiagnosing Gender” that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) defines the psychiatric condition of…
Great news! GW Libraries has just received a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to use a social feed manager to aggregate and analyze Twitter data. An application developed by Daniel Chudnov, Director of Scholarly Technology at Gelman Library, will aid GW librarians and researchers to collect and store millions of tweets per day. Read…
Generative Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) tools have the potential to alter profoundly the ways we work, create, think, and behave. They raise such questions as: What makes humans distinctive? Can machines have consciousness? What is intelligence? Are the methods used to create A.I. tools ethical? In this symposium, we hope to open a discussion on the philosophical, ethical, political, and cultural, challenges that A.I. poses for our society.
Friday, February 12 12:30 – 3 p.m. RSVP at go.gwu.edu/GWdoesDH Twitter hashtag: #GWDH16 Everyone is invited to a showcase of Digital Humanities (DH) projects underway across the University and the greater DC area. This year’s program will include brief clusters of presentations followed by discussion and a reception. Find out about innovative endeavors happening in Classics,…
Tomorrow, Prof. Diane H. Cline (History) will give a seminar as part of a faculty series in the Department of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering (EMSE) in the School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS). We hope some of you can attend! The seminar will be held in the EMSE Conference Room (1776 G Street, Room 120). Here is…
