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Jump-start DH grants via “Resilient Networks” (apply by Friday October 14)
As previously announced on this blog, GW has been awarded a substantial Andrew W. Mellon grant to support “Resilient Networks to Support Inclusive Digital Humanities.” Competitive jump-start grants of $5000 are now being offered to member-institution faculty pursuing digital humanities projects! Read more about the scale and scope of the Mellon grant here. If you wish…

Modes of Cognition by N. Katherine Hayles
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Communicating with Digital Media
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Shakespeare’s plays enjoy a great deal of popularity across the world, yet most of us study Shakespeare’s local productions. Alexa Alice Joubin‘s Shakespeare and East Asia (Oxford 2021) addresses this gap through a wide-ranging analysis of stage and film adaptations related to Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore, Tibet, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The New Books Network interview about the book is…

Call for Proposals (Jan 20): DH Showcase 2015
GW DIGITAL HUMANITIES SHOWCASE Hosted by GW Digital Humanities Institute and Gelman Library February 20, 2015 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 interact with digital media? We invite members…