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).
GW Digital Humanities Symposium 2015: DISRUPTING DH Date: Friday, January 30, 2015 Time: 9am – 4pm (with coffee breaks, followed by reception) Venue: Jack Morton Auditorium (805 – 21st Street NW, First Floor) This symposium explores critical approaches to the digital humanities (DH). What happens when academics, activists, and publishers join forces to rethink how we research, teach,…
Check out this podcast on Shakespeare in American Sign Language. Intriguing relationship between medium and message here! h/t Jill Bradbury https://soundcloud.com/folgers…/shakespeare-in-sign-language Share on Facebook Tweet
On December 2, GW student groups staged a four-hour “die-in” event to protest recent events in Ferguson, MO, and to make calls for social justice on campus, in the community, and beyond. This event was aggressively promoted on social media (Facebook page and on twitter using the hashtag #GWFerguson) and it was widely documented on tumblr and other platforms. As…
Brief announcement: Registration still open for “Beyond the Professoriate” VIRTUAL conference to be held on May 2 and 9 (registration closes Wednesday, April 29, at 5pm EST). This event is specifically geared toward grad students and recent PhDs in Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM fields. Find out more information (including how to register) at the…
The Centre for Early Modern Studies is looking to commission twelve short pieces for this year’s postgraduate blog series. Each piece will be paid, of around a thousand words in length, and – in a material turn for 2021/22 – take a single object or ‘key thing’ as both its title and point of departure….
It’s Open Access Week at GW (and nationwide)! Here’s a message to GW faculty about some events underway this week from Dolsy Smith, Humanities Librarian & Interim Coordinator of Research Services at Gelman Library. On October 21 and 27 the GW Libraries will host two Open Access Salons: coffee hours for faculty to learn more…
