Dear colleagues
The International Summer School on Digital Art History (DAHSS), a joint initiative of the University of Málaga and the University of Berkeley, with the collaboration of the Ludwig Maximilian Universität of Munich, will celebrate the fourth edition from July 29 to August 3 (2019) in Málaga (Spain).
The application period has been extended until June 16. Please, visit: http://historiadelartemalaga.uma.es/dahss19/en/applications/ <http://historiadelartemalaga.uma.es/dahss19/en/applications/>
The course has a theoretical-practical orientation: theoretical exchange and critical discussions will be combined with practical sessions (lab-based sessions) through which participants will work collaboratively in common projects. The results of these projects will be publicly presented the last day of the course.
The course is organized around three tracks.
Track A: Data and the Arts: In Track A, lead by Greg Niemeyer (UC Berkeley), you will explore what role data can play in the arts from the ancient Nilometer to current circulation data and machine vision but also addressing artwork that deals explicitly with the cultural deficit around data and machine learning. You will learn how to collect data with sensors, how to manipulate that data, and how to present it in interactive ways online. No coding experience required, we will teach and use javascript and p5.js for our weeklong projects, and you will go home with a completed project online.
Track B: Experience in data analysis is essential for a data-oriented Art History. Data analysis and visualization also serves to publish research to broad audiences and to engage the public with museums' collections. In this track, led by Harald Klinke (LMU Munich), we will look into open data sources, learn the fundamentals of data analysis in R and go into practice by preparing data and images for a working twitter bot. No prior knowledge is necessary. Please, bring your own laptop.
Track C: 3D Modeling. This track, lead by Justin Underhill (UCB), will explore interactive media using the Unity game engine. We will experiment with different ways of exploring virtual space, and will see how we might use augmented and virtual reality to practice Digital Art History. We will also ask ourselves how to best design visualizations and historical reconstructions for these environments.
Track D: Computer Vision. Track D, lead by Leonardo Impett (Bibliotheca Hertziana), will investigate applications of computer vision to questions in the history of art - and more generally in visual studies. Images are what distinguishes digital art history from ‘digital humanities on art history’, and we will look at the long history of the computer analysis of images from the late 1980s to today. We’ll learn to use some basic image processing tools (scikit-image) and more sophisticated computer vision algorithms (tensorflow) to search within, organize, or learn about big sets of images. With millions of images digitised from Bildindex, Wikimedia, and Pharos (including the Bibliotheca Hertziana), we will build systems that deal with genuinely big image datasets (>10,000). If you have digital images from your own work/research, please bring them!
Intended audience: postgraduate students, academic researchers, independent scholars and professionals related to the following disciplines: Art History and Visual Studies, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Computer Sciences, Media and New Media Studies and Museum Studies.
In addition, the program will include:
a) a specific session to discuss the challenges posed by the publication in the field of Digital Art History, especially in relation to data-oriented projects.
b) a presentation and practice session with Pathfinder, a specific platform for data analysis and visualizations on art catalogs and exhibitions (http://pathfinder-art.es <http://pathfinder-art.es/>).
For more information, please visit: http://historiadelartemalaga.uma.es/dahss19/ <http://historiadelartemalaga.uma.es/dahss19/>
Nuria Rodríguez Ortega
Professor and Chair, Art History Department
University of Málaga (Spain)
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Campus de Teatinos, s/n
Málaga, 29071
+34 952132223 / +34 952132222
Registration <https://dh2019.adho.org/registration/> is open for the
AudioVisual in Digital Humanities (AVinDH) workshop at DH2019! The
day-long workshop will be an opportunity to learn more about image analysis
through hands-on sessions and to share research through lightning shorts.
For more info, visit here
<https://avindhsig.wordpress.com/workshop-2019-utrecht/>. To present a
lightning short, sign-up here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTX7TM_m50NBuRigqUls2mWn_Mh_hWiOK…>!
There are 15 slots and they will be filled based on the order of those who
sign-up. (Note: In order to present a lightning short, please make sure to
also register for the full workshop.) Happy to answer any questions!
Best,
Lauren Tilton
Distant Viewing Lab <https://distantviewing.org/> | University of Richmond
Hola a todxs
Si estáis en Londres el 25 de junio, esto os puede interesar:
'Two Sides of the Same Coin: Why the Digital is Blessing and Curse for Endangered Languages' by Mandana Seyfeddinipur
https://digitalmodernlanguages.wordpress.com/2019/05/14/tuesday-25-june-201…
Es el segundo evento en nuestro 'Digital Modern Languages seminar series' que coordino con Naomi Wells. Publicaremos pronto video del primer evento, con una presentación de Claire Taylor 'Points of Intersection: Digital Modern Languages'. Esperamos publicar videos de otros eventos en esta series en el futuro.
Saludos
Paul
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Hello all
If you're in London on 25 June, this may be of interest:
'Two Sides of the Same Coin: Why the Digital is Blessing and Curse for Endangered Languages' by Mandana Seyfeddinipur
https://digitalmodernlanguages.wordpress.com/2019/05/14/tuesday-25-june-201…
it's the second in our recently inaugurated 'Digital Modern Languages seminar' which I co-convene with Naomi Wells. Video of that event will be published online soon, which was launched with a talk by Claire Taylor titled 'Points of Intersection: Digital Modern Languages'. We hope to capture the future events in this seminar series on video too.
Best wishes
Paul
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Paul Spence
Senior Lecturer, Department of Digital Humanities
King's College London | Strand | London | WC2R 2LS
About: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/person.aspx?id=86f6979a-0322-46d3-996b-77323ee…
Twitter: @dhpaulspence
Dear colleagues,
It is my pleasure to announce that Quinn Dombrowski and Paloma Vargas Montes have been elected to the GO::DH Executive Committee. Congratulations to Quinn and Paloma!
Many thanks to all the candidates for running, and to everyone who voted. Over the coming year there will continue to be opportunities to volunteer and contribute, and the Exec Committee always welcomes ideas and suggestions for new initiatives from all members.
All best,
Brian
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Brian Rosenblum
Co-Director, Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities
Digital Scholarship Librarian
University of Kansas Libraries
Room 450, Watson Library | 1425 Jayhawk Blvd. | Lawrence, KS 66045-7537
Ph. (785) 864-8883 | Email: brianlee(a)ku.edu<mailto:brianlee@ku.edu> | http://idrh.ku.edu
Dear all,
I will appreciate if you can circulate this to anyone that might be
interested. The deadline to apply is 31 May 2019.
We are offering One Full PhD Studentship, 3 years (Full Time), 6 years
(Part Time, 0.5 FTE) . Start date: 1st October 2019.
Indicative funding amount: £17,300 tax-free stipend per year, fees paid.
The British Library will also provide financial support for
research-related costs of up to £1,000 a year for 3 years. UK students are
eligible for the annual stipend, plus fees paid. EU students are not
eligible for the stipend (only their fees will be paid). Non-EU (overseas)
students are not eligible to apply for this studentship. (I am genuniely
frustrated and sorry about that).
This PhD wseeks to enrich understanding of UK digital comics information
and publishing practices, as supported by existing technology, from a User
Experience (UX) perspective. This is with the aim of informing requirements
for comics collection management, digital preservation and content strategy
development. The student will engage with comics creators, as well as
readers and collectors, to gain new insight into the motivation, methods
and behaviour in creating, distributing, collecting and reading digital
comics.
This studentship is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s
Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships Programme. During the studentship, you
will have staff-level access to the British Library’s collections,
expertise and facilities, and the opportunity to take up a wide range of
training and skills development opportunities. Further details at
https://www.bl.uk/news/2019/february/ahrc-cdp-2019.
<https://www.bl.uk/news/2019/february/ahrc-cdp-2019>
Apply here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BRB180/phd-studentship-understanding-uk-digital-…
.
All the best,
Ernesto
@ernestopriego
http://epriego.blog/ <https://epriego.wordpress.com/>
The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship http://www.comicsgrid.com/
Parables of Care: https://blogs.city.ac.uk/parablesofcare/
Symbola Comics: https://figshare.com/collections/Symbola_Comics/4090025
Subscribe to the Comics Grid Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/iOYAj
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Dear Colleagues,
The following postdoctoral opening may be of interest:
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58507<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.h-net…>
The deadline is tomorrow (though they may take late applications).
Postdoctoral Researcher in Medieval Middle Eastern History
Institution Type:
College / University<https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_search.php?type=College+%2F+University>
Location:
Oklahoma<https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_search.php?state_id=37>, United States<https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_search.php?country_id=209>
Position:
Post-Doctoral Fellow<https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_search.php?position_id=77>
The History Department at Oklahoma State University invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral researcher position in medieval Middle Eastern history, to be held for one year and renewable for a second, beginning August 2019. Prior research focus is open within the period 600-1500 CE and the region of the Middle East. Ph.D. required at time of employment.
The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to a project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop an online reference tool for the medieval Middle East. Specific duties include advanced data collection using the indices of published primary sources in at least two different languages; contributing to editorial review and design decisions; historical research related to the project; testing the tool before publication; presentations at academic conferences; and a public lecture at Oklahoma State University discussing the project and its outcomes. Some travel will be required to fulfill these duties. Inquiries about the project or the position may be directed to Thomas A. Carlson at thomas.a.carlson(a)okstate.edu.
Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. related to medieval Middle Eastern history and reading ability in at least two languages in which medieval Middle Eastern sources are written (such as Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Persian, or Syriac).
To apply, please arrange for a cover letter, a CV, two letters of recommendation, and an academic writing sample demonstrating precise use of textual sources to be uploaded to http://apply.interfolio.com/62569 To ensure full consideration, application must be received by May 17, 2019, although the position will remain open until filled.
Preference will be given to candidates with digital humanities or computer programming experience, or whose research interests complement those of current Middle Eastern faculty.
Position is contingent upon available funding. Oklahoma State University, as an equal opportunity employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding non-discrimination and affirmative action. Oklahoma State University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all individuals and does not discriminate based on race, religion, age, sex, color, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, or veteran status with regard to employment, educational programs and activities, and/or admissions. For more information, visit https://eeo.okstate.edu<https://eeo.okstate.edu/>.
Best,
DM
David A. Michelson
Associate Professor of the History of Christianity
Affiliate Associate Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies, History, & Islamic Studies
Vanderbilt University
411 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37240
Phone: (615) 343-3990
Fax: (615) 343-5449
Research:www.syriaca.org<http://syriaca.org/>
Student FAQ: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/michelson/student-faq/
Pronouns: he/him/ܗܘ
Dear all,
As James Baker posted this morning on Twitter (https://twitter.com/j_w_baker/status/1127968021153185797), Programming Historian is discussing how to break down its “global” roles, to better reach and support international communities. Ideas so far have included having representatives by geographic region, or by language. They’ve invited anyone with an interest to contribute to the conversation here:
https://github.com/programminghistorian/jekyll/issues/1296
Cheers,
Quinn
Dear colleagues
We are pleased to announce that the International Summer School on Digital Art History (DAHSS), a joint initiative of the University of Málaga and the University of Berkeley, with the collaboration of the Ludwig Maximilian Universität of Munich, will celebrate the fourth edition from July 29 to August 3 (2019) in Málaga (Spain).
The application period is now open (until May 28). Please, visit: http://historiadelartemalaga.uma.es/dahss19/en/applications/ <http://historiadelartemalaga.uma.es/dahss19/en/applications/>
Under the title of Data-Driven Analysis and Digital Narratives, DAHSS pursues two objectives: a) to configure an interdisciplinary framework to expand the IT skills of students, scholars and professionals dealing with the production, representation and communication of knowledge in the fields of Art History, Visual Culture and Cultural Heritage; b) to build a environment where creative, innovative and collaborative research practices are encouraged and promoted.
The course has a theoretical-practical orientation: theoretical exchange and critical discussions will be combined with practical sessions (lab-based sessions) through which participants will work collaboratively in common projects. The results of these projects will be publicly presented the last day of the course.
The course is organized around four tracks.
Track A: Data and the Arts: In Track A, lead by Greg Niemeyer (UC Berkeley), you will explore what role data can play in the arts from the ancient Nilometer to current circulation data and machine vision but also addressing artwork that deals explicitly with the cultural deficit around data and machine learning. You will learn how to collect data with sensors, how to manipulate that data, and how to present it in interactive ways online. No coding experience required, we will teach and use javascript and p5.js for our weeklong projects, and you will go home with a completed project online.
Track B: Experience in data analysis is essential for a data-oriented Art History. Data analysis and visualization also serves to publish research to broad audiences and to engage the public with museums' collections. In this track, led by Harald Klinke (LMU Munich), we will look into open data sources, learn the fundamentals of data analysis in R and go into practice by preparing data and images for a working twitter bot. No prior knowledge is necessary. Please, bring your own laptop.
Track C: 3D Modeling. This track, lead by Justin Underhill (UCB), will explore interactive media using the Unity game engine. We will experiment with different ways of exploring virtual space, and will see how we might use augmented and virtual reality to practice Digital Art History. We will also ask ourselves how to best design visualizations and historical reconstructions for these environments
Track D: Computer Vision. Track D, lead by Leonardo Impett (Bibliotheca Hertziana), will investigate applications of computer vision to questions in the history of art - and more generally in visual studies. Images are what distinguishes digital art history from ‘digital humanities on art history’, and we will look at the long history of the computer analysis of images from the late 1980s to today. We’ll learn to use some basic image processing tools (scikit-image) and more sophisticated computer vision algorithms (tensorflow) to search within, organize, or learn about big sets of images. With millions of images digitised from Bildindex, Wikimedia, and Pharos (including the Bibliotheca Hertziana), we will build systems that deal with genuinely big image datasets (>10,000). If you have digital images from your own work/research, please bring them!
Intended audience: postgraduate students, academic researchers, independent scholars and professionals related to the following disciplines: Art History and Visual Studies, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Data Science, Media and New Media Studies and Museum Studies.
For more information, please visit: http://historiadelartemalaga.uma.es/dahss19/en/ <http://historiadelartemalaga.uma.es/dahss19/en/>
Nuria Rodríguez Ortega
Professor and Chair, Art History Department
University of Málaga (Spain)
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Campus de Teatinos, s/n
Málaga, 29071
+34 952132223 / +34 952132222