Digital technology has made the early twenty-first century a critical moment of opportunity by providing access to a wide range of library and archival materials and by offering new means of teaching, analyzing content, and presenting literary scholarship. While digital technologies have the promise of bridging institutional and geographic barriers, they have also continued to reproduce colonial hierarchies and marginalize content from the Caribbean and the Global South. This symposium, “Collaborating Across the Divide: Digital Humanities and the Caribbean,” brings together scholars and artists from the Caribbean and the United States to discuss how to collaborate through digital humanities in ways that decolonize knowledge and empower Caribbean subjects, rather than reaffirm colonial histories of archiving and education. The project will center on the Digital Library of the Caribbean (www.dloc.com), an international partnership. The objective of the symposium is to produce an action plan for making dLOC a hub for pedagogical, scholarly, and artistic collaboration.
For the schedule, see here.
HASTAC 2017: The Possible Worlds of Digital Humanities, November 2-4, 2017
In 2017, we invite you to join us at the University of Central Florida to explore “The Possible Worlds of Digital Humanities.” Orlando is known to tourists worldwide for theme parks that bring to life many imagined worlds and narratives, most of which reflect back to us dominant discourses and ideologies. Likewise, digital humanities struggles with building towards a future that is more inclusive and interdisciplinary. This year, we hope to address the unsolved hard problems and explore the new opportunities of the digital humanities. We particularly welcome submissions addressing themes such as:
HASTAC 2017 will include plenary panels, workshops, roundtables, short “soapbox” talks, project demos, poster sessions, and a curated media arts show exhibition.
For more information on the keynotes and schedule, go to HASTAC 2017.
“Humanities PhDs at Work: Career Paths in Librarianship.”
Monday, 18 September 4:00 pm Smathers 100
Hélène Huet, Megan Daly, and Jessica Aberle are assistant librarians at the George A. Smathers Libraries. Though each presenter received a doctorate from their respective fields in the Humanities, Huet, Daly, and Aberle all chose to transition into the field of librarianship. If you are curious about the work that librarians undertake and whether a career in an academic library might be a good fit for you, this presentation will offer guidance. They will speak about their roles in the library and provide a brief overview of their work, followed with a discussion of their different career trajectories and the hurdles they encountered along the way. Then they will explain their decisions to pursue librarianship and why they love their work. Finally, they will provide resources and advice to those interested in libraries, archives, and information science.
Presenters:
Hélène Huet, Ph.D. European Studies Librarian.
Megan Daly, Ph.D. Classics, Philosophy, and Religion Librarian.
Jessica Aberle, Ph.D. Architecture Librarian.
WINTHROP-KING INSTITUTE EVENTS, 2017-18
Blues Writing: Jean-Claude Charles and Modern Caribbean Literature, 03/22/2018 - 03/24/2018
LIST OF SPEAKERS: Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Edwidge Danticat, Michaël Ferrier, Fabienne Kanor, Dany Laferrière, Yanick Lahens, Alain Mabanckou, James Noël, Makenzy Orcel
This event brings together leading international authors, artists, and scholars in a celebration of the work of one of Haiti’s most talented and yet least read or understood writers. Through an innovative combination of workshops, performances, and readings we will assess the legacies of this singular figure in Caribbean writing. It is our conviction that the novels, poetry, and essays of Jean-Claude Charles are of primary importance to any understanding of modern Caribbean literature.
For more information, see here.
Could you use a little help with your research? Help with finding better scholarly sources like books and journal articles? Help with reading and making sense of the sources you find, and then writing up your paper?
UF Librarians Helene Huet (European Studies), David Schwieder (Political Science) and Richard Freeman (Anthropology), will present a series of research-focused sessions to help graduate students with the following topics:
Thursday October 5 Session 1: Finding Scholarly Sources
Thursday October 12 Session 2: Reading Scholarly Sources Effectively
Thursday October 19 Session 3: Building Scholarly Knowledge in Your Field
Thursday October 26 Session 4: Tips for Writing an Effective Scholarly Paper
All sessions Period 7 1:55-2:45 p.m. Room 212 Library West (Scott Nygren Studio). No registration required. All UF Graduate and Professional Students Are Welcome.
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