A Special Session on Digital Humanities Pedagogy for MLA 2019 Over the last decade as digital humanities research has flourished, the MLA convention—as well as other venues—has witnessed increasingly vigorous discussions about teaching digital humanities. We now find ourselves in a discipline that is not so new (acknowledging, of course, that DH is as old … Continue reading CFP for MLA 2019: What Do We Teach When We Teach DH?
Author: Brian
Go West, Young Man
I'm very pleased to share that starting August 1, I will begin a new job as Assistant Research Professor of Digital Humanities at Brigham Young University. I will be part of BYU's Office of Digital Humanities, which is located in the College of Humanities. I will join colleagues who are experts in computer-assisted language learning, … Continue reading Go West, Young Man
Printable Pedagogy and 3D Theses: ACH’s CfP for MLA 2018
Over the last decade, at roughly the same time that digital humanities methods and tools have appeared in language and literature classrooms and research, universities have made investments in 3D printing and makerspaces. And in a similar way to digital humanities, those working in modern languages might not immediately see how they could use fabrication … Continue reading Printable Pedagogy and 3D Theses: ACH’s CfP for MLA 2018
Screwing Up DH101: My Talk at MLA 2017
tl;dr: I gave another talk about digital pedagogy. Here it is. About two weeks ago, I spoke at the MLA Convention in Philadelphia. I was part of a panel titled, “DH 101: Revisiting the 'Introduction to Digital Humanities’ Course.” The panel was organized by Matt Gold and Lauren Klein on behalf of the MLA Forum TC … Continue reading Screwing Up DH101: My Talk at MLA 2017
Announcing Like Clockwork
A few years ago, my good friend and colleague Rachel Bowser and I put out a call for papers for an edited collection on steampunk. Today, we are pleased to say that Like Clockwork: Steampunk Pasts, Presents, and Futures will be published this fall by University of Minnesota Press. In fact, you can order it now. And … Continue reading Announcing Like Clockwork