By way of addressing what we see as a gap in the edited collection that Rachel Bowser and I announced last year, we are soliciting abstracts for essays that consider in one way or another representations of the city in steampunk. The term “city” should be understood widely to signify large and small urban spaces … Continue reading Life Ain’t Pretty in the Steampunk City: A Call for Abstracts
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The Future of Undergraduate Digital Humanities: Call for Abstracts for DH 2013:
Next July and the next Digital Humanities Conference might seem very far away (to say nothing of Nebraska), but it turns out that the due date for the call for proposals is right around the corner. Consequently, Kate Singer and I invite 250-word abstracts for a panel on The Future of Undergraduate Digital Humanities. Abstracts are due to … Continue reading The Future of Undergraduate Digital Humanities: Call for Abstracts for DH 2013:
We Need More Signposts!, A Call for Abstracts and Papers on Alt-Ac Careers
I love my job. I build amazing projects with a great team. I teach courses about all things digital. I collaborate extensively with friends on a wide range of projects. And along the way, I get to rethink what it means to work in and around the academy. My role is part of what has been increasingly called … Continue reading We Need More Signposts!, A Call for Abstracts and Papers on Alt-Ac Careers
Why the 2013 MLA Digital Pedagogy Unconference Isn’t a THATCamp
A few months ago I wrote about the Digital Pedagogy Unconference that Adeline Koh and I had organized. I'm pleased to announce--both here and over at ProfHacker--that the long dark night of the soul has passed and you can now visit our website and register for the unconference, which will take place on the morning of 3 January. It's … Continue reading Why the 2013 MLA Digital Pedagogy Unconference Isn’t a THATCamp
Join our Band of Merry Air Pirates: Call for Abstracts on Steampunk
A few years ago, my colleague Rachel Bowser and I co-edited a special issue of Neo-Victorian Studies on the subject of steampunk. As I'm guessing you already know, steampunk is a movement fascinated by the vagaries of time as well as technology. So perhaps that's why we find ourselves--two years later--going back to this particular imagined future. … Continue reading Join our Band of Merry Air Pirates: Call for Abstracts on Steampunk