CFP for MLA 2019: What Do We Teach When We Teach DH?

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?

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

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

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