The Research Leave Edition
Following the tradition established by my colleague Matt Kirschenbaum, this post serves as a public declaration of my forthcoming research leave. I’m delighted to be taking part-time research leave...
View ArticleI’ll see your open access and raise you two book contracts: or why the AHA...
This week, I’m co-teaching with Lynne Siemens at the European Summer School in Digital Humanities. Held at the University of Leipzig and directed by the esteemed Elisabeth Burr, it is an international...
View ArticleTime, Money, and the Academy
Last week, I was honored to give a talk at the University of Delaware as part of their Digital Humanities Workshop Series on the theme “Public Humanities in a Digital World.” For UDelaware, I talked...
View Article“Alt-Ac” No More
After five years on the “alt-ac” track, I’m leaving and doing what some consider unthinkable. I’m going to join the dark side of the academy. Effective this August, I’m joining the Department of...
View ArticleSuggestions on a More Humane Academic Job Market
I’ve just wrapped a pretty extensive academic job search looking for a tenure-track humanities job (in this case, history). I started the first application in my search in August and ended the last...
View Articlethe “Original Americans” and Self-Serving Philanthropy
Last August, I wrote a piece on “The Fascination and Frustration with Native American Mascots” for the Society Pages. I wrote about how sporting clubs’ used Native American names, imagery, and...
View ArticleMaking Digital Humanities Work
Here is a lightly edited text of the long (20-minute) paper Trevor Muñoz and I delivered at the Digital Humanities 2014 conference in Lausanne, Switzerland last week. As we noted at the time, the work...
View ArticleThe Devil is in the Details: Principles for Running Large Events
Every once in a while, I get an email, DM, or meeting that starts with the question: How did/do you run _____ (fill in event name)? A few weeks ago, I spent a hour consulting with a team of people who...
View ArticleWhy You Should be a Digital Humanist
A few days ago, I got an email from someone who’d read my old post, “Why You Shouldn’t be a Digital Humanist.” I wrote it for the 2013 day of DH and it accurately reflected much of my frustration with...
View ArticleCall for Submissions: Future of Digital Methods for Complex Datasets
I’m delighted to be co-editing the 10th anniversary edition of IJHAC with Mia Ridge. Consider applying: Call for Submissions: Special Edition: The Future of Digital Methods for Complex Datasets...
View ArticleWorking in Public
One of the hardest things as a tenure-track faculty member is to keep all the things you are doing moving forward. For me, one of the things that has fallen by the wayside is most social media,...
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