The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) is very pleased to announce the release of a new Web site showcasing the Deena Larsen Collection we house and maintain: mith.umd.edu/larsen Deena Larsen, whose best-known works include…continue reading
The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) is very pleased to welcome Dave Lester to its leadership team as an Assistant Director. Dave Lester has been employed by George Mason University's Center for History & New Media where he…continue reading
http://quartos.org/ MITH is pleased to report the launching of the Shakespeare Quartos Archive by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC and the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. Funded by a JISC/ NEH Transatlantic Digitization…continue reading
If you missed the live version of Greg Crane's Digital Dialogue, "From the First Year Through Tenure: New Pathways for Humanities in a Digital Age," the podcast, along with the other recorded fall Digital Dialogues, are available on the MITH Podcast…continue reading
Coalition of Humanities and Arts Infrastructures and Networks - CHAIN A meeting was held at King's College, London, on 26th and 27th October 2009, between representatives of the following networks, infrastructure projects, and planning initiatives…continue reading
MITH is pleased to announce CHAIN, a major new international cyberinfrastructure initiative, which involves centerNet, Bamboo, DARIAH, and others. Press release below: A meeting was held at King's College, London, on 26th and 27th October 200…continue reading
This fall's Digital Dialogues are now available with brief descriptions on our MITH Podcasting page. Topics covered this fall include videogame preservation, teaching in Second Life, data mining for metaphors in eighteenth century literature, data…continue reading
Applications for MITH's Spring 2010 Winnemore Digital Humanities Dissertation Fellowship are now being accepted. Intended for students whose dissertations engage the intersections between new media and the traditional concerns of the Arts and…continue reading
A MITH Digital Dialogue Tuesday, November 3, 12:30-1:45 MITH Conference Room, Mckeldin Library B0135 "The Great Ebook Throwdown" with Ben Bederson, Nick Chen, and Matt Kirschenbaum Ebooks are suddenly everywhere again. Kindle, Nook, iPhone…continue reading
MITH is very pleased and excited to welcome the launch of a new living/learning program, Digital Cultures and Creativity (DCC), to be housed within the University Honors College, sponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities and co-sponsorsed by…continue reading
The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH), College Park Art Scholars, Honors Humanities, and the Honors College are very pleased to present an evening with author and futurist . . . B R U C E S T E R L I N G "Tomorrow Now…continue reading
The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) is seeking to hire an Assistant Director to join our management team, which currently consists of Neil Fraistat, Matt Kirschenbaum, and Doug Reside. Made possible by a major Challenge…continue reading
We are pleased to announce that the centerNet steering committee has received a Digital Humanities Start Up Grant from the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities to help it develop a robust and sustainable organizational infrastructure and to run…continue reading
A MITH Digital Dialogue Tuesday, September 15, 12:30-1:45 MITH Conference Room, McKeldin Library B0135 "At Glance at the Current State of Video Game Preservation" by RACHEL DONAHUE A number of cultural institutions have begun to take an interest in…continue reading
At this year's annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists (SAA), MITH GA Rachel Donahue was elected to the Electronic Records Section (ERS) steering committee. Established in 1994, ERS "functions as a locus of expertise, leadership, and…continue reading
Call for Participation: Advanced TEI Seminar as MITH An advanced seminar in TEI encoding for manuscripts will be offered at MITH January 20-22, 2010. The seminar is sponsored by the Brown University Women Writers Project with generous funding from…continue reading
New Grant Funds Tools & Research to Support the Sharing of Digital Annotations Ann Arbor, MI, Brisbane QLD (Australia), College Park, MD, Fairfax, VA, Los Alamos, NM, and Urbana, IL ― The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (New York) has awarded $362,00…continue reading