Harvard Arts and Humanities Research Computing

What kind of DH support can institutions offer their community? 🖥️ At our 2015 digital scholarship workshop Christopher Morse introduced @DarthHarvard (Digital Arts & Humanities) at Harvard University to demonstrate the possibilities! guides.nccjapan.org/c.php?g=397542

New writeup of the Black Teacher Archive's Wikidata "edit-a-thon"! Participants made over 400 edits in Wikidata, creating or expanding items that represent Black teachers. We look forward to kicking off the next phase of BTA platform development soon. sites.harvard.edu/harvard-librar…

The 2025 Greater Boston Digital Research and Pedagogy Symposium CFP has been extended through next Monday! Submit your proposals now for the April 11 event at the Boston Public Library. bostondh.org/symposium-2025…

Updates on our Digital Humanities Advancement Grant program… new Notice of Funding Opportunity will be out this fall! neh.gov/blog/updates-a…

Some great work by @HarvardLIL on WARC-GPT, a RAG application for asking questions of web archives by using them as ground truth context for LLMs! lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2024/02/1…

Are you doing #DH in the US? Could your planned software benefit from consultation with a #RSE? @ADHOrg SIG #DHTech might help you with your technical implementation plan! Read the blog post and apply: dh-tech.github.io/2023/11/29/Cal…

📣 The Call for Proposals for the 2024 IIIF Annual Conference is now open! The 2024 #IIIF Conference will be June 4-7 in Los Angeles, CA jointly hosted by @UCLALibrary, @GettyMuseum, and @iiif_io Read more and submit a proposal: bit.ly/24-iiif-cfp

Today, NEH announced grants for 260 humanities projects, including 15 Digital Humanities Advancement Grants. Congratulations to all our awardees! neh.gov/blog/announcin…

Come work with DARTH! We just posted a new Software Engineer role. Apply by Feb 20 for priority consideration. #jobDetail" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…[…]00316_5341

Next Tue (12/5) we're hosting a virtual event with Dr. Jinah Kim, who will discuss mapping in the humanities in the age of climate crisis and will treat us to a deep dive into her NEH-funded DH project "Mapping Color in History." Register at link below! rb.gy/c5vwog

We're looking forward to seeing some of you at our event in Edinburgh on Wednesday!

Díreach ar ais ó @AnFheileBheag and have much to upload in the coming days. In the meantime, why not remind yourself of the story of Cath Fionntrá or check for versions from your locality fionnfolklore.org/#/lays/cfi

📣 Announcing 📣 Startwords Issue 4: Palimpsests! Check it out here: startwords.cdh.princeton.edu. This issue explores palimpsests of sound, script, and place in the language and history of medieval China featuring pieces by @AnnaMShields, @xwen0113, @thatbudakguy, and Gian Rominger.

Submissions are now open for the 2024 Greater Boston Digital Research and Pedagogy Symposium! Tufts is hosting this iteration on April 12. CFP closes January 31. bostondh.org/symposium-2024…

The NEH has just announced a major new initiative, "Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence." It specifically focuses on encouraging humanistic research about the potential ethical, legal, cultural, and societal impacts of AI. neh.gov/AI

Reminder that our @HeritageWeek talk on Fionn Folklore is taking place in Drogheda Library this evening at 6pm in collaboration with @louthcoco - Event is free and no pre-booking required! #FionnFolklore #HeritageWeek2023 #Louthchat

This month, we're please to bring you: * A review of Eileen Southern and The Music of Black Americans, a community-curated digital exhibition, directed by Katie Callam, Christina Linklater, and Carol J. Oja, reviewed by Bethany Gareis #ReviewsInDH reviewsindh.pubpub.org/pub/eileen-sou…

“The students then voted to choose the guilty party before they heard the truth from the very point of view of the victim’s ghost - who magically comes to life at the end!” See a full interview with Dr. Mills here: youtu.be/DJfhaKIamDU

Students picked two suspicious suspects and interrogated them. The avatars responded using the voices selected by the students. Students had to pay particular attention to their French pronunciation so that the speech recognition model would transcribe their questions correctly.

This past semester, Dr. Nicole Mills embraced the use of generative AI in her classroom. Building on her existing experience with the VR platform Wonda (#Main_Menu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">player.wondavr.com/p/a441bc65-075…), she worked with the Wonda team to create an immersive AI+VR assignment for her intro French course.