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New exhibit! Organized by a @NorthwesternU scholars/#DH collective led by @katemasur! It profiles 25 Black acvtists who challenged Illinois’ most oppressive Black law, organizing the 1st state convention in 1853. Launch event info below! coloredconventions.org/black-illinois….

We’re proud to celebrate the launch of “Black Organizing in Pre-Civil War Illinois: Creating Community, Demanding Justice” a new web exhibit produced by Northwestern students, faculty, & staff. It joins the Colored Conventions Project @CCP_org this month. news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/0…

Now viewable at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, CA Davis shares more on coproduction of our latest film essay “Inhuman Figures” with @NUEnglishDept prof. Michelle N Huang: web.madstudio.northwestern.edu/smithsonian-fe…

"Inhuman Figures: Robots, Clones, Aliens" — our latest film essay collaboration that explores science fiction archetypes and the relationship to Asian American history — is released online this month at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. smithsonianapa.org/inhuman-figure…

.@ClassicsNU Prof. Francesca Tataranni will discuss her latest video essay, "One Dark Wall," developed in collaboration with @MADStudioNU on March 11, 4-5:30pm. Be sure to turn up your speaker volume and watch this amazing work online: web.madstudio.northwestern.edu/reading-the-ci…

Francesca Tataranni & CA Davis - March 11, 4-5:30 PM CT "One Dark Wall: Waking Up to the Aeneid in 1985" RSVP to Classics@northwestern.edu for the Zoom link #IllinoisClassicsEvents #ClassicsDuringCovid #IllinoisClassicsProfessors

.@MLAnews has announced the @PulterProject as the winner of the twelfth Modern Language Association Prize for Collaborative, Bibliographical, or Archival Scholarship. @MADStudioNU is honored to share in this achievement and congratulates the entire project team.

Fall 2020 Operational Updates - mailchi.mp/northwestern/n…

We're wearing masks, so we'll say it a little louder: CONGRATULATIONS Weinberg Class of 2020! You rock! #NU2020 #WCAS2020

Interested in #digitalhumanities but not sure where to begin? Attend our informal drop-in session next Wednesday (11am-1pm) together with the @NU_LIBRARY and @KaplanHum in Kresge 2350. More info: humanities.northwestern.edu/research-and-f…

How and what universities teach is in constant flux, most notably in the literature canon. “It seems likely that the idea of a canon itself was weakened” @opensyllabus @FastCompany fastcompany.com/90376685/this-…

Kudos to @Apple for making so many accessibility improvements to iOS for users with color blindness and/or motion sensitivity. Digital learning materials can benefit from similar considerations and we’re striving to include them in our designs. 9to5mac.com/2019/06/05/ios…

Whistles can get attention and be heard long distances, but they can also form a complex language. A few months ago, we highlighted Sfyria, from Greece, but there is also a beautiful “bird language” from Turkey. nytimes.com/2019/05/30/art…

What’s the most obscure language you know? Ever heard of Booráá? Lehali? How about Mirandese? Or Tok Pisin? A new Brooklyn-based startup is trying to document every language spoken in the world. atlasobscura.com/articles/wikit…

Virtual Reality (VR) for a literature class? Why not!? Hamilton College students built detailed VR worlds based on the novels they read chronicle.com/interactives/2…

Running out of things to count? How about the 645 definitions for the English word "run"? mentalfloss.com/article/582820…

We are less than 48hrs from kicking off #TEACHx19! Check out our @sched and choose from ~80 options to fill your day(s)... workshops, posters, presentations galore + a keynote from @ruha9! teachx.northwestern.edu/program2019/

Pokémon certainly provides its share of fun and games, but is there a chance that it can also give clues to how the mind processes language? dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/3…

In 1959 C.P. Snow gave an almost famous lecture on "The Two Cultures," a divide between the humanities and the sciences. Yet, maybe things like science comedy, science fiction, science advisors for film and television show progress in the 60 years since. #61ce9b151984" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">forbes.com/sites/evaamsen…

The #bilingual effort goes major league as the Florida Marlins learn Spanish together in an effort to remove intercultural barriers and boost communication. nytimes.com/2019/05/10/spo…