Over the last few years, attempting to ease myself into the field of "digital humanities," I have attended a few related conferences. The largest was DH2019 in Utrecht, which I frankly found inspiring. The conference kicked off for me a year that I … [Continue reading] about Digital Humanities: Some Updates
The Birth and Death of a Quirky Tax Exemption
July 15 is Tax Day, the day that most income tax returns are due. The nationwide extension from the normal date of April 15 is, from what I can tell, unprecedented. A state or region celebrating a holiday or hit by disaster occasionally get an … [Continue reading] about The Birth and Death of a Quirky Tax Exemption
BJS Open Book White Paper
As many of you know, over the past year, I have been directing an NEH/Mellon Humanities Open Book Grant to digitize 52 volumes from the backlist of Brown Judaic Studies. I have written about the project here, here, and here. The project will draw … [Continue reading] about BJS Open Book White Paper
Open Access: Tasting the Dish
Over the past year I have been managing a project, with support from an NEH/Mellon Humanities Open Book grant, to digitize and make open-access fifty-one older books in the Brown Judaic Studies (BJS) series. I published my first book, Tasting the … [Continue reading] about Open Access: Tasting the Dish
Wrapping Up: Introduction to Digital Humanities
I am now wrapping up my graduate class on "Introduction to the Digital Humanities," which I taught for the first time. Judging from the conversations and presentations we had, in and out of class, and the quality of student work that is just … [Continue reading] about Wrapping Up: Introduction to Digital Humanities