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All posts by Alan Liu
Should Digital Humanities Support “New” or “Old” Humanities?
In a searching reflection on the fact that most digital humanities projects focus on research topics (great writers, archives, etc.) prior to 1850, Andrew Prescott wonders what is the proper balance in the digital humanities between reinforcing old and new understandings of the humanities? Prescott, who is Professor of Digital Humanities at King’s College London […]
“Silicon Valley Needs Humanities Students”
In his column for The Washington Post, Vivek Wadhwa — a technology entrepreneur and Vice President of Academics and Innovation at Singularity University–writes: “In 2008, my research team at Duke and Harvard surveyed 652 U.S.-born chief executive officers and heads of product engineering at 502 technology companies. We found that they tended to be highly […]
4Humanities@UCSB Meeting 6
Project Progress Reports & Planning for Summer and Fall Monday, June 11, 12-1 pm (South Hall 2607) (I) 4Humanities Initiative (International Organization): Recent and Upcoming Developments Leadership group recently expanded: Alan Lu (UCSB), Geoffrey Rockwell (U. Alberta), Melissa Terras (U. College London), Stéfan Sinclair (McGill U.) New Funding: new ALLC (Assoc. for Literary & Linguistic […]
How Are Funding Issues Impacting Humanities Education at Universities?
–Report contributed to 4Humanities by Jessica Meyer When budget season hits the federal government and the debate begins about where and how to cut spending, a perennial favorite target is the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and its sister organization, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The NEH, created in 1965 by Congress, […]
4Humanities@UCSB Meeting 4
Creating a Humanities Advocacy Media Plan Thursday, February 2, 5-7 pm (South Hall 2509) This meeting will consist of two parts: 1. Discussion of principles for an overall media strategy First we will add to the foundation of core values, frames, language, allies, and audiences we began establishing in Meeting 2 and Meeting 3 by […]
Produce and Recruit Content for “Humanities, Plain & Simple” Project
Draft Posts for “Humanities, Plain & Simple” Initiative Directed by Christine Henseler » Sample post [Since these are only drafts for future posts, please feel free to start incomplete posts, add annotations, etc. For example, you could identify the core values, frames, language, or audience that underlie the post.] Please note that this post is […]