We are delighted to announce that MITH's Winnemore Digital Dissertation Fellowships for spring 2007 have been awarded to Nadja Masura (Theatre) and Michael Evans (GVPT). Nadja's dissertation, "Digital Theatre," examines the ways that digital…continue reading
MITH is pleased to announce its spring 2007 Digital Dialogues schedule. In addition to presentations from fellows and various colleagues around campus, highlights include visits from Georgetown's** Randy Bass**, the Center for History and New Media's…continue reading
MITH is pleased to announce we have accepted an invitation to join Georgetown and George Mason as third regional host of the Washington DC Area Technology and Humanities Forum. Co-sponsored by the Center for History & New Media (CHNM) at GMU and the…continue reading
The complete text of A Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, John Unsworth (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004) is now freely available online, at: http://www.digitalhumanities.org/companion/ This volume covers the full range of…continue reading
MITH and the Electronic Literature Organization are pleased to announce a public symposium on the Future of Electronic Literature, May 2 and 3 at the University of Maryland, College Park, with co-sponsorship from the University Libraries and…continue reading
Willard McCarty (King's College, London), 2006 winner of the prestigious Richard W. Lyman award for achievements in digital humanities, recently delivered his Lyman lecture at the National Humanities Center. A Webcast of the event, entitled "The…continue reading
A reminder that the application deadline for both MITH's Winnemore Digital Humanities Dissertation Fellowships and MITH's Graduate Travel Grants is** Monday, December 4.** Information on both programs can be found at: http://www.mith2.umd.edu…continue reading
MITH is pleased to announce that we have begun regular Podcasting of our popular Digital Dialogues seminar series: mith.umd.edu/digitaldialogues We have three Podcasts from recent Digital Dialogues already available, including talks by Rice…continue reading
MITH Fellow Merle Collins (Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Maryland) will present aspects of her digital humanities work during a plenary address to a conference on "The African Presence and Influence on the Cultures of the…continue reading
Dear all, MITH is once again able to offer four travel grants of up to $1,000 for graduate students whose work substantially focuses on some aspect of the Digital Humanities or New Media. Travel must be for a conference presentation related to the…continue reading
The first episode of MITH's Digital Dialogues PodCast is now available: Chuck Henry on Rice University Press's born-digital publishing program (10/24/06). Get it here! We look forward to PodCasting more Digital Dialogues in the future.continue reading
MITH is delighted to announce that we will be able to offer two Winnemore Digital Humanities Dissertation Fellowships this year. Intended for students whose dissertations engage the intersections between new media and the traditional concerns of the…continue reading
Current MITH Fellow Angel David Nieves presented a paper at the Third Biennial Urban History Association Conference on ASU's Tempe/Phoenix campus. The paper entitled, "The Struggle" Over Urban Cultural Heritage and Human Rights: Post-Apartheid…continue reading
College Park, Maryland, October 26, 2006 -- The Electronic Literature Organization today released the Electronic Literature Collection, Volume One. The Collection, edited by N. Katherine Hayles, Nick Montfort, Scott Rettberg, and Stephanie Strickland…continue reading
MITH Assistant Director Doug Reside's article "Byte by Byte, Putting it Together: Electronic Editions and the Study of Musical Theatre" will be published in the premiere issue of_ Studies in Musical Theatre_ in early 2007. The article describes his…continue reading
ELO PLUGS INTO NEW HUB: MITH @ MARYLAND The Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) is now establishing its new headquarters at The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) at the University of Maryland, College Park. The move…continue reading
By popular demand, the archives of MITH-COMMUNITY, our low-volume announcement list for events at MITH and news from the wider digital humanities community beyond, are now available for public browsing. Bookmark the list archive here: https…continue reading
What's the role of mobile phones in the digital humanities? How do we archive the cultural and corporate history of the dot com era? What's the edge of the edge in the digital arts these days? Why would you want to consult an encyclopedia that would…continue reading
From: Neil Fraistat, Director To: MITH Community Re: New Staff at MITH I'm delighted to announce the addition of two key full-time staff members, who have joined MITH over the summer: Cindy Woo, formerly the Business Manager for both the Art Gallery…continue reading
MITH is very pleased to pass along word of a series of new programs and initiatives from NEH designed to support research and scholarship in the digital humanities: NEH has launched a new digital humanities initiative aimed at supporting projects…continue reading
MARYLAND INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY IN THE HUMANITIES The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) at the University of Maryland, College Park announces an immediate search for the position of Assistant Director. EXEMPT/12 MONTH…continue reading
To: All current and former members of MITH From: Neil Fraistat, Director MITH Acting Associate Director Carl Stahmer has returned for family reasons to the San Diego area, where he will once again be able to surf the ocean daily, rather than just the…continue reading
To: All current and former members of MITH From: Neil Fraistat, Director I am delighted to share the good news that Matt Kirschenbaum, Assistant Professor of English and Acting Associate Director of MITH, has accepted the position of Associate…continue reading
To: all chairs and directors, all current and former members of MITH From: Dean James F. Harris Re: Appointment of Professor Neil Fraistat as Director of MITH June 7, 2006 I am happy to announce the appointment of Professor Neil Fraistat as Director…continue reading
MITH is currently conducting searches for two full-time Graduates Assistants (GAs): an information architect and a Managing Director for the Electronic Literature Organization. *** MITH Program Associate 12-month GA position Maryland Institute for…continue reading