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christy pottroff wrote a new post, DH Annotation Tools: Out of the Margins, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:06:29 +0000

Come join us to learn how digital annotation tools could be applied to your research!

Text of poster follows: A Practical DH Workshop Sponsored by Fordham’s Digital Humanities Working Group and Graduate Student […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Digital Humanities: What Is It and How to Get Started, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 01:29:47 +0000

Come hear Kristen Mapes speak on the digital humanities, in the first of a series of Practical DH Workshops to be held in the coming year!

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Digital Humanities Roundtable!, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 01:24:29 +0000

Over the coming year, the Fordham GSDH group will be hosting a series of informal roundtables to discuss Digital Humanities theory and practice! We will attempt to learn DH tools and processes in an informal […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Digital Day 2016, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Wed, 17 Aug 2016 01:04:35 +0000

For the second year, GSAS futures and the Center for Medieval Studies will be presenting a Digital Day, with sessions on Photoshop and Wordpress. If you weren’t able to attend the Digital Day last year, come join […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Apply today! NYCDH Digital Humanities Graduate Student Project Award, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:35:26 +0000

NYCDH is pleased to announce its third annual cross-institutional NYCDH digital humanities graduate student project award. We invite all graduate students attending an institution in New York City and the […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, TEI and XML Markup for Absolute Beginners, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 21:52:32 +0000

You have likely already come across the term TEI in digital humanities circles. Perhaps you have (like me) downloaded a TEI edition of a text before, but have not known how to read it or what to do with it. You […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Digital Humanities and the Lure of Parchment (An After-Action Report of Fordham Medieval Studies’ Oxford Outremer Map Colloquium), on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Thu, 21 Apr 2016 02:25:33 +0000

A post by HASTAC Scholar Tobias Hrynick

On April ninth, I had the opportunity to present during in the Oxford Outremer Map Colloquium (see the previous blog entry for the lovely poster!). The Colloquium was […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Oxford Outremer Map Colloquium, Saturday, April 9, Lincoln Center Campus, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Tue, 05 Apr 2016 18:02:53 +0000

Come listen to Tobias Hrynick (HASTAC Scholar in Medieval Studies) and others discuss digital maps in the humanities on Saturday afternoon. If you haven’t done so, check out the amazing Oxford Outremer Map project […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Textual Analysis: The “Text” Part, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:27:58 +0000

Another marvelously instructive post from HASTAC scholar Tobias Hrynick, Department of History, Fordham University. Here he outlines some systematic tips and guidelines for creating a digitized version of a t […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Celebrating the Success of NYCDH Week, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:37:09 +0000

Something amazing happened in New York City last week. No, I’m not talking about this or this or this. Well…a lot of things happened in the city last week. I digress.

Last week marked the inaugural NYCDH W […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, NYCDH Week!, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 01 Feb 2016 06:03:30 +0000

Join us for the first annual NYCDH Week from February 8-12th for a celebration of all things DH in New York City! Digital humanists from Fordham, Columbia, NYU, NYPL, and other area academic and cultural inst […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Just Enough Python to Get You Into Trouble, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:19:09 +0000

Follow along with Tobias Hrynick, Fordham HASTAC Scholar and medievalist extraordinaire, for an incredibly helpful and detailed Python tutorial! If you want to save this material for a future blizzard weekend, […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Social Media and Collaboration in the Digital Age, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Sat, 02 Jan 2016 00:03:04 +0000

As the year draws to a close, and the Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities group looks forward to another semester of workshops, talks, and wrestling with computers, we realize that we somehow forgot to […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Preparing for the Future of DH, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:03:42 +0000

♫ Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. ♫
♫ Please put a penny in the old man’s hat. ♫
♫ If you don’t have a penny–

You are probably a graduate student in the humanities.

If you are a graduate stud […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, In Media Res #2: An Hour-Long Tour of the Digital Humanities in New York City, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:58:41 +0000

Blog post by Tobias Hrynick

On Tuesday, November 19th, the New York City Digital Humanities group held their second Media Res session at New York University’s Bobst Library. The hour-long session was packed wi […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Today, digital humans!, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:53:45 +0000

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Imagining Digital Pedagogy at Fordham, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 20:18:02 +0000

This is your life:

You just finished teaching your American History class. You slam-dunked a lecture on the transcontinental railroad’s influence on national commerce, communication, and territorial e […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Digital Pedagogy with Anelise Shrout: 10.15, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 23:54:53 +0000

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Digital Humanities in its Most Minimalist Form, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:16:34 +0000

Not too many digital humanities talks begin with a discussion of humanistic practices, ecocritical theory, labor relations, and the politics of memorialization. But that’s how Alex Gil, Digital Scholarship C […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Tuesday, 9.22: Alex Gil on Minimalist Computing, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:50:24 +0000

christy pottroff wrote a new post, GSAS Futures Hosts "Digital Day 2015", on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:26:07 +0000

It’s not too late to register for the GSAS Future’s “Digital Day 2015.” In this workshop, Dr. Susanne Hafner will introduce participants to WordPress and Adobe Photoshop. We’ll be there–will you?

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Mark Your Calendars!, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:39:09 +0000

We are excited to announce these upcoming events for the Fall 2015 semester:

“Minimal Computing” for Graduate Students
Tues., Sept 22, 3 pm (LC)
Alex Gil, Columbia University
In this workshop we will imm […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Omeka and Digital Collections, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:00:00 +0000

Back in February, the HASTAC group Digital Collections hosted a webinar on the use of Omeka in the classroom. As Fordham has recently acquired a license for Omeka, this webinar was incredibly useful in navigating […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Spring Break: Digi-Dissertation Edition, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:45:19 +0000

Blog post by Christy Potroff

For me, there’s nothing more appealing than an open week in my calendar. That blank iCal space means no lesson planning or grading for my Texts & Contexts course. I don’t have to r […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Choosing between ArcGIS and QGIS in the Classroom, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:00:00 +0000

Last October, I co-led a seminar on Spatiality and Digital Mapping. We focused on the conceptual side of digital mapping, going through concepts, theory, and the evolution of the field. Our aim was to expose the […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, 2014-2015 HASTAC Scholars: Call for Applications, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:08:27 +0000

Deadline for applications: August 25, 2014Announcement of Award: September 3, 2014Are you a graduate student engaged with innovative projects and research at the intersection of digital media and learning, […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Mapping Religious Concern in the Later Middle Ages: Software Ups and Downs for DH Visualizations, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Tue, 13 May 2014 14:19:28 +0000

By Alisa Beer

At the final meeting of the Digital Humanities Graduate Group on April 23rd, Alisa Beer (that’s me) presented “Mapping Religious Concern in the Later Middle Ages.”

Jacqueline Howard followed wit […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Matthew Jockers: Digital Methods and Literary History, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:48:35 +0000

Reminder! Today at 12:30, in Dealy 203, our very own Patrick Burns will be leading a book discussion on Macroanalysis: Digital Methods and Literary History by Matthew Jockers.

This is a fascinating read with […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Upcoming Meeting: Can DH Get You A Job? A Presentation and Discussion of DH Job Descriptions, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:30:07 +0000

Mark your calendars! The next FGSDH meeting is in only a few days!
Can DH Get You A Job?
A Presentation and Discussion of DH Job Descriptions
February 26th, 12:30pm
Dealy Hall 115

Come discuss Digital Humanities […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Can DH Get You A Job? Reading DH Job Postings, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Sat, 22 Feb 2014 17:05:53 +0000

Have you encountered job descriptions with requirements like these?
Experience with a technical area of digital humanities such as data visualization, text mining, digital pedagogy, spatial humanities, data […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, POSTPONED: HTML Resume Workshop, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:04:23 +0000

The HTML Resume Workshop has been postponed: it will not happen tomorrow, Tuesday, February 18th.

Watch this space for updates on when it will take place. We will be asking for RSVPs for this event so that we […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Debates in the Digital Humanities, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:21:57 +0000

After a snow day last week, we met for the first time yesterday and discussed two articles from the book Debates in the Digital Humanities.

The articles were “This Is Why We Fight”: Defining the Values of the […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Presentation on "Digital Humanities" Graduate Course at Pratt) - 12/4/13, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:38:28 +0000

Last week, I presented to the Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities Group on the course I have been taking during the Fall 2013 semester at the Pratt Institute. While the class is taught in a Library Science […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Tomorrow (Dec. 4), 12:30-2:00pm, Dealy 115 - Talk & Discussion led by Kristen Mapes on Digital Humanities Class, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:39:19 +0000

Please join us tomorrow, Dec. 4, from 12:30-2:00pm in Dealy 115. Kristen Mapes willl speak about taking “Digital Humanities” as a graduate level course at the Pratt Institute.

Topics to be discussed: What topics […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, THIS FRIDAY (Nov 15) New Directions in Digital Scholarship Event @ Yale, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:56:57 +0000

This is a reminder that Yale University is hosting a New Directions for Digital Scholarship event THIS FRIDAY, November 15, 2013 from 3:00-7:00pm, and Fordham GSDH would like to send you to it!

Registration f […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Joint NYCDH & NYC Museum Educators Meetup - Poll to Decide the Date, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 11 Nov 2013 03:50:33 +0000

The NYC Digital Humanities Student Group is jointly organizing a meetup with the NYC Museum Educators Roundtable Technology Peer Group. All are welcome! We will discuss the possibilities and challenges of creating […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, NYCDH Student Group Coffee Meetup, Nov. 16 @ 10am, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 23:23:33 +0000

Join the NYCDH Student Group for a meet up over coffee to discuss digital humanities-related topics!

The Details:

Saturday, November 16
NYCDH Student Group Coffee + Digital Humanities meet up
Think Coffee, 73 8 […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, New Directions in Digital Scholarship Event at Yale, Nov 15, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:07:07 +0000

Yale University is hosting a New Directions for Digital Scholarship event on Friday, November 15, 2013 from 3:00-7:00pm, and Fordham GSDH would like to send you to it!

Registration for the event is free, but you […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, NYCDH Student Group Social Tonight (10/18)!, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 11:09:59 +0000

Please join us at the NYC Digital Humanities Student Group social this evening from 6pm-9pm at Swift Hibernian Lounge (34 E. 4th St.).

Meet people interested in digital humanities from a range of backgrounds and […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Next Meeting of Fordham Graduate Student DH Group, 10/16, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:04:31 +0000

Our next meeting with be a book discussion of Digital_Humanities THIS Wednesday, Oct 16 at 12:30pm in Dealy 115.

Join us (even if you haven’t read the whole book)!

Get a free download of the book from MIT Press […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Impressions of NYC Digital Humanities Inaugural Event, 9/25, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 02:16:58 +0000

The NYCDH Inaugural Gathering on September 25 was a great event, for DH in NYC and for Fordham DH specifically. I’d like to add another set of impressions about the event to supplement Alisa’s post.
(The wor […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, NYC Digital Humanities Inaugural Event, Saturday, 9/25, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:30:30 +0000

The NYCDH Inaugural Event took place last Saturday at the Humanities Initiative at New York University. Many attendees faithfully live-tweeted it at #nycdh, including a significant Fordham contingent: @ […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Meet Fordham's new Campus DH Scholars!, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Wed, 02 Oct 2013 17:00:23 +0000

Congratulations to Jacquelyne and Christopher – we look forward to working with you and seeing your development in the Digital Humanities this year!
Jacquelyne Thoni Howard
Jacquelyne is currently earning credits […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, First Fall Meeting of the Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities Group, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:10:01 +0000

The first meeting of the Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities Group was this past Wednesday, September 25. We were delighted to have a strong turnout, including Alan Cafferkey, the director of faculty […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Meet Fordham's new HASTAC Scholars!, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Sun, 29 Sep 2013 22:14:10 +0000

Congratulations to Alisa and Will – we look forward to working with you and seeing your development in the Digital Humanities this year!

The HASTAC program is a program of the Fordham Digital Humanities Working […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, First Meeting of GSDH Group 9/25, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:58:52 +0000

The Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities Group announces its first meeting, to be held on September 25, 12:30-2:00, Dealy 115. This group is open to all graduate students and any interested faculty or […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Highlights from 2012-13, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:11:31 +0000

The development and use of digital tools for research, publishing, and pedagogy are increasingly becoming an important part of academic life, not just for digital humanists but for anyone working in the […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Looking Ahead for Next Year, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:28:30 +0000

The Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities Group had a great inaugural year, one that ended on a high note with our guest speaker, Matt Gold. To see all the things we did, go to the Past Events page. Read […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Twitter Feed for Matt Gold's Talk: "Teaching to the Network", on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:08:31 +0000

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christy pottroff wrote a new post, “Teaching to the Network: Digital Humanities and Public Pedagogy” Matt Gold Gives Talk at Fordham, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:25:14 +0000

In part 2 of the FGSDH Group’s Teaching and Research with Technology Series, Matt Gold, from the CUNY Graduate Center and editor of Debates in the Digital Humanities, will give a talk over lunch. It is en […]