Category: Literature & Language
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On Her 136th Birthday: Traveling Through the Works of Virginia Woolf
2017 brought the best of times and the worst of times. I married my best friend in our favorite place with some of our closest family and friends. I lost my greatest living mentor to cancer on the same day I was at the Cimetiere Du Montparnasse in Paris visiting the final resting place of […]
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At the Intersection: Race and Comics at the Schomburg Black Comic Book Festival
I had the opportunity to participate in the 6th annual Black Comic Book Festival at the Schomburg in NYC. I attended the first Black Comic Book Festival in 2013 and since that time this event has only grown. You can watch a live stream of the event here. It was great to be invited back and […]
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Open to the Public, Fri Jan 5, MLA Pres Plenary w Angela Davis, Anthony Romero (ACLU), Cathy Davidson, Juan Lopez Intzin, and Judith Butler
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! The Modern Language Association’s Plenary Panel, on Jan 5, 3:30-5:15 is open to the public. MLA President Diana Taylor is presiding. Friday, January 05, 2018 03:30 PM – 05:15 PM Hilton – West Ballroom Presider Diana Taylor New York U Presentations Abolition Angela Davis, U of California, Santa Cruz Rights and […]
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2018 MLA HASTAC Happy Hour!
The flier says it all – a casual, friendly meetup with other HASTAC folks! January 4th (Thursday), 5-7 pm at Faces and Names, which is just around the corner from the MLA Hilton! https://facesandnames.com/
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Introduction to the HASTAC community
Greetings to the HASTAC community and fellow scholars, My name is Trevor Williams and I am a graduate student at the Divinity School of Vanderbilt University. I recently had the privilege of being appointed as the HASTAC Scholar for the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching. In view of this, I have several reflections regarding my scholarly interests and […]
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Postmortem: Public Humanities & Public Scholarship Twitter Chat
We’ve just finished our Twitter Chat on Public Humanities & Public Scholarship organized by Emily Esten, Eleanor Mahoney, Kefaya Diab, Michael DeAnda, Francesca Albrezzi, J.J. Sylvia IV, and Kalle Westerling. You can see the conversation on my other blog post. In game development, postmortems are reflective documents written by a development team after a completed game has been shipped to market. […]
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Ethnography, With A Twist
Ethnography a qualitative research strategy relies primarily on participant observation glorified people-watching the study and interpretation of cultural behavior Ethnography in Creative Nonfiction Writing Some Ideas… maybe we stumble upon some information about Wicca, so we decide to look up if there’s a Wicca community in our city… this leads us to attend […]
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For Beginners, What Makes a Good DH project?
Being relatively new to the Digital Humanities, I’ve been wondering – how will my project be evaluated when it is finished? What should I keep in mind before starting a new DH research project? Some of these notes maybe applicable broadly, beyond my own background in contemporary English Literature. What makes a good DH project? […]
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of English
The Department of English at Santa Clara University invites applications for a tenure-track position specializing in Shakespeare, with additional desirable expertise in Digital Humanities. Successful candidates must have a strong commitment to teaching undergraduates and be able to establish an active research program, possibly including undergraduates. Teaching responsibilities will include introductory and advanced courses in […]
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Collective Statement by Medievalists of Color
Yesterday we at HASTAC received an email about the statement collectively published by Medievalists of Color, in response to a number of recent controversies in medieval studies, from the distinguished early modernist, Professor Geraldine Heng, one of HASTAC’s early Steering Committee members and a continuing member of our Council of Advisors. Professor Heng is the Perceval […]