Category Archives: Information Management

Assessing the State of Digital Humanities

Posted on November 6, 2014 by briansandberg

A new review article assesses the current state of the field Digital Humanities (DH) from the perspective of book history. This is an interesting angle to consider the state of DH, since so many DH projects deal with document digitization … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Current Research, Digital Humanities, Graduate Work in History, History in the Media, Information Management, Museums and Historical Memory | Leave a comment

Wreckage, Waste, and Globalization

Posted on March 29, 2014 by briansandberg

The continuing search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 is complicated by the immense size of the search area and its distance from sea lanes and major ports, as well as the nature of the Indian Ocean. The currents and turbulence … Continue reading →

Posted in Globalization, Information Management, Maritime History, Mediterranean World | Leave a comment

French Paleography Workshop

Posted on January 7, 2014 by briansandberg

Call for Applications MIDDLE FRENCH PALEOGRAPHY WORKSHOP COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK JUNE 9-27, 2014 This paleography workshop will provide intensive training in the accurate reading, editing, and interpretation of a manuscript in Middle French, in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, Graduate Work in History, Grants and Fellowships, History of Science, Information Management, Lectures and Seminars, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History | 1 Comment

The Future of Books

Posted on January 6, 2014 by briansandberg

Authors, teachers, professors, publishers, and librarians have been debating the future of the book for a decade now. Some claim that the physical book will soon disappear, replaced by ebooks. Others see changes in book structure and marketing, but a … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Publishing, Digital Humanities, Education Policy, History in the Media, History of the Book, Humanities Education, Information Management | 1 Comment

Research on MOOCs

Posted on December 6, 2013 by briansandberg

A recent conference held at the University of Texas at Arlington presented new research on student use of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Much of the research was funded through grants by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which champions … Continue reading →

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French Pamphlets at the Newberry

Posted on December 4, 2013 by briansandberg

Research Methods Workshop for Early Career Graduate Students French Pamphlets at the Newberry: The Formation of the Concept of “Revolution” and Revolutionary Ideology Directed by Dale Van Kley, Ohio State University Meets 9:00 am to 4:45 pm Friday, January 31, … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Comparative Revolutions, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, French Revolution and Napoleon, Graduate Work in History, Information Management, Lectures and Seminars, Political Culture, Revolts and Revolutions | Leave a comment

Black Flag: Pirate History and Video Gaming

Posted on October 30, 2013 by briansandberg

Pirate mania continues.  Following the creation of Talk Like a Pirate Day and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, the Assassin’s Creed video games franchise has now shifted into the piracy business. Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is the latest … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantic World, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, History in the Media, History of Violence, Information Management, Piracy, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Big Data is Bullshit

Posted on October 30, 2013 by briansandberg

Harper Reed, who was Chief Technology Officer for the 2012 Obama re-election campaign, participated in a conference on Building a Smarter University: Big Data, Innovation, and Ingenuity at the State University of New York (SUNY) this week, giving a keynote … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Humanities, History in the Media, Humanities Education, Information Management | 2 Comments

McEducation: Franchising College eCourses

Posted on September 4, 2013 by briansandberg

McEducation has arrived. Education corporations are seeking to franchise Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and deliver electronic courses to college students across the nation and around the world. The franchising process involves having the professors who create MOOCs license their … Continue reading →

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President Obama’s Plan for Higher Education

Posted on August 26, 2013 by briansandberg

Last week, President Barack Obama unveiled his plan for higher education reform. Unfortunately, Obama’s plan focused almost exclusively on the cost of college tuition and fees. His plan misunderstands the reasons for higher tuition rates, which largely stem from a … Continue reading →

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