Announcing THATCamp American Historical Association
Hi all, We’re pleased to announce that there will be a THATCamp at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association. THATCamp AHA will take place from 12pm to 6pm on Thursday, January 5th,...
View ArticleRegistration is now open
We have opened registration for THATCamp AHA! We will be accepting the first 100 registrants, after which we will close registration.
View ArticleHow do you teach THAT?
Greetings, THAT Campers! I teach a graduate seminar on “museums in a digital age” and undergraduate courses in public history and museum studies at Western Michigan U. I try to incorporate digital...
View ArticleWorkshops and Fellowships
We’ve just confirmed that we will be offering technology skills workshops at THATCamp AHA. On the roster already is a blogging workshop by Professor Dan Cohen of dancohen.org, and we’ll be letting you...
View ArticleHousing / Room-share for ThatCamp and AHA
Hello fellow campers! I’m looking for a place to stay or a room to share for ThatCamp and the AHA, and I’m guessing that I’m not the only one, so I thought I’d start a thread. If you have: A couch to...
View ArticlePreparing for THATCamp AHA
Hi all — Amanda French here, THATCamp Coordinator and co-organizer (which is rare) of THATCamp American Historical Association, even though I won’t be there. (I’ll be at the Modern Language Association...
View ArticleTHATCamp Check In; AHA Registration
As Amanda notd, THATCamp AHA participants will check in outside Parlor C in the Sheraton. Those of you who are registered for the AHA meeting should note that AHA registration opens at noon on...
View ArticleSession Proposal: Activating the Archive
I would like to propose a session on the question of the digital archive. At a panel at HASTAC 2011 (see hastac2011.org/schedule/conference-program/ and scroll down to Sessions D3 (Lightning Talks) –...
View ArticleSession Proposal: Crowdsourcing
“How many digital humanists does it take to change a lightbulb?” “Yay, crowdsourcing!” — Melissa Terras Crowdsourcing seems to be a favorite THATCamp session idea, appearing in at least half a dozen of...
View ArticleSession Proposal: Going off the grid.
I work at a university with slow servers, a bad e-mail client, an outdated version of a terrible LMS (which starts with “Black” and ends with “board”), frightfully old computers in the offices and the...
View ArticleSession Proposal – Graduate Training in the Digital Humanities
My department is in the process of developing a digital humanities certification program. I will be serving as the graduate liaison and would love to hear about others’ experiences in developing...
View ArticleSession Proposal: Electronic Publishing and the Practice of History
We’d like to propose a general discussion session on the present and future of electronic publishing in the historical profession. We have all been involved in the creation of a new professional...
View ArticleUnsession Proposal: Epic brain dump!, or, THATCampception
I got this idea talking to a guy about a New Year’s Eve party he was at with a martial arts club. They did a thing where everyone taught one quick lesson about something. Sounded very THATCampy to me,...
View ArticleSession proposal: No More Plan B?
You may have seen “No More Plan B,” in which AHA president Anthony Grafton and executive director Jim Grossman argue that it’s time to devote serious attention to preparing history grad students for...
View ArticleSession Proposal: Best Practices and New Ideas for Open-Access Publications
The academy needs open-access. As Bethany Nowviskie has pointed out in a memorable (and revolting) phrase, much of the intellectual product of the academy is “fight club soap.” We produce scholarly...
View ArticlePost-THATCamp Happy Hour
I’ve reserved some post-THATCamp pre-prandial time and space at a nearby pub. They’ll be expecting a large group at D4 Irish Pub & Café at about 6:15pm — they’re saving a spot by the fireplace,...
View ArticleVisualizing Networks
“Communities and Networks” is the theme for this year’s AHA meeting, so let’s talk about them from a digital humanities historian’s perspective. In my own research I keep wishing there was a way that I...
View ArticleSession Proposal: Programming in the Humanities
Over the course of my training as a digital historian, I have had two opportunities where classroom instruction involved learning a programming language. The first was in Prof. Stephen Ramsay’s...
View Article(hack)session proposal: data seeks skills
I’m an old school archival historian flirting with the digital side like a drunk in a bar – ie. without any skill set to speak of. So here goes with my pick up line … I’m interested in academic...
View ArticleThought on Sessions
There is certainly some interesting proposals for discussion. I don’t have a specific item to discuss but I’m primarily interested in how best to incorporate technology into undergraduate history...
View ArticleSession Proposal: The Problem of Old Digital History Sites
The graphical world wide web is closing in on 20 years of existence. Some of the earliest digital history sites are almost as old. While some of these sites are tied to people or organizations who...
View ArticleSession Proposal V 2.0 Revisiting How Do We Share Our Knowledge of Historic...
At the Columbus THATCamp in 2010, Eli Pousson asked the question, “How do we share our knowledge of historic places?” I would like to revisit that question at the Chicago 2011 THATCamp. Below is...
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Transport: Anyone want to split a cab from the Westin tomorrow?
The AHA shuttles will not have started by the time THATcamp starts, so I’m crowdsourcing a ride
View ArticleEtiquette question
Yikes – so very excited to attend my first THATCamp and airplane trouble will keep my boss/adviser from presenting at the Digging Into Data panel and I have been drafted in his stead (gulp). I know...
View ArticleNot There Yet: History Departments, Tenure, and Digital History Scholarship
I am proposing a general discussion that might morph into a writing session on the topic of tenuring the new generation of digital historians. As we know, the humanities are currently experiencing the...
View ArticleGoogle doc for collective notes for Problem of old Digital History Sites
docs.google.com/document/d/1fzoQb7xm8htYsLIQct4ssqXVU0vskpTy1J4f7SVdxM8/edit Link is here.
View ArticleGoogle Doc on Programming in the Humanities
Google Doc: Programming in the Humanities – some links and suggestions
View ArticleNotes: Grantwriting strategies for the Digital Humanities
Scattered & unedited, but nevertheless, notes from . . . Grantwriting Strategies Jen Serventi (Digital Humanities, NEH) & Josh Sternfeld (Preservation & Access, NEH) I. Josh/P&A...
View ArticleLink to THATCamp evaluation
Hope you guys had a good THATCamp. Whether you did or whether you didn’t, you can tell us more on the THATCamp evaluation form — only two fields required: which THATCamp you went to, and your rating of...
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