Monthly Archives: October 2009

Article on the public humanities

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Amanda French

All, There’s a great article today in /Inside Higher Ed/ on a symposium called “Platforms for Public Scholars” by the always intelligent and remarkable Scott McLemee. Sample quotation: “The public library is an institution that nobody would be able to … Continue reading →

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Public Scholarship and American Studies Conference at

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Peter Wosh

Public Scholarship and American Studies Conference at Rutgers University Location: New Jersey, United States Call for Papers Deadline: 2009-10-18 (in 9 days) Date Submitted: 2009-09-24 Announcement ID: 170840 The Graduate Program in American Studies and the Rutgers American Studies Student … Continue reading →

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“Herb and Dorothy” on PBS

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Peter Wosh

Hey friends, “Herb and Dorothy,” a wonderful documentary about two contemporary art collectors is playing on PBS’ “Independent Lens” tonight at 10 and is really worth a watch. They crammed something like 10,000 works of art into a one-bedroom apartment. … Continue reading →

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Lincoln and New York Review in the Times

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Peter Wosh

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/arts/design/09lincoln.html?_r=1&emc=eta1 October 9, 2009 Exhibition Review | ‘Lincoln and New York’ When Honest Abe Met This Querulous Metropolis By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN When Abraham Lincoln visited New York in February 1861, Walt Whitmannoticed that an “ominous silence” greeted the president-elect as … Continue reading →

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DH2010: Digital Humanities 2010 CFP

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Amanda French

All, You might be interested in this Call for Papers for the Digital Humanities annual conference; the theme is cultural heritage, the conference will be held in London July 7-10 2010, and proposals are due (rather precipitously) on October 31. … Continue reading →

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Congrats to Andrea Meyer

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Peter Wosh

Update 11/3/09: Be sure to check out Andrea’s Culper Spy Ring website, which she built as part of an independent study for the program. Congratulations to Andrea Meyer, who recently co-authored a fascinating article on the Culper Spy Ring that … Continue reading →

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Graduate Student Paper Opportunity

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Peter Wosh

Dear Professor Wosh, I am an active member of SAA and actually went to the session you participated in during this last meeting in Austin. Very interesting, indeed! Currently, I am the archivist of the Feminist Theory Papers at Brown … Continue reading →

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Oral History Workshop

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Peter Wosh

Workshop Title: Accessing Oral Histories Workshop Description: Oral historian Alessandro Portelli states that “[oral] sources are oral sources… The tone and volume range and the rhythm of popular speech carry implicit meaning and social connotations which are not reproducible in … Continue reading →

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Senate confirmation of the Archivist of the United States

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Amanda French

Apparently the Senate confirmation of the US Archivist is happening now – there’s a webcast available online at http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_id=aea3649c-d29a-4ef9-91f5-bfea392457bf Thanks to Kate Thienen of the ArchivesNext blog at http://www.archivesnext.com/ (she’s @archivesnext on Twitter) for the information. Amanda – Amanda L. … Continue reading →

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StoryCorps

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Peter Wosh

The following internship opportunities are currently available at StoryCorps, a Peabody Award-winning oral history project and one of the fastest-growing nonprofit organizations in the country. Please share these openings with your networks. Information Technology Intern, Web Based Systems Memory Loss … Continue reading →

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Lost New York

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Peter Wosh

“Lost New York, 1609-2009,” NYU, 2-3 October 2009. All sessions are free and open to the public. The Department of English, Humanities Initiative, and Fales Library and Special Collections at New York University are pleased to announce the full schedule … Continue reading →

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