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Have a digital project and think you might want to use Omeka or are you actively using Omeka and want to further enhance your skills, then this event might be for you.

During this pilot slideshare, we will:

• Review what a content management systems (CMS).
• Help distinguish why Omeka is different than WordPress, Drupal and other CMS’s.

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Note: The following email was sent to all EOs and APOs at the Graduate Center on Monday, March 16. 

Dear Colleagues,

As the university transitions to remote instruction, research, and work, GC Digital Initiatives staff is available for consultations on a wide range of topics related to technology. We invite GC faculty, students, and staff…[Read more]

Colleagues and friends!

Please, let us know the dates and time you’d be available to meet! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnZ75KR6TQI2x0Cbk9GH3wrduEv__xOYIauHrK4pDf2qSuvQ/viewform

Best,

The DARC Team

Dear all,

a quick note from the Digital Archive Research Collective (DARC) Team to share with you some exciting news!

For once, our workshop series has kicked off last week with two exciting event. Last Tuesday, we had a full house for Mary Rizzo’s talk, “The Social Backend: Community-Driven Digital Archives and Exhibits,” followed the next…[Read more]

Correction: The previous post listed the incorrect date and time for the first meeting. The correct date and time is 2/13 (Thu) at 12:30pm in the Digital Scholarship Lab (room 7414).

Looking forward to meet you all!

Hello all,

We are pleased to announce the first meeting for the Digital Archive Research Collective (DARC).

DARC is an initiative spearheaded by the GC Digital Fellows, offering support to the emergent community of students, faculty, and staff who are working on digital archival projects throughout The Graduate Center. Our meeting is an…[Read more]

Hello all,

We are pleased to announce the Spring calendar for the Python Users’ Group (PUG for short).

The Python Users’ Group (PUG for short) is an open and informal collaborative space for experimentation and exploration with the Python programming language, where we learn, work, chat, snack and have the occasional beer. It is an…[Read more]

Learn how to publish with Manifold!

Join Jojo Karlin and Krysia Michael Thursday, February 6, at 6pm in room 5307 

to learn how to publish openly-licensed course materials (public domain texts, things you own, new collaborations you wish to share) in beautiful, annotatable digital books.

Register at NYCDH Week 2020.

In this free…[Read more]

You are cordially invited to join the students in Methods of Text Analysis for their final class, which will include an open convening of 2 roundtable discussions, each addressing the course’s centralizing question: “Can there be a feminist text analysis?”

When? 6:30 – 8:30 PM

Where? Room 5307 at The Graduate Center

Each roundtable will…[Read more]

As I have written elsewhere – attending the DRI has been a turning point for many previous participants, including myself. I strongly encourage you to apply. I’m sharing Lisa Rhody’s and Matt Gold’s message below.

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Please encourage students and faculty in your programs to apply for this year’s GC Digital Research Inst…[Read more]

“The Incommensurable: Explainability and the Autonomy of Computational Automation”

Tuesday, November 12th, 5:00 – 7:00 pm, Room 5307

Reception to follow

This talk addresses some of the philosophical implications of a computer program being no longer constrained by the limits of human knowledge. I will understand this freedom from human k…[Read more]

Come present your digital projects, ongoing digital humanities work, or research questions at the Fifth Annual CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks event.

When: Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Time: 6:30 to 8:00 PM with reception to follow

Who: All CUNY Students, Faculty, and Staff

Where: The Martin E. Segal Theatre, The…[Read more]

Dear colleagues

On May 14th from 6:30 to 8:30, students from around the Graduate Center will be sharing their digital scholarship and projects at the GC Digital Initiatives End-of-Year Showcase. Please share the following information and consider joining us to celebrate our students and their innovative work.

Best,

Matt and…[Read more]