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Hi all! If you’re interested in physical and digital archives and are a graduate student physically located in NYC, consider applying to be a tester to work with Sourcery this July. Here’s the call I received:

“We’re looking for NYC-based grad students to help us beta test our Sourcery app — could you please share with your students? $1k for 40…[Read more]

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said his agency will create “in-house” publications instead.
GIft link (should get you behind paywall)

https://wapo.st/43sc0Bz

Link if you subscribe

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/05/28/rfk-jr-ban-journals-lancet-jama/

Hi everyone,

just a heads up that our drop-in hours planned for tomorrow earlier in the semester has been taken off the calendar due to another event. We hope to see you next year! Have a great summer 🙂

Hi all,

Please also join us tomorrow — Wednesday, May 14, 6 PM — for the Graduate Center’s second annual Master’s Thesis Showcase!

This event is hybrid: in person at the Graduate Center in the Skylight Room (Room 9100), and on Zoom. See below for registration link.

This event was designed to spotlight the research from across master’s p…[Read more]

Hi all,

A reminder about the GCDI Digital Showcase happening TONIGHT — Tuesday, May 13, 6 PM — on Zoom and in the Segal Theatre at the Graduate Center.

This year’s showcase will feature presentations from the M.A. in Digital Humanities’ Praxis class, specifically:

Women of Bandura
Tasha Hutnick, Melissa McDonald, Alex Millatmal, Lini…[Read more]

FYI: This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in teaching ethnic
studies (*lato sensu*) and digital humanities or through digital pedagogy.
As a former fellow, I’m happy to answer any questions you might have.

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From: Roopika Risam <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, May 8, 2025 at 2…[Read more]

Thanks to everyone who voted in the scheduling poll for the final 2024-25 meeting of the LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable. The winning time is Monday, June 2 at 10:00-11:30am.

This session will feature lightning talks on a variety of scholarly communication topics. If you’d like to attend, please register here.

Also, please consider g…[Read more]

Thanks to everyone who voted in the scheduling poll for the final 2024-25 meeting of the LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable. The winning time is Monday, June 2 at 10:00-11:30am.
This session will feature lightning talks on a variety of scholarly communication topics. If you’d like to attend, please register here.
Also, please consider g…[Read more]

GCDI Conversations in Digital Scholarship
A Symposium Hosted by the GC Digital Fellows

May 13, 2025 from 2 -4 PM

The GC Digital Fellows are hosting a seminar featuring roundtable discussions on topics related to digital scholarship and methods. These sessions will be held concurrently on May 13, 2025 from 2-4pm, and are designed to generate a…[Read more]

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From: Michael Soriano <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Subject: [DHSI] CFP: Debates in Digital Humanities 2028
To: <[email protected]>

Hello,

Please see below for information on the call for submissions for the next
general volume of Debates in Digital Humanities. The deadline f…[Read more]

The three workshops announced below may be of interest to members of this group!

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SPARC is excited to announce a second round of our Open Access 101 series, building on the significant response from the community to the first series hosted last year. These upcoming OA 101 sessions will deepen the conversation around key topics related to o…[Read more]

Howdy CUNY Edits,

I’ve been working on enhancing the Wikipedia entry for the CUNY Academic Commons and would love your input and contributions: the goal is to improve the article’s accuracy, readability, structure, and alignment with Wikipedia guidelines.

You can view my sandbox draft here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zmuhl/sandbox

This…[Read more]

Hi all – Sharing this announcement for the Open Divide Lecture Series, “a year-long exploration of the challenges, contradictions, and evolving landscape of Open Access and scholarly publishing.” One event per month for a whole year!

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Dear colleagues,

We are excited to announce the Open Divide Lecture Series (2025–2026, online), a y…[Read more]