The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) is soliciting self-nominations for ACH members to serve on the Program Committee (PC) for the international ADHO DH2020 conference, to be held in Ottawa, Canada. The PC approves the structure and content of the entire academic program; serving on this committee offers ACH members an opportunity to…Continue reading.
ACH 2019 is seeking reviewers to evaluate conference proposal submissions during December 2018 and January 2019. ACH wishes to establish a wide, and as varied as possible, pool of reviewers for this conference. We welcome members of any academic affiliation or professional role who are interested in the digital humanities that would like to help…Continue reading.
ACH and its 2019 Program Committee would like to welcome two new members to the group charged with developing the program: Emily Esten, fellow at the Kennedy Institute, who serves as our Gallaries, Libraries, Archives and Museums representative. Sylvia Fernández, PhD candidate at the University of Houston, co-founder of Borderlands Archives Cartography, and fellow at…Continue reading.
Please Ask/Do Tell stickers are back for DH2018! Much like at DH2016, the Please Ask/Do Tell stickers are designed to be invitations for conversation. If you have insight into the conference, a particular community of practice within Digital Humanities, a job opportunity to share, mentoring advice, or other information you are willing to share, attach…Continue reading.
Recognizing how the digital humanities bridge conventional academic distinctions, The Association of Computers and Humanities (ACH) seek two members to join the organizing committee for the 2019 program committee from across the field, including: those working in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums as well as early-career graduate students with interests in digital scholarship. We are…Continue reading.
The ACH will host a Jobs Slam on Thursday, June 28, 2018 during the ACH’s General Meeting from 12:30 – 2 PM. The exact location of the meeting is still to be determined. Please stay tuned to @achdotorg on Twitter and the DH2018 conference website for information on locations. The Jobs Slam is a lively event and…Continue reading.
Are you new to the DH community or to digital humanities conferences? Join a small group of newbies and ACH/DH old-timers at a local restaurant and make scholarly connections and new friendships. Dinners will happen the evening of Wednesday, 27 June, with parties departing after the poster session. The poster session ends at 7pm. Group…Continue reading.
Seeking to foster stronger collaborations with colleagues in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America, this year, ACH supported the participation of ten early career scholars at DH2018. The following scholars will receive the award: Melanie Walsh (US) “Tweets of a Native Son: James Baldwin, #BlackLivesMatter, and Networks of Textual Recirculation.” Sandra Leticia Reyes Alvarez (Mexico)…Continue reading.
The Association for Computers and the Humanities, in conjunction with our partners at Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University, and the University of Pittsburgh are delighted to announce the program committee for the ACH2019 conference: Heather Froehlich, Digital Scholarship Fellow in Text Analysis and an Assistant Librarian at Penn State University. Patrick Juola, Professor of Computer Science in the…Continue reading.
The Association for Computers and the Humanities seeks applicants for a paid Communications internship. The intern will work with the ACH Executive to write blog posts and announcements about ACH and the broader digital humanities community; monitor and update ACH’s social media presence; assist in maintenance of its website; and perform other communications-related responsibilities. The…Continue reading.