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This item of possible interest to the ARLIS/NA membership is forwarded from the University of Maryland ISchool discussion list. Roger Lawson National Gallery of Art Library From: iSchool Discussion List On Behalf Of Trevor Muñoz Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:51 AM Subject: [ISCHOOLDISCUSSION] Announcing the Digital Humanities Winter Institute at the University of Maryland Announcing the Digital Humanities Winter Institute Join Us: Monday January 7, 2013- Friday, January 11, 2013 University of Maryland College Park, MD USA MITH will host the first annual Digital Humanities Winter Institute (DHWI), from Monday, January 7, 2013, to Friday, January 11, 2013, at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. We’re delighted to be expanding the model pioneered by the highly-successful Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) at the University of Victoria to the United States. DHWI will provide an opportunity for scholars to learn new skills relevant to different kinds of digital scholarship while mingling with like-minded colleagues in coursework, social events, and lectures during an intensive, week-long event located amid the many attractions of the Washington, D.C. region. Courses are open to all skill levels and will cater to many different interests. For the 2013 Institute we’ve assembled an amazing group of instructors who will teach everything from introductory courses on project development and programming, to intermediate level courses on image analysis, teaching with multimedia, and data curation. DHWI will also feature more technically-advanced courses on text analysis and linked open data. We hope that the curricula we’ve assembled will appeal to graduate students, faculty, librarians, and museum professionals as well as participants from government and non-governmental organizations. For a list of courses, see http://mith.umd.edu/dhwi/?q=courses An exciting program of extracurricular events will accompany the formal DHWI courses to capitalize on the Institute’s proximity to the many cultural heritage organizations in the region. This stream of activities, which we’re calling “DHWI Public Digital Humanities,” will include an API workshop, a hack-a-thon, and opportunities to contribute videos and other materials to the 4Humanities campaign to document the importance of the humanities for contemporary society. Both the outward-looking DHWI Public Digital Humanities program and the week of high-caliber, in-depth digital humanities coursework will be kicked off by the Institute Lecture. This year’s speaker will be Seb Chan, currently the Director of Digital & Emerging Media at the Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City. For more information, please visit http://mith.umd.edu/dhwi/ We hope that many of you will join us this winter in Maryland for what promises to be a terrific event. Registration is now available at http://mith.umd.edu/dhwi/?q=registration Like DHSI, we will be offering a limited number of sponsored student scholarships to help cover the cost of attending the Institute. The scholarships are made possible through the generosity of this year’s DHWI Instructors and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. To apply for sponsored student scholarships, please visit: http://mith.umd.edu/dhwi/?q=scholarships To keep up with news and events related to DHWI, follow @dhwi_mith. For all other enquiries, please contact Jennifer Guiliano, [log in to unmask] ---- Trevor Muñoz Assistant Dean for Digital Humanities Research, University of Maryland Libraries Associate Director, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) 301.405.8506 | @trevormunoz on Twitter | http://trevormunoz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~