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Reading Digital Sources: A Case Study in Ship’s Logs → An entry point into a fascinating series on digital history by Ben Schmidt, with some good discussion of topic modeling and text analysis
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As part of the other masterclass offered by the Humanities Research Center, the English Department will be offering a workshop on applying to grad school, with a focus on “Preparing CVs, Personal Statements, and Writing Samples.” The advice will probably … Continue reading
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AHA Task Force on Digital Humanities → As mentioned in our discussion last Thursday, here’s the petition that University of Nebraska graduate student Jason Heppler (@jaheppler for those of you on Twitter) and several others put together asking the American … Continue reading
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Slideshow from Day One → Press “A” to see all slides at once, then scroll.
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