Talks |

Using Public History to Study Modern Feminism

Sat, 13 Apr 2024 13:30:00 +0000

The participants for this roundtable are all working on the National Endowment for the Humanities-funded digital humanities project, “Sharing Stories from 1977: Putting the National Women’s Conference on the Map.” Our work is rooted in public history methodologies and theory: shared authority, public-facing work, and collaborative scholarship that is generated as much for a public audience as an academic one. We hope that our work will inspire other scholars to undertake public history in the digital space and will also showcase how this approach can revolutionize the study of more traditional topics like women’s history and political history.

How to Keep Your Head Above Water During a Digital Project

Sun, 24 May 2020 11:00:00 +0000

In this workshop, we discuss how to build and manage an evolving digital project and research team, as well as strategies for keeping the lines of communication open between the humanities and STEM.

Reconstructing Ancient Syria

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000

In the ancient past, the war-torn Syria in today’s news was defined by the multiculturalism of its diverse inhabitants. Uncovering how the identities and connections of Syrian communities evolved over time has been an onerous task. In addition to significant gaps within the textual record and limited archaeological investigation, ongoing political violence and destruction of antiquities have increasingly threatened to erase the vibrant mosaic of this historic region.

This talk explores how the intersection of coins and digital methodologies can help reconstruct identity and evolving patterns of political exchange within ancient Syria. The speakers hope to educate a wide audience both about the tremendous importance of coins and the vital contemporary issue of Syrian identity and heritage.