DH Meet-Up: World Cultures & Digital Humanities Project Showcase Starts Thursday

Skander Belhaj, director of ISAMM in Tunisia, presented at the The DH Meet-Up on March 8.
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Skander Belhaj, director of ISAMM in Tunisia, presented at the The DH Meet-Up on March 8.

The World Languages & Digital Humanities Studio in the World Languages, Literatures & Cultures Department is excited to announce the return of the Digital Humanities Meet-Up.

The fall series kicks off from 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, in the WLDH Studio at J.B. Hunt Center, room 207. 

The opening DH Meet-Up will feature projects from Kathleen Condray, professor of German; Maria Comsa, teaching assistant professor of French; Annie Doucet, assistant professor of French; and Rhodora Vennarucci, assistant professor of classical studies.

Poster about World Cultures and Digital Humanities Project ShowcaseThe workshop will be followed by a reception. Presentations will include a multimodal website that maps migrant voices in Arkansas, touch-screen paleography lessons for learning Medieval French, the innovative use of digital tools for cultivating a creative classroom and a research trip abroad in Italy. The workshop will be followed by a reception.

There are two DH Meet-Ups this month: this Thursday, Sept. 14, 4-5 p.m., and Thursday, Sept. 28, 11 a.m. to noon. Both will take place in JBHT 207.

To keep up with the WLLC and the studio's events, be sure to follow WLLC on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Contact Curtis Maughan at cmaughan@uark.edu and/or Cheyenne Roy at ceroy@uark.edu for more information on the DH Meet-Up. 

Contacts

Cheyenne Roy, assistant director
World Languages and Digital Humanities Studio
479-575-4159, ceroy@uark.edu

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