Named after the small red sticker that once guided scholars through legacy 35mm slides, The Red Dot is here to help you navigate the ever-evolving landscape of visual and material research. While rooted in the University of California, Santa Barbara community, our posts are open to all.
At MIRL, we engage with art history, digital humanities, and material culture through hands-on research and archival projects. Guided by our core principles—critical engagement with visual and material culture, ethical stewardship of images and data, and innovative approaches to research and pedagogy—we work at the intersection of technology and the humanities. We are especially interested in how digital tools can expand the study of images, objects, and spaces.
Here, we’ll share insights on Digital Art History and Architectural History, highlight new image and data resources, discuss copyright and ethical considerations, and spotlight events that shape our field.
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Introducing The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity
…where the lessons of Charles and Ray come to life! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiZMYg6Ksj4] Read more
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DH Monday: Call for Proposals: Terra-sponsored Digital Art History Article in Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide
Submission deadline: April 15 Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide (NCAW) is pleased to announce the continuation of their series American Art History Digitally supported by a grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art. The editors of NCAW are now accepting proposals for the final digital art history article in the series to be published in spring 2023. To… Read more
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DH Monday: PhD Position in Digital Art History, University of Vienna
Application deadline: April 24, 2022 The University of Vienna (20 faculties and centres, 178 fields of study, approx. 9.800 members of staff, about 90.000 students) seeks to fill the position of a PhD Candidate (m/f/d) in Art History (Vienna, Jul 1, 2022–Jun 30, 2025). They are looking for a PhD candidate to join the project… Read more
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DH Monday: Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud: Expert Researchers Share Their Outcomes
Earlier this year, LC Labs worked with three research fellows in digital history, digital art history, and software librarianship on individual computational research projects. Computational research applies computing processes like algorithms to traditional research topics, such as the study of history. For example, digital history researchers often use computational methods to uncover relationships between historic materials,… Read more
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DH Monday: Toward a More Inclusive Digital Art History: A Roundtable and a second CFP
Roundtable: April 30, 10:00 – 11:00 (PDT) Proposals due: April 30, 2022 Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art and the Terra Foundation for American Art are proud to present the second installment of their collaborative Digital Art History Symposia, part of Panorama’s Terra-sponsored initiative “Toward a More Inclusive Digital Art History.”… Read more
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DH Monday: CFP – Sixteenth Century Society Annual Conference (October 27-30, 2022 / Minneapolis, MN)
Proposal Submission Deadline: Monday, April 11, 2022 The Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) invites proposals for individual presentations and complete panels for its 2022 annual conference. Under the presidency of Susannah Monta (University of Notre Dame), the conference will take place from October 27-30, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 2022 annual… Read more