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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DH Monday: CFP: Shaping Geneologies: 1st International Conference on Late 19th and early 20th century Sculpture
Call for Papers: SCULPT2021 – Shaping Genealogies · 1st International Conference on Late 19th and Early 20th Century Sculpture (online / October 7-8, 2021)Submission Deadline: June 30, 2021 We have the pleasure of announcing the SCULPT2021- Shaping Genealogies –1st International Conference on Late 19th and early 20th century Sculpture. The conference is organized by CITAR in partnership with… Read more
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“Lost City”: Public Housing, Urban Renewal, and Community in New London, Connecticut
What you thought of urban renewal depended on what side of the street you saw it from. Connecticut College recently completed grant-funded research focused on the 1962-1975 Winthrop Urban Renewal Project in our host city. This collaborative student-faculty-staff project resulted in a digital public history resource that uses StoryMaps with ArcGIS to present a narrative… Read more
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DH Monday: SAHGB Annual History Workshop: Visual Representation in Architectural History – Methodologies Lightning Round
SAHGB Annual History Workshop: Lightning Round 2 – Visual Representation in Architectural History – Methodologies (online / Friday, May 21, 4:00 – 6:00 pm [BST / Time Zone Converter]) Building on the themes explored in SAHGB’s Annual History Workshop: Visual Representation in Architectural History, the 21st May lightning round session highlights alternative research methodologies. Selected… Read more
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DH Monday: CFP: Digital Art History: Methods, Practices, Epistemologies 3 (online / Oct. 12-13, 2021)
Submission Deadline: Jun 15, 2021Virtual Conference (University of Zagreb), Oct 12–13, 2021 The third edition of the conference “Digital Art History – Methods, Practices, Epistemologies,” aims at bringing together established and early career scholars, independent researchers, and professionals involved with the transdisciplinary digital research initiatives, to critically examine the most recent developments in the field… Read more
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DH Monday: SAHGB Annual History Workshop: Visual Representation in Architectural History – Media Lightning Round
SAHGB Annual History Workshop: Lightning Round 1 – Visual Representation in Architectural History – Media (online / Friday, May 7, 4:00 – 6:30 pm [BST / Time Zone Converter]) Building on the themes explored in SAHGB’s Annual History Workshop: Visual Representation in Architectural History, the 7th May lightning round session seeks to explore research presentation… Read more
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DH Monday: CFP: Art Innovation Journal
CFP: Art Innovation (Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2021)Deadline: June 1, 2021 The electronic scientific journal Art Innovation announces a call for papers for the first issue – 01/2021 (scheduled release July 2021). We accept academic manuscripts on art history spanning from the 1860s up to the present day, as well as essays, interviews, portfolios, and translations which… Read more