The Red Dot takes its name from the small sticker that once marked slides in a physical archive, flagging them as worth a second look. We’re keeping that spirit alive here.
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.
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Call for Book Chapter Proposals: “Reimagining the Medieval and Early Modern World: 3-D Technologies and Art History”
This edited volume explores the role of 3-D technologies in the study, teaching, and preservation of medieval and early modern art and architecture. It considers how tools such as photogrammetry, LiDAR, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and related digital methods are reshaping the ways we access, interpret, and engage with the cultural heritage of… Read more
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DH MONDAY: UC GIS Week 2025: Registration open and schedule posted for UC GIS Week 2025 – November 18-20
Registration is now open for the sixth annual UC GIS Week conference, which will be held virtually from November 18-20, 2025. Initiated by the University of California GIS Leadership Committee, the conference will feature presentations, lightning talks, and a virtual map/poster gallery, all centering on geospatial research and applications. Attend one or multiple sessions of this… Read more
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A Call for a UNESCO Framework on Open Digital Heritage
For researchers, students, and practitioners in art history and architectural history, meaningful access to high-quality digital surrogates of cultural heritage is fundamental. Our work in visual pedagogy, digital scholarship, and computational analysis depends on a rich and accessible public domain. However, “public domain” does not always equate to “publicly accessible.” Many in our field consistently… Read more
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DH Monday: Encoded Gazes: Women of Color AI Panel (Oct. 8 – 3:00pm)
Free Admission / McCune Conference Room (Humanities and Social Sciences Building, 6th Floor, Room 6046 / Visitor Information) “Encoded Gazes: Women of Color on Bias, Power, and Possibility in AI” will focus on women of color critiques and approaches to artificial intelligence and machine learning. Framed through the lens of women of color, this panel interrogates… Read more
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Society for the History of Collecting Annual General Meeting and Lecture (online/London, 17 Sep 25)
The Society for the History of Collecting is pleased to invite you to its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Lecture on Wednesday, 17 September 2025 at the Art Worker’s Guild, London. The event is run as a hybrid event, the AGM and lecture will also be streamed via Zoom. We are delighted to announce… Read more
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DH Monday: Fall UCSB in-person workshops: Shell, Git/GitHub, and Python
The Fall workshop schedule is here! Stay up to date by joining the mailing list, you’ll be the first to know when registration opens. All workshops will take place in the Library: Join the Carpentry @ UCSB mailing list Read more