Category: digital humanities
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DH Monday: “How Florence Nightingale Changed Data Visualization Forever”
The celebrated nurse improved public health through her groundbreaking use of graphic storytelling. By RJ Andrews Excerpt: Nightingale’s key persuasion tactic was to convey statistics in exciting ways. I recently conducted the first in-depth study of how Nightingale created and used data visualization, and I share my research in the forthcoming book Florence Nightingale, Mortality…
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DH Monday: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Early Modern Art History, AORUM Project (Paris, Oct 1, 2022–Mar 31, 2024)
Application Deadline: September 1, 2022. Funded by the ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche), the AORUM project (‘Analyse de l’OR et de ses Usages comme Matériau pictural (Europe, XVIe-milieu du XVIIe siècle)’ / ‘Analysis of gold and its uses as a painting material (Europe, 16th – 17th c.)’) is led by Romain Thomas (HAR, Université…
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DH Monday: CFP – Urban Humanities Global (Un)Conference (Tucson / March 3-5, 2023)
Deadline to Submit Letter of Intent: September 1st, 2022 CONFERENCE BACKGROUND The urban humanities are a series of practices located at the intersection of architecture, urban studies, and the humanities. Over the last decade, it has been institutionalized as a field through the support of the Mellon Foundation (AUH grant), creating pedagogical programs, research centers,…