Programming and Events
Current Programming
The Scholars' Lab is pleased to announce our Fall 2009 schedule of events. In addition to our popular series of "Digital Therapy" luncheons including talks by our Graduate Fellows, we are pleased to welcome Andrew Turner, Timothy Powell, and other notable contributors to the digital humanities. In addition, Madelyn Wessel will offer her informative series on copyright and intellectual property, and Scholars' Lab specialists will host in-depth workshops on GIS, qualitative analysis, and more.
Fall 2009 Events
“Digital Therapy” Luncheon
“Digital Therapy” Faculty and Grad Luncheon
Come meet our new Graduate Fellows in Digital Humanities and Digital Scholarship Award winners, learn about new modes of scholarship, and enjoy lively conversation!
Tuesday, September 2 at noon
in the Scholars’ Lab.
Image courtesy Kansas State Historical Society
Original Sources: Audio
Original Sources: Beyond the Text: Original Sources and Multi-Media
Prof. Stephen Railton discusses his work with the William Faulkner audio tape collection.
Friday, September 4 at noon
in the Byrd Seminar Room, Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library.
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Copyright 101
“Copyright 101: An Introduction to Copyright in a Digital Age”
Madelyn Wessel, Associate General Counsel
University of Virginia
Tuesday, September 8 at 4:00 p.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab.
Image released under a Creative Commons license by Flickr user Glutnix.
Copyright 201
“Copyright 201: Author’s Rights, Open Access and Publishing”
Madelyn Wessel, Associate General Counsel
University of Virginia
Wednesday, September 16 at 4:00 p.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab.
Image released under a Creative Commons license by Flickr user Glutnix.
GIS Workshop
Making a Map
A basic overview of GIS and making feature, thematic, and density maps
Thursday, September 17 at 2:00 p.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab Classroom.
Image released under a Creative Commons license by Flickr user Martin Heigan.
Original Sources: Letters
Original Sources: Reading Other People’s Mail: Letters as Primary Sources
Jean Bauer discusses her work on the correspondence of early American diplomats.
Friday, September 18 at noon
in the Byrd Seminar Room, Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library.
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GIS Workshop
Georeferencing an Image
Placing a digital image on the earth by assigning geographic coordinates
Thursday, October 1 at 2:00 p.m.
in the Brown Science & Engineering Library electronic classroom.
Image released under a Creative Commons license by Flickr user Martin Heigan.
Original Sources: Ephemera
Original Sources: When the Original is Ephemeral: The World’s Fairs in Italy Project
Prof. Cristina Della Coletta discusses her work on the ephemera of Italian expositions.
Friday, October 2 at noon
in the Byrd Seminar Room, Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library.
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“Encoding Culture” by Timothy Powell
“Encoding Culture: Designing Interface, Metadata, and Database in Accordance with Traditional Ojibwe Indian Codes of Conduct”
Timothy Powell, Director, Digital Partnerships with Indian Communities (DPIC) and Senior Research Scientist
Penn Museum
Tuesday, October 6 at 3:00 p.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab.
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Copyright 301
“Copyright 301: Advanced Copyright Issues in Images, Multi-Media, Art and Architecture”
Madelyn Wessel, Associate General Counsel
University of Virginia
Wednesday, October 14 at 3:00 p.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab.
Image released under a Creative Commons license by Flickr user Glutnix.
GIS Workshop
Finding Data Sources
The best places to find good GIS data
Thursday, October 15 at 2:00 p.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab Classroom.
Image released under a Creative Commons license by Flickr user Martin Heigan.
Editing Olmsted
The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: From Editing to Mapping?
Ethan Carr and Mandy Gagel
Frederick Law Olmsted Papers
Thursday, October 22 at 3:00 p.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab.
Image courtesy Frederick Law Olmsted Papers.
Originial Sources: Music
Original Sources: Traces of Sound: Music and Spectacle in Early Modern Italy
Prof. Bonnie Gordon discusses her work on early Modern Italian music.
Friday, October 23 at noon
in the Byrd Seminar Room, Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library.
Image released under a Creative Commons license by Flickr user Allen Garvin.
“Game Worlds” by Shane Liesegang
“Disruptive Construction of Game Worlds”
Shane Liesegang
Bethesda Softworks
Thursday, October 29 at 2:00 p.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab.
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GIS Workshop
Using Virtual Globes
NASA WorldWind and Google Earth
Thursday, October 29 at 2:00 p.m.
in the Alderman Library Electronic Classroom.
Image released under a Creative Commons license by Flickr user Martin Heigan.
Open Access Luncheon
Open Access: an Open Discussion
hosted by Jerome McGann
John Stewart Bryan University Professor
Wednesday, November 4 at noon
in the Scholars’ Lab (lunch provided).
Qualitative Analysis Using N’Vivo
Qualitative Analysis Using N’Vivo
The Scholars’ Lab’s Dr. Nancy Kechner guides you through the basic principles of qualitative data acquisition and analysis using the popular N’Vivo application.
Thursday, November 5 at 2:00 p.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab Classroom.
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Original Sources: Cartoons
Original Sources: Periodical Cartoons and Questions about Natural Knowledge
Prof. Benjamin Cohen discusses the role of cartoons in historical understandings of natural science.
Friday, November 6 at noon
in the Byrd Seminar Room, Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library.
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GIS Workshop
Mapping Census Data
Making maps using U.S. Census data and boundary files
Thursday, November 12 at 2:00 p.m.
in the Alderman Library Electronic Classroom.
Image released under a Creative Commons license by Flickr user Martin Heigan.
Original Sources: Corporate Materials
Original Sources: Secrets, Secrets: Finding Sources on Private Corporations
Bart Elmore discusses his research into the history of some of America’s largest corporations.
Friday, November 13 at noon
in the Byrd Seminar Room, Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library.
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Neogeography: Andrew Turner
“Neogeography: from Tower to Town Hall”
Andew Turner
CTO FortiusOne
Neogeography has emerged from the rise of easy-to-use web-based maps and emphasizes community-led and colloquial uses of geospatial tools and techniques such as online maps, GPS, and location-aware phones. Mr. Turner will discuss the tenets behind the neogeography movement and their potential applicability to higher education.
Wednesday, November 18 at 4:00 p.m.
in the Harrison-Small Auditorium.
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Past Events at the Scholars' Lab
A record of offerings from previous semesters is available here.Can't find what you're looking for at the Scholars' Lab? Try these other labs and groups around Grounds: