Mapping Early American Elections Begins with NEH Funding
The National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access, announced in March 2016, that it had awarded a three-year grant of $200,000 to support a new project to be housed at th
Understanding Sacrifice Wins National Award
The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM), National History Day (NHD), and the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) are pleased to announce that the web project, Understanding
Doing Digital History 2016 is a Wrap
In July, RRCHNM welcomed 24 American historians to Mason’s Arlington campus for two intensive weeks of the National Endowment for the Humanities-sponsored summer institute, Doing Digital History 201
In Memory of Lt. Col. Ronald J. Martin, USMC, Retired
On July 14, 2016, the Rosenzweig Center lost Ronald J. Martin, a longtime and valuable member of our team, to his struggle with cancer. Ron came to the Center in 2008 to serve join the team of scholar
A Liberian Journey Launches
The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media is pleased to announce the launch of A Liberian Journey: History, Memory, and the Making of a Nation <liberianhistory.org>, developed in partn
Apply Now for Doing Digital History 2016
Are you a mid-career American historian interested in digital history training for novices? Apply now for one of 25 available spots for the Doing Digital History: 2016 summer institute to be held July
RRCHNM Wins Mason Distance Education Award
The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media received a Distance Education Award for its work conceptualizing and creating a new online course, “Introduction to Digital Humanities.” Steve N
Building Histories of the National Mall
We are pleased to announce the publication of Building Histories of the National Mall: A Guide to Creating a Digital Public History Project (http://mallhistory.org/Guide), a comprehensive guide that d
RRCHNM to build software to help researchers organize digital photographs
We are pleased to announce funding for a new project to develop a freely licensed and open-source software tool, called Tropy, which will allow archival researchers to collect and organize the digital
Scholars as Students: Outcomes from Doing Digital History 2014
During the summer of 2014, Sharon Leon and Sheila Brennan, joined by a team of graduate assistants and expert scholars, oversaw one of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media’s most