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Washington Times on Omeka
CHNM and its new platform for publishing collections and exhibits online, Omeka, were featured this week in the Washington Times. Describing CHNM as being “at the forefront of the new wave of collecting history,” the article went on to highlight the September 11 Digital Archive, the Hurr
Omeka Hits Milestone
Omeka, CHNM’s new free and open source platform for publishing collections and exhibitions online, hit a major milestone with the launch of Release Candidate 4 (RC4). Designed for cultural institutions, enthusiasts, and educators, Omeka is easy to install and modify and facilitates community-b
Moving Forward
Roy Rosenzweig co-founded the Center for History and New Media in 1994 and directed the Center until he passed away last month. In the early years, the Center was just Roy and a few others, but in the last seven years the number of projects, size of the staff, and overall ambition of the Center [&he
Washington Area Technology & Humanities Fall Forum
This fall the Washington DC Area Forum on Technology and the Humanities is pleased to present: Bob Stein on “The Evolution of Reading and Writing in the Networked Era” For the past several hundred years intellectual discourse has been shaped by the rhythms and hierarchies inherent in the
Echo Grants, NYC Digital History Workshop
The Center for History and New Media is pleased to announce two exciting opportunities for historians of science, technology, and industry: Echo Online Collection Grants and a Doing Digital History Workshop in New York. CHNM’s Echo project is pleased to announce the availability of up to five
CHNM Digital Memory Banks in the News
Two of CHNM’s “digital memory bank” projects have drawn major media attention of late, marking important landmarks in both American history and their own development. On August 29, 2007 on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) announc
Now on shelves: Dan Cohen’s Equations from God
Beginning with Plato and ending on the eve of the twentieth century, CHNM Director of Research Projects, Dan Cohen’s latest book, Equations from God (Johns Hopkins University Press), tells the story of how and why so many Europeans and Americans came to see mathematics as a divine language, a
CHNM Podcasts Keep On Rolling
The Center for History and New Media continues to build on the early success of its two new podcasts, the Mozilla Digital Memory Bank Podcast and Digital Campus, releasing new episodes almost weekly and attracting new subscribers by the dozens. This week Episode 6 of the Mozilla Digital Memory Bank
Rosenzweig Receives OAH Distinguished Service Award
On Saturday, March 31, during the 100th Annual Meeting of the the Organization of American Historians (OAH) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, CHNM Director Roy Rosenzweig was presented with the OAH Distinguished Service Award for an individual or individuals whose contributions have significantly enriched
CHNM Podcast — “Digital Campus”
CHNM is happy to announce the launch of a new podcast, Digital Campus, now available from iTunes and http://digitalcampus.tv The biweekly roundtable will discuss how digital media and technology are affecting learning, teaching, and scholarship at colleges, universities, libraries, and museums. Our