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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
CHNM launches Probing the Past
The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University is pleased to announce the launch of a new website: Probing the Past: Virginia and Maryland Probate Inventories, 1740-1810. What was daily like life in the 18th century? For slaves? For slave owners? What objects did people use e
World History Matters awarded the 2007 James Harvey Robinson Prize
On January 5, 2007 at the American Historical Association’s Annual General Meeting, representatives from CHNM, including Roy Rosenzweig, Kelly Schrum, Kristin Lehner, and Sharon Leon accepted the James Harvey Robinson Prize for World History Matters (Co-Director, Mills Kelly was unable to atte
DC Area Technology & Humanities Forum returns December 5th
Scholarship 2.0: What Web 2.0 means for Digital Humanists Tuesday December 5th from 5-7pm, Research 1 Room 462, Center for History & New Media, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia This fall’s Washington DC Area Forum on Technology and the Humanities focuses on the opportunities and
CHNM announces completion of Women in World History website
CHNM is pleased to announce completion of the Women in World History website, an online curriculum resource center designed to help high school and college world history teachers and their students locate, analyze, and learn from primary sources dealing with women and gender in world history. Resour
Hurricane Digital Memory Bank gets an A+ from Education World
Stating that the “site is very well designed and interesting,” Education World awarded CHNM’s Hurricane Digital Memory Bank an A+ rating. It also recommended the project to students and teachers at nearly all grade levels, from early elementary to high school. Education World helps
The CHNM Suspects
The Center for History and New Media participated in the annual Victims’ Rights 5k run/walk held at George Mason University on April 27, 2006. “The CHNM Suspects” included over 20 runners and walkers, all of whom took some time away from their computers to enjoy a beautiful spring
“Taking Games Seriously” – Spring 2006 DC Area Technology & Humanities Forum scheduled for May 15
Taking Games Seriously: The Impact of Gaming Technology in the Humanities Monday, May 15th from 4-6pm, Car Barn 316, 3520 Prospect St. NW, Georgetown University Please join Michelle Lucey-Roper (Federation for American Scientists) and Jason Rhody (National Endowment for the Humanities) for a discuss
Cohen and Rosenzweig on Death of Multiple-Choice Exams
CHNM staffers Dan Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig have published an article in the Feb. 24, 2006 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education on the implications of Cohen’s H-Bot software, and of similar data-mining services and the web in general. “No Computer Left Behind” argues that just
CHNM’s Sheila Brennan discusses Hurricane Digital Memory Bank
KOLE radio in Beaumont, TX will feature CHNM’s Hurricane Digital Memory Bank on Friday, February 10 between 3 and 4 pm (CST). Fox Forum host Dan Gresham will interview Hurricane Digital Memory Bank Project Manager, Sheila Brennan, and will take calls during that time. Listeners may tune into 1