CHNM wins $50,000 Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration
CHNM has received a $50,000 Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration (MATC) for Omeka, a software project that greatly simplifies the online publication of collections and exhibits. The award was giv
Children and Youth in History Site Launches
The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, together with the University of Missouri–Kansas City, is pleased to announce the launch of a new website focusing on notions of child
George Mason’s Center for History & New Media, Emory University Libraries Announce Zotero Partnership
Partnership with Emory University Libraries Further Solidifies Zotero’s Role as a Platform for Digital Research and Innovation The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University
CHNM Releases Omeka 0.10b
The Center for History and New Media, in partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society, is pleased to announce a major new release of its Omeka web publishing platform, version 0.10b. From the Swa
Making the History of 1989 Site Launches
The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University is pleased to announce the launch of a new website on the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe in 1989. The site, Making the History
Statement on Zotero Suit
George Mason University has just released an official statement about the Thomson Reuters lawsuit over CHNM’s Zotero, an open source competitor to Thomson Reuter’s EndNote: The Thomson Reuters Cor
Kress Foundation Funds CHNM Mobile Research, Omeka Plugins
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation has awarded two grants to CHNM to undertake two new projects: a study of museums’ use of mobile communications technology and a set of Omeka plugins for art histor
THATCamp 2009
Back by popular demand, THATCamp (The Humanities and Technology Camp) will return to CHNM on June 27-28, 2009. Timed to follow the Digital Humanities 2009 conference being hosted by our colleagues at
Inaugural WordCamp Ed to be hosted at CHNM
On Saturday, November 22, 2008, CHNM will host the very first WordCamp Ed, a WordCamp conference focused entirely on educational uses of the WordPress blogging and content management software in schoo
Jon Stewart Hosts CHNM’s Rick Shenkman on the Daily Show
On June 11, 2008, the editor of CHNM’s History News Network, Rick Shenkman, appeared on Comedy Central’s the Daily Show with Jon Stewart to discuss his recent work, Just How Stupid are We: The Tr