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Remembering the Hurricanes of 2005
As weather forecasters show Tropical Storm Issac heading directly towards the Louisiana coast on August 29, we are all reminded of another storm that came ashore on the Gulf Coast on the same day in 2005. Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 storm that wiped out towns in Louisiana and Mississippi; cau
CHNM producing Bridging Culture Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys website for NEH and ALA
The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media is pleased to partner with George Mason’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies on a website for the first National Endowment for the Humanities and American Library Association Bridging Cultures Bookshelf, entitled “Muslim Journeys.
Teachinghistory.org Goes Mobile
Teachinghistory.org, the toolkit for busy teachers, has launched a mobile version, now making it easier than ever to access history quizzes (“PLAY”), videos (“WATCH”), and other resources for K–12 educators. Development of the mobile version was spearheaded by James McC
Popular Romance Project Blog Sparks Discussion
Since its launch this spring, the Popular Romance Project blog has attracted more than 12,000 unique visitors, 120,000 page views, and, according to Dr. Kelly Schrum, Director of Educational Projects, 250-plus “thoughtful and engaged” comments on its more than 50 substantive blog posts. Creative
Summer Intern — Web Developer
The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University is seeking a creative, energetic, and well-organized student for a 2012 summer internship (8 to 12 weeks) at a leading digital humanities center. Strong grades and ability to work in a team are essential. Preferenc
CHNM partners with NCPH on new History@Work site
The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media is pleased to announce a new partnership with the National Council on Public History (NCPH) to develop and host the organization’s new “History@Work” website at http://publichistorycommons.org/. History@Work is a group blog design
Hidden Histories of America’s Front Lawn
The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media is pleased to announce that it has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Public Programs over three years to create a mobile-optimized website that provides visitors to the National Mall with access to a rigoro
Matthew Battles set to Visit the Center
Matthew Battles, author of the book Library: An Unquiet History, and Producer + Editor for Digital Humanities Projects for metaLAB at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, will be coming to visit on 4/18 at 3pm in the Science Showcase (Research Hall 101 in the tower). Matthew wi
RRCHNM Shapes WebWise 2012
WebWise 2012 was not your average professional conference with a StarTrek actor and a punk rocker in the lineup as keynote speakers. The attendees of WebWise 2012, a conference sponsored by the Institute for Museum and Library Services for their grantees and other library, archives, and museum profe
The Chronicle features 12 Tech Innovators
Dan Cohen, the director of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media was featured as one of the 12 Tech Innovators in the Chronicle of Higher Ed this week. At a university where “Innovation is Tradition” Dr. Cohen seeks to “find new ways to do humanities research using di