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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
Firefox Co-Founder Blake Ross Interviewed by CHNM
This week the Mozilla Digital Memory Bank podcast features Firefox co-founder, Blake Ross. Ross first came to fame in 2002 after appearing on the cover of Wired Magazine while still a high school student. Ross agreed to meet with CHNM research assistants Ken Albers and Olivia Ryan at a California pu
Hurricane Digital Memory Bank Earns AASLH Award
The American Association of State and Local History recently awarded The Center for History and New Media and the University of New Orleans an Award of Merit for Leadership in History for our work on the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (www.hurricanearchive.org). AASLH presents the Award of Merit to h
Upcoming ECHO workshop and ECHO Grants
Doing Digital History: An Introduction for Historians of Science, Technology, and Industry July 12-15, 2007 The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) announces two exciting opportunities for historians of science, technology, and industry. This summer, CHNM’s ECHO project (http://echo.gmu.ed
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
Virginia Tech launches April 16 Archive in collaboration with CHNM
Virginia Tech’s Center for Digital Discourse and Culture (CDDC) has just announced the launch of the April 16 Archive. Employing technologies originally developed in conjunction with CHNM’s stable of “Digital Memory Bank” projects including Echo, the September 11 Digital Arch
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
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