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CHNM Launches Hurricane Digital Memory Bank
In an effort to collect, preserve, and present the stories and digital record of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, The Center for History and New Media has launched the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank. A collaboration with the University of New Orleans, the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank brings toge
CHNM “Tech Tuesday”
On Tuesday, January 10, Roy Rosenzweig and Dan Cohen will discuss their new book, Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web on NPR and WAMU’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show. Rosenzweig and Cohen will take questions live from noon to 1 PM EST, and the entire sh
Firefox Scholar in Chronicle of Higher Education
Featured in this week’s Chronicle of Higher Education is CHNM’s latest software development project, “Firefox Scholar.” Due for beta release in Summer 2006, Firefox Scholar will help teachers, students, and scholars organize and cite materials they have found online. Comprise
Cohen and Rosenzweig on Truth, Lies, and the Web
Historians have generally taken a dim view of the state of knowledge on the Web, pointing to the many inaccuracies on Web pages written by amateurs. In a new article in First Monday, CHNM Director of Research Projects, Dan Cohen and CHNM Director, Roy Rosenzweig assess this conventional wisdom with
Leon awarded Stanley Jackson Prize
The Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences named Sharon Leon, Associate Director of Education Projects at CHNM, as the winner of the third annual Stanley Jackson award for her paper, “Hopelessly Entangled in Nordic Pre-suppositions’: Catholic Participation in the American
Google Print & Mass Digitization Projects: DC Tech & Humanities Forum to be held on 11/28/05
This fall’s Washington DC Area Forum on Technology and the Humanities will focus on “Massive Digitization Programs and Their Long-Term Implications: Google Print, the Open Content Alliance, and Related Developments.” Our panelists are Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition f
Guide to Digital History Published by CHNM Staff Members
The University of Pennsylvannia Press has just published Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web by Daniel J. Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig. Cohen is Director of Research Projects at the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) and Rosenzweig is Director and f
Department of Education awards Loudoun County Public Schools and CHNM new Teaching American History Grant
The Department of Education awarded CHNM another Teaching American History grant in partnership with Loudoun County Public Schools. Loudoun County is now one of the nine county school systems, including Alexandria City, Fauquier, Fairfax, Clarke, Culpeper, Frederick, Manassas City, Orange, and Winch
Completed World History Sources Project
This summer CHNM completed the NEH-funded World History Sources, a website focused on the learning and teaching of world history with primary sources. The site features: Finding World History, a guide to the 200 best online primary source archives in world history; Unpacking Evidence, eight guides t
Public hearing for new CHNM project: “Virginia History Here”
The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University will host a public hearing to consider its planned proposal to the Virginia Deptartment of Transportation’s enhancement program for a new project, “Virginia History Here.” The project plans to use new mobile communicat