Category: Education
Online Event: Workshop on NEH Documentary Editing Grants and the Application Process
ADE Website Committee
Dear ADE community, Please mark your calendars for an online workshop on Wednesday, 31 January, at 3:00 pm EST with Jason Boffetti, Program Officer in the Division of Research at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). He will discuss the application process for the NEH’s Scholarly Editions and Translations […]
New Primary Source Resource for K-12 Teachers
Katy Gehred
The Massachusetts Historical Society has released History Source, a free digital collection of primary source documents from their collection, with intention of promoting the learning of U.S. History. The MHS describes the site as “a free, easy-to-use resource hub for K–12 social studies, ELA, and civics classrooms.”
Recovery Hub for American Women Writers Tech Hours
Katy Gehred
These upcoming events may appeal to ADE members interested in learning more about the Recovery Hub for American Women Writers and how it can assist with technology for their projects and in their teaching. The Recovery Hub for American Women Writers is hosting several themed tech hours. These tech hours will be […]
ADE Presentation at Virtual AHA Conference
Katy Gehred
Apologies for the short notice, but editors may be interested to know that four ADE members will be presenting a joint session of the American Historical Association and the ADE at 11 AM EST TODAY [23 February] during the virtual AHA conference. Titled “The Editor as Historian; the Historian as […]
Call for Applications: NEH Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities
Katy Gehred
The University of Pittsburgh is pleased to invite applications to an NEH Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities for summer 2022 entitled “Advanced digital editing: modeling the text and making the edition”. The target audience for this two-week, in-person workshop is textual scholars who are already comfortable editing […]
NEH Summer Institute
Katy Gehred
Dr. Sandra Harbert Petrulionis invites applications (deadline 1 March 2022) for the NEH Summer Institute “Transcendentalism and Social Reform: Activism and Community Engagement in the Age of Thoreau,” a two-week residential program based in Concord, Massachusetts, June 26-July 9, 2022. It is sponsored by the Thoreau Society, with funding from […]
London Rare Book School: Online Course in Digital Scholarly Editing
Katy Gehred
There are still spaces available in the introduction to Digital Scholarly Editing online short course at the London Rare Books School. It runs from 17–19 November. Bookings can be made here. This 3-day online short course on Digital Scholarly Editing surveys the traditions and principles of scholarly editing and textual […]
IEHD Graduate Publishes Collection of Historical Logbooks
Katy Gehred
Catherine Schmitt, Science Communication Specialist at the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park and a participant in the 2017 Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents (IEHD), has successfully edited and published a collection of historical records. “Summers of Science and Wonder: The Champlain Society Logbooks 1880-1882” features the summer […]
Educational Opportunities in Digital Scholarly Editing
Katy Gehred
The Institute of English Studies (the IES) is offering two opportunities that might be of interest to ADE members. Dr. Christopher Ohge, a lecturer in Digital Approaches to Literature at the IES, is offering an online short course on Digital Scholarly Editing from 3-7 May 2021. The course will survey […]
Rare Book School Applications Now Open for 2021
Katy Gehred
The Rare Book School, a non-profit institute that provides advocacy, education, and outreach for the study, care, and uses of written, printed, and born-digital materials, is now accepting applications for their Summer 2021 courses. “The most generous, intense, and collaborative learning experience I have ever had.” – 2019 Rare Book […]