October 2nd – 3rd, 2015 Boston University Digital Humanities 2015 Symposium
What ARE the digital humanities? How can digital pedagogy change the classroom experience, and revolutionize your scholarship? What skills do you need to make your way in the “digital academy”? JOIN US on 2-3 October 2015 for the inaugural BU Digital Humanities Symposium 2015, an interdisciplinary forum of roundtables (Day 1) and workshops (Day 2) designed to orient you in the major methodologies and debates of this emerging field. Online registration is required. #BUDH2015
Program:
FRIDAY, 2 OCTOBER 2015
8:00-9:00 Registration Check-in & Welcome Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Roundtable 1: What are the Digital Humanities?
10:30-11:00 BREAK
11:00-12:30 Roundtable 2: Digital Humanities at Work
12:30-2:00 Lunch (provided)
2:00-3:30 Roundtable 3: Digital Humanities in the Classroom
3:30-4:00 BREAK
4:00-5:00 Keynote: Julia Flanders, Digital Scholarship Group Director, Northeastern University: “Jobs, Roles, Skills, Tools: Working in the Digital Academy”
5:00-6:00 Reception
SATURDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2015
9:00-10:00 Registration Check-in & Welcome Breakfast
10:00-12:00 Workshop 1: Introduction to Mapping
12:00-2:00 LUNCH (on your own)
2:00-4:00 Workshop 2: Introduction to Crowdsourcing