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Exploring the Willa Cather Archive

Matthew Lavin will present “Digital Biographies of Books: Death Comes for the Archbishop as a Case Study” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2 for the next lecture in the PDH4L series. The talk is free and open to the public. Story

Escaping the Shallows

David Dowling will present “Escaping the Shallows: Deep Reading’s Revival in the Digital Age” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25 for the Public Digital Humanities for Lunch series. Story

Public or perish: The evolving audience of the Walt Whitman Archive

The next installment of the Public Digital Humanities for Lunch series is "Public or Perish: The Evolving Audience of the Walt Whitman Archive.” The talk will be take place from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in the third-floor English-Philosophy Building Gerber Lounge. Story

The fuss with big data

Ben Rogers, director of Research Services in UI Information Technology Services (ITS), will present "Big Data: What's the Fuss?" from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11 in 1117 University Capitol Centre at the Old Capitol Town Center as part of the Public Digital Humanities for Lunch series. Story

The People's Weather Map

Barbara Eckstein, Jim Giglierano, and Mark NeuCollins will present "The Arc, the Wall, and the Line: Mapping the People's Weather" from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13 in 1117 University Capitol Center (UCC) Conference Room A. Story

Sustainability through university-community partnerships

Charles Connerly, director and professor of the UI School of Urban and Regional Planning, and Nicholas Benson will present the next installment of the PDH4L series in their talk, titled “Improving Iowa’s Sustainability Through University-Community Partnerships” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 in 1117 University Capitol Center (UCC) in, Conference Room A. Story

New ways of writing in community

The University of Iowa Public Digital Humanities for Lunch (PDH4L) series continues a presentation titled "New Ways of Writing in Community" from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Gerber Auditorium in the English and Philosophy Building (EPB). Story

Spotlight: Practicing sustainable humanities

Obermann Center for Advanced Studies website: Spotlight: Practicing sustainable humanities
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2012.12.01
An 1887 print of an ancient site at Cahokia in present-day western Illinois

Barbara Eckstein, a fall 2012 Obermann Fellow-in-Residence, discusses her interdisciplinary work in a Q & A on the early phases of her extensive research study of the Upper Mississippi River Basin as well as a digital, participatory People's Weather Map she is helping to build. Story from: Obermann Center for Advanced Studies website

Obermann Center for Advanced Studies website

The Quilt with a digital touch

AIDS quilt on display in Washington, DC

While our entire adult lives have been deeply affected by the AIDS pandemic, we weren't quite prepared for emotional and social experience of gathering with thousands on America's most public space to commemorate our loss. Story

UI Digital Studio for Public Humanities launches AIDS Quilt Touch

AIDS Quilt Touch app

The AIDS Quilt Touch app is live. Created in part by the UI Digital Studio for the Public Humanities, the app enables users to interact virtually with the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Story

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