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January 2019 Focus on Teaching & Learning

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ANNIVERSARY YEAR

Welcome to the CTSDH's 10th Anniversary Year

The CTSDH's tenth year is going strong: click to learn more about our research project launches, public programs, and new fellows!

News

CTSDH Closed for Thanksgiving!
The Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities will be closed November 19th - 23th for the week of Thanksgiving! We hope everyone has a restful Thanksgiving break.
Workshops

Turn Around – Experiencing a Story in 360 Virtual Reality
Fri 11/16: Professor Jamason Chen will explore new ideas and methods of storytelling in a VR environment. The workshop will be held in Room #100 at Loyola's School of Communication (WTC).
Conference

13th Annual Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science #DHCS18
Thanks to all who joined us at #DHCS2018 on November 9-11, 2018 at Loyola University Chicago
Symposium

Digital Ethics Symposium 2018
The 8th International Annual Symposium on Digital Ethics will be held Friday, November 9th in Regent's Hall. This year's theme is "From the Margins."
Courses

Undergraduate DH Courses for Spring 2019
Learn more about how digital sources and tools are changing how we study the American Revolution (HIST 361) and Transwomen in Literature (ENGL/WSGS 283E) in two great undergraduate DH courses this spring semester!
Lunchtime Lectures

Lunchtime Lecture "The Mark Twain Project: Longevity and the Digital Edition"
On Nov. 7, Amanda Gagel, PhD, discussed her work as an editor at the Mark Twain Project at our last lunchtime lecture of the Fall semester!
Major Grant

Loyola Awards Grant to Commemorate 150-year History
The Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, Public History Program, and the University Libraries are the recipients of a three-year grant to help prepare for the university’s 150th anniversary celebration which takes place in 2020.
MEDIA

Voices from Mundelein: Media Portal
Explore the experiences of members of the Mundelein College community during the institution’s operation between 1930 and 1991.
Project Launch

The Charles Harpur Critical Archive has launched!
On October 17, 2018 we celebrated the launch of the Charles Harpur Critical Archive!
Project Launch

The Gerard Manley Hopkins Official Website has launched!
Project Director Prof. Frank Fennell shared his experience developing the site followed by a panel discussion on the fate of poets and their reputation in the age of the internet and social media. Click here for images from the event!
LEARNING COMMUNITY

Humanities Grant-Writing Learning Community for Fall 2018
Have a research idea but need funding to make it a reality? Interested in writing a grant, but don’t know where to start? Join this fall's learning community.
Fall Programs

Fall 2018 Events at a Glance
This fall our popular Lunchtime Lectures, workshops, and talks are returning to the Lake Shore Campus - and expanding to the Water Tower Campus.
Research Project

New Article from the Man Into Woman Project Team
Congratulations to Prof. Pamela Caughie, Emily Datskou, and Rebecca Parker for the publication of “Storm Clouds on the Horizon: Feminist Ontologies and the Problem of Gender.”
Graduate Program

New Graduate Program Director for MA in DH Program
Prof. Elizabeth Hopwood takes over running the Master's in Digital Humanities Program in July. Learn more about her new initiatives.
Annual Report

Read the 2017-18 Annual Report
The 2017-18 school year was the CTSDH's most ambitious yet. Catch up on all that we accomplished over the past year!
"Peace Studies Origins" Digital Exhibit Launched
A new digital exhibit uses oral histories to tell the story of Loyola's Peace Studies Program
ARTICLE

Catherine Nichols featured in Atlas Obscura
Loyola's Dr. Catherine Nichols is featured in this story describing the 19th-century museum practice of "swaps," read it here!
Project

CTSDH Launches Humanities Datebook
The CTSDH is proud to announce the launch of the Humanities Datebook, a weekly email round-up of the great humanities events happening around Loyola.
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Students

"Stones" in Pennsylvania's Best Emerging Poets
Congratulations to DH Master's student Taylor Brown for the recent publication of her poem "Stones" in Pennsylvania's Best Emerging Poets.
COMMUNITY INITIATIVE

Loyola College of Arts & Sciences Promotes CTSDH Sponsored Girls Who Code Chapter
Check out Amanda Friedlander's story on Loyola's Girls Who Code chapter published on the College of Arts & Sciences Website.
Faculty

Machine Learning at Loyola
CTSDH Graduate Fellow Aman Meghrajani recently caught up with Dmitriy Dligach, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, to learn more about his work on the topic of machine learning.
CENTER PROJECT

Decolonizing the Museum Catalogue: Engaging Community and Expanding Access to the May Weber Ethnographic Study Collection
The May Weber Ethnographic Study Collection serves as an educational and research resource for students, faculty, and the public. The collection contains the work of hundreds of indigenous artists from communities in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
Center Project

The Man Into Woman Project: Transgender Narratives, Editorial practices, and the Digital Humanities
The Man Into Woman Project aims to produce a comparative scholarly edition of Man Into Woman (or Fra Mand til Kvinde its original Danish version). This digital edition will provide searchable versions of all four editions of this work (Danish, German, British and American) as well as the German typescript and the first English language translation of the Danish edition.