At their June workshop—to be held on June 18, 12:00 to 1:00 PM (Central Daylight Time)—the Recovery Hub will introduce participants to their template for producing digital editions. During the workshop, they will walk you through the process of using their Editorial Framework and provide some examples for how you might use it for your research or in the classroom.
At their July workshop—to be held on July 9, 12:00 to 1:00 PM (Central Daylight Time)—the Recovery Hub will discuss project management. During the workshop, they will explore strategies and resources for managing a digital humanities project—whether they’re solo or collaborative.
At their August workshop—to be held on August 6, 12:00 to 1:00 PM (Central Daylight Time)—the Recovery Hub will discuss some ideas on how to bring digital project—either of your own or others’—into the classroom. As digital projects give students access to texts and scholarship, get them thinking critically about how technology mediates the humanities, and provide models for their own work, this session will talk about ways to translate those objectives into assignments and classroom activities.
Have you ever wondered how you get into editing and recovery work? Or maybe you’ve wondered what’s the most interesting thing a practitioner has seen? In this first installment of our Storyteller Series, originally recording on April 22, 2025, eLabs Advisory Board Member Diane Matsuda and eLabs Managing Director Katie Blizzard talked to Cathy Moran Hajo, Diana Marsh, Ken Price, Jennifer Stertzer, Gabriela Baeza Ventura, and Carolina Villarroel about the paths that led them to their work in editing and recovery.
From June 16—18, the Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) will gather virtually to reflect on theme of “Editing for Access: Audiences and Technologies.” Sessions wil explore best practices, innovative approaches, and boundary-expanding projects within the capacious field of editing, publishing, and recovering historical or literary texts. For more details about the conference, visit https://www.documentaryediting.org/wordpress/?page_id=3277.
This workshop explores analog and digital methodologies to create scholarship and knowledge around the experiences of US Latinas/os. Participants will learn about US Latino digital humanities methods and theory, archiving, metadata creation and free, easy-to-use digital platforms (Omeka, TimelineJS and StoryMapJS). The workshop will provide an introduction to US Latino Digital Humanities, archives and related theories.
On Tuesday, April 29 at 12:00 PM EDT, project leaders Shirley Moody-Turner (Penn State University) and Sabrina Evans (Howard University) will discuss the origins, values, and partnerships that have shaped the Black Women’s Organizing Archive. They will also present the resources available on the site for researchers and educators looking to engage with these materials. This presentation may be of interest to those seeking to create a digital project, archive or edition that is community centered.
On April 24 at 9:00 AM EDT, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions will host a webinar featuring Jennifer Brannock. This presentation will highlight the cookbook collection at USM and how cookbooks can be used for local history and genealogical research. The talk will also focus on the efforts to use cookbooks to engage with users locally and online.
Join the History of Black Writing (Indiana University-Bloomington) and the Center of Digital Humanities Research (Texas A&M University) for a virtual talk on March 27 at 3:30 PM CST / 4:30 PM EST. Dr. Lawrence Jackson, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History at Johns Hopkins University, will present “Revisiting Baltimore’s African American History: Archives and Curated Digital Public Exhibits”.
The linked symposia, hosted consecutively by Baylor University and Texas A&M University, build upon both institutions’ substantial collections of 18th- and 19th-century archival materials and their commitment to creating accessible digital archives and scholarship.
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