27 February 2013
My hat’s off to Burnable Books’s 5-post series on “Medieval Studies in the Age of Big Data” that highlights the vibrancy of work that medievalists are doing with new technologies. The posts are peppered with countless links to cool projects, just as they are infused with a sensible balance of optimism/promise and pessimism/perils regarding the union of big [read on...]
09 February 2013
The conference program for the 48th International Congress on Medieval Studies provides vivid testimony to the vibrant work in both medieval medicine and digital history. I’ve taken a quite liberal definition of “medical” here, including talks that deal with imagery of the body (like flaying, for example). With far more sessions than time slots, it’s inevitable that [read on...]
30 January 2013
What does reverse outlining have to do with text mining? He might not realize it, but Aaron Hamburger, in a nice Opinionator essay that enumerates the virtues of outlining in reverse for creative writing, has made a fantastic justification for new research techniques of the digital humanities. Using his piece as a springboard, I argue [read on...]