The practice of “cosplay among fan cultures–that is, dressing up like fictional pop culture character–has increased in visibility with the rising popularity of “geek” cutulre. A particularly interesting intersection of this phenomonenon is the act of cosplaing among Muslim fans, who incorporate visble markers such as the hijab into their…[Read more]

n India there has been a recent increase in violence and intolerance towards people who eat beef. While India has a fairly wide Cow Protection Act that bars the slaughter of female cows and calves, many areas have permitted slaughter of bulls and bullocks for centuries. Hindu religion has no doctrinal proscriptions against the consumption of beef…[Read more]

Slides from Anna Kijas and Sarah Melton’s Introduction to Digital Humanities webinar, sponsored by the Boston Library Consortium

This poster reflects on the Association of Research Libraries’ (ARL) upcoming inaugural week-long Digital Scholarship Institute for library professionals. Held in June 2017 at Boston College, the Institute introduced librarians and staff who are not currently involved in digital scholarship to the methodologies and considerations of such work. T…[Read more]