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Sarah Werner deposited Working with EEBO and ECCO in the group
LLC 17th-Century English on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoA how-to lesson on working with Early English Books Online and Eighteenth-Century Collections Online, focusing both on the basics of searching and navigating interfaces and on thinking about remediation on how EEBO and ECCO represent material texts. Presented originally at Edinburgh’s “Beyond the Black Box” series in May 2017.
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Sarah Werner deposited Working with EEBO and ECCO in the group
LLC 16th-Century English on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoA how-to lesson on working with Early English Books Online and Eighteenth-Century Collections Online, focusing both on the basics of searching and navigating interfaces and on thinking about remediation on how EEBO and ECCO represent material texts. Presented originally at Edinburgh’s “Beyond the Black Box” series in May 2017.
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Sarah Werner deposited Working with EEBO and ECCO in the group
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoA how-to lesson on working with Early English Books Online and Eighteenth-Century Collections Online, focusing both on the basics of searching and navigating interfaces and on thinking about remediation on how EEBO and ECCO represent material texts. Presented originally at Edinburgh’s “Beyond the Black Box” series in May 2017.
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Sarah Werner deposited Diagramming the First Folio’s Preliminaries in the group
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months agoThe preliminary materials in Shakespeare’s First Folio survive in a variety of sequences, and until Peter Blayney proposed bibliographical reasons for a correct order in the 1990s, scholars weren’t sure what order was intended by the publishers. These slides diagram Blayney’s order, the reasoning behind it, and some of the variant orders that can…[Read more]
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Sarah Werner deposited Diagramming the First Folio’s Preliminaries in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoThe preliminary materials in Shakespeare’s First Folio survive in a variety of sequences, and until Peter Blayney proposed bibliographical reasons for a correct order in the 1990s, scholars weren’t sure what order was intended by the publishers. These slides diagram Blayney’s order, the reasoning behind it, and some of the variant orders that can…[Read more]
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Sarah Werner deposited Diagramming the First Folio’s Preliminaries in the group
Book History on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoThe preliminary materials in Shakespeare’s First Folio survive in a variety of sequences, and until Peter Blayney proposed bibliographical reasons for a correct order in the 1990s, scholars weren’t sure what order was intended by the publishers. These slides diagram Blayney’s order, the reasoning behind it, and some of the variant orders that can…[Read more]
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A how-to lesson on working with Early English Books Online and Eighteenth-Century Collections Online, focusing both on the basics of searching and navigating interfaces and on thinking about remediation on how EEBO and ECCO represent material texts. Presented originally at Edinburgh’s “Beyond the Black Box” series in May 2017.
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Sarah Werner deposited Diagramming the First Folio’s Preliminaries on Humanities Commons 8 years, 8 months ago
The preliminary materials in Shakespeare’s First Folio survive in a variety of sequences, and until Peter Blayney proposed bibliographical reasons for a correct order in the 1990s, scholars weren’t sure what order was intended by the publishers. These slides diagram Blayney’s order, the reasoning behind it, and some of the variant orders that can…[Read more]
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 11 months ago
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 11 months ago
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Katina Rogers replied to the topic Should the term "Alt-Academic" be changed in the light of new cultural shifts? in the discussion
Alt-Academics on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoHi Samara, this has been on my mind, too. I edit #Alt-Academy and have felt some concern about how the term may be read in the current political climate. While Brian is right about the history, I think the term has outlived much of its original usefulness and tends to provoke a somewhat negative reaction in people now. In my own work, I favor…[Read more]
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Brian Croxall replied to the topic Should the term "Alt-Academic" be changed in the light of new cultural shifts? in the discussion
Alt-Academics on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThat’s an interesting idea, Samara, and one that frankly hadn’t occurred to me. I think it’s important to recognize that the term “alt-ac” came about serendipitously and stuck in part because it filled a need that hadn’t been visible until the term was coined by Jason Rhody. Bethany Nowviskie wrote a short piece a few years ago that traced the…[Read more]
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick started the topic Welcome! in the discussion
Humanities March on Humanities Commons 9 years agoWe invite you to use this space to strategize and make plans for humanities advocacy. These efforts might include joining the March for Science, participating in Humanities Advocacy Day, or other means of organizing communication with policy makers. Your ideas and energy are most welcome!
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick started the topic Resources in the discussion
Humanities March on Humanities Commons 9 years agoUse this thread to suggest resources for advocating on behalf of the humanities. A few to begin:
National Humanities Alliance: A coalition of organizations dedicated to advancing humanities education, research, preservation, and public programs. The NHA has its own advocacy group here on Humanities Commons too.
4Humanities: An advocacy…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers replied to the topic Suggest session ideas for #MLA18 in New York City! in the discussion
The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 9 years agoThanks for the update, Stacey! That makes sense, especially with next year’s conference theme. I’ll look forward to the session.
We’ll pursue another session separately, and I’ll connect with others on the thread as we begin planning.
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Katina Rogers replied to the topic Suggest session ideas for #MLA18 in New York City! in the discussion
The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 9 years agoHi everyone, and happy new year! For those of you who were in Philly last week, I hope you had a great convention.
Our Humanities Alliance team at the Graduate Center is beginning to plan for next year’s conference opportunities, and I wanted to check back and see how the CC Forum Executive Committee meeting went. If there was interest in a…[Read more]
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick started the topic Literary Research Guide in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 9 years agoHi, all. The office of scholarly communication is thinking about the future of the Literary Research Guide, and we would benefit from your input.
Simply put, we’d like to know more about how you, your faculty members, and/or your students use the LRG. Anything you’d be willing to share, either here or via direct message to me, would be e…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers deposited Humanities Unbound: Supporting Careers and Scholarship Beyond the Tenure Track in the group
Connected Academics on MLA Commons 9 years agoAs humanities scholars increasingly recognize the value of public engagement, and as the proportion of tenure-track faculty positions available continues to decline, many humanities programs are focusing renewed attention on equipping graduate students for careers as scholars both within and beyond academe. To support those efforts, the Scholarly…[Read more]
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