Category Archives: Digital Humanities at Stanford

City Nature

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Elijah Meeks

Today we’re releasing City Nature, the results of work exploring natural environments in urban areas using topic modeling, GIS, and data visualization. The site has rich interactivity, including an amazing parallel coordinates plot that allows you to explore the greenness … Continue reading →

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Martin Evans

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Elijah Meeks

When I first came to Stanford University and I was expected to “do digital humanities” without quite knowing what that meant, I had the very good fortune to work with Martin Evans, a professor in the English Department and a … Continue reading →

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Digital Humanities Specialist Call for Proposals 2013

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Elijah Meeks

Proposals are now being accepted for digital humanities support of research at Stanford University. This support will take place during the Spring and Summer Quarters of 2012-13 as well as the Autumn Quarter of AY2013-14. In the past, this support … Continue reading →

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The Digital Humanities as a job at Stanford

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Elijah Meeks

Stanford has been hiring digital humanists for some time now, though only occasionally by name. It’s currently looking for another, though the title is technically Academic Technology Specialist for History. I’ve heard some trepidation about this position, and positions like … Continue reading →

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A Model of and for Digital Publication

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Elijah Meeks

As the digital humanities produces new methods of research, so does it produce new forms in which that research can be published. Rather than just using linear narrative text to present their theories, humanities scholars can create rich, digital scholarly … Continue reading →

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The Digital Humanities as a Growth Industry

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Elijah Meeks

I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to announce that Karl Grossner has joined me here at Stanford as the new Digital Humanities Developer.  Karl holds a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California, Santa Barbara (2010), and … Continue reading →

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Call for Digital Humanities Project Proposals at Stanford

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Elijah Meeks

I’m pleased to announce that we’re now accepting proposals for new Digital Humanities projects starting in Winter 2012.  Humanities faculty and graduate students at Stanford are invited to review the proposal guidelines and submit a proposal by 12/02/2011.  While this … Continue reading →

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The Digital Humanities as Composite

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Elijah Meeks

While working on a vector rendition of the Farnese Atlas, a sculpture now residing in Naples that was carved in the 2nd century as a copy of a Greek sculpture possibly dating back to the 2nd century BCE, I realized … Continue reading →

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Tiered Spatial Services for the Humanities

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Elijah Meeks

I have been engrossed in Drupal 7, lately, and it’s a good thing.  Stanford has just officially announced the creation of Stanford Web Services, which along with developing and providing robust and sophisticated web services for the campus, will also … Continue reading →

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The inarguable legitimacy-providing splendour of goats

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Elijah Meeks

Tomorrow I’ll be demoing my Stanford Spatial Drupal distribution for some Stanford folks and David Rumsey.  The demo includes an unrectified map of Germany around the Rhine from the 16th century that, shockingly, does not come from Rumsey’s amazing collection.  … Continue reading →

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