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Public Invited to Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon to Celebrate Life and Legacy of Frederick Douglass

February 3, 2025

This month, the Michigan State University Libraries, MSU College of Arts & Letters, and MSU College of Law are partnering to celebrate the birthday of renowned 19th century abolitionist Frederick Douglass with an event focused on helping to transcribe the Library of Congress’ African American Perspectives Collection. To commemorate the life and legacy of Douglass, who is widely considered the…

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Registration Still Open for 9th Annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium

March 6, 2024

This year’s Global Digital Humanities Symposium at Michigan State University will, in large part, focus on ethical Artificial Intelligence with each of the three keynote speakers planning to address the topic. Bill Hart-Davidson, Professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures at Michigan State University and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education in the College of Arts &…

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MSU to Participate in Nationwide Effort to Transcribe Frederick Douglass’ Writings

February 8, 2024

On Feb. 14, Michigan State University will celebrate the legacy of the renowned 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass by participating in a nationwide effort to transcribe all 8,731 pages of his writings in one day. Held annually since 2017, Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thons aim to translate Douglass’ physical records into an online collection of Black history and culture. Held on Douglass’ chosen birthday —…

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Class Project Raises Awareness of Women Who Fought to Return Art Stolen by the Nazis

April 17, 2023

A Digital Humanities Seminar class at Michigan State University has partnered with the Monuments Men and Women Foundation (MMWF) to raise awareness of the women who bravely fought to rescue and return art and other cultural treasures stolen by the Nazis during World War II. This semester-long collaboration resulted in the class, taught by Kristen Mapes, Assistant Director of Digital…

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Registration Now Open for 8th Annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium

February 10, 2023

For the first time ever, the Global Digital Humanities Symposium at Michigan State University will be held as a combination of virtual and in-person events. The 2023 symposium will take place as a synchronous virtual event March 13-15 and as an in-person event on March 17 at the MSU Main Library. "We are thrilled to have the symposium continue the…

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Graphic Design Student Designs Logo for National Organization

June 22, 2022

On June 6, the 78th anniversary of D-Day, the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art (Foundation) officially changed its name to the Monuments Men and Women Foundation to honor all the women who fought to rescue cultural treasures from theft and destruction during World War II. Along with this name change, a new logo was unveiled, which was…

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Global Digital Humanities Symposium Moves to All-Virtual Setting

March 24, 2020

This year’s Global Digital Humanities Symposium (GDHS) hosted by the Digital Humanities at MSU (DH@MSU) program will be an all-virtual event in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and with regard to the safety for all. The fifth annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium, scheduled for Thursday, March 26, and Friday March 27, will have a live stream of the Zoom meeting that anyone…

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Fourth Annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium Set for March 21-22

March 14, 2019

The Digital Humanities at MSU (DH@MSU) program is hosting its fourth annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium Thursday, March 21, and Friday, March 22, at the MSU Main Library. This year’s symposium will focus on migration, settlement, and mapping as a social justice approach to communicate information about where people have been historically, where they are now, and how they claim their space. “It is…

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Critical Diversity a Focus of Global Digital Humanities Symposium

March 5, 2018

MSU's Digital Humanities Program is hosting its third annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium on March 22 and 23 at the MSU Main Library. This year’s symposium will focus on the growth of the digital humanities in under-resourced and underrepresented areas. For the past 20 years, Michigan State University has developed a strong research area in culturally engaged, global digital humanities. Today, many scholars…

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Podcast: Digital Humanities at MSU

January 23, 2018

On the latest episode of The Liberal Arts Endeavor, a podcast by the Michigan State University’s College of Arts & Letters, co-hosts Hannah Bullion and Dean Chris Long discussed Digital Humanities at MSU.