Jennifer Serventi

@jenserventi.bsky.social

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Civil servant & friend of the digital humanities, food trucks, churros, ice cream, & cheese.

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We will hold an online workshop Tuesday July 16 at 12 noon Eastern (USA) time on searching and querying our database of richly annotated Coptic literature. All are welcome! Register here+:

Workshop: Searching the Coptic Scriptorium Database (ANNIS) July 16 (12 pm Eastern time USA)urldefense.com This online workshop will show participants how to use Coptic Scriptorium's database of richly annotated Coptic literature. Whether conducting basic word searches or finding certain grammatical constr...

For someone who works in an academia-adjacent field, it took me far too long to solve today's Wordle.

🎉 Reminder! Applications for a travel bursary to the big Digital Humanities 2024 conference in Arlington, VA are due July 1. You don't have to be a member of @ach.bsky.social (but you can be!). A link with more info about the eligibility requirements & the app process are found in the post below.

Thanks to the NEH, ACH and RRCHNM are pleased to be able to offer (14) $2000 bursaries to support attendance of members and the US DH community at DH 2024. Applications are due July 1, 2024 and awardees will be notified by July 10. Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

DH 2024 Bursariesdocs.google.com Deadline for Applications: July 1, 2024 Notification by July 10, 2024 With the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) and...

Oh...Willie Mays. *sigh*

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New bursary opportunity! Thanks to the support of the NEH, @ach.bsky.social, and @rrchnm.bsky.social, we are giving out $2000 bursaries to support attendance at DH 2024 this August 5-9. Eligibility details in thread. Apply by July 1st! Please share widely! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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New job posting: Head of Digital Content, National Gallery of Art. Salary: $163,964 - $191,900 per year. Closing date for applications: 07/05/2024. Non-remote position.

Supervisory Visual Information Specialistwww.usajobs.gov <p>The Head of Digital Content will strategize, create, and evaluate exciting and innovative digital, video and social media content that helps the National Gallery reflect and attract the United Stat...

Three great job opps from the NEH's Division of Research Programs. Check out @sheilaabrennan.bsky.social 's short thread for more info & a link to the USAJobs announcement. To apply, please follow the instructions carefully so as to not get eliminated during the initial review of applications.

Folks, my colleagues in NEH's Research Division are hiring 3 program officers (GS 12-13), deadline 6/20, remote and telework eligible: www.usajobs.gov/job/794523700

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Applications are now open for the ODH-funded Advancing Digital Health Humanities Institute. Follow the link for more information about the institute and how to apply. www.library.ucsf.edu/archives/dig...

The Advancing Digital Health Humanities Institute - UCSF Librarywww.library.ucsf.edu What is digital health humanities? Digital health humanities is an emerging, interdisciplinary field that leverages digital methods and tools to critically analyze health sciences materials in the pur...

The good folks in Div of Public Programs at the NEH are seeking a Program Specialist. (starting at $82,764). Apps are due June 7. If you choose to use your own resume, ensure that it contains the required info so that you don't get eliminated at the first review pass. www.usajobs.gov/job/792762700

Program Specialistwww.usajobs.gov NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.The Division of Public Programs supports pr...

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CFP: October 2025 Special Issue - "Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Humanities" Guest editors: Javier Cha @javiercha.bsky.social (HKU) & Miguel Escobar Varela @miguelescobar @miguelev.bsky.social (NUS)

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Today, NEH announced grants for 238 humanities projects, including 19 Dangers and Opportunities of Technology awards. Congratulations to all our awardees! www.neh.gov/blog/announc...

Announcing New ODH Awards (April 2024)www.neh.gov These projects are part of a larger slate of 238 awards announced by NEH . From an investigation of the impact of Arecibo Observatory on its surrounding communities to a history of life-support techno...

Love this piece shared by @shannonmattern.bsky.social , because 1. Trains, 2. I love how this professor of English described how his expertise prepared him well to research and write about infrastructure and, 3. Trains. Plus I learned so much from the interview. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"I wld much rather see 165mph 🚂 that are affordable to greater #s of ppl than a 🚂 that runs over 220 + is priced at the current Acela rate... We need to be realistic that these are the tracks that we have. This is where they run — unless we want to displace thousands of people..."

An Ode to the Northeast Corridor, the Rail Line That Keeps Amtrak Alivewww.bloomberg.com The new book The Northeast Corridor traces the history of passenger trains from Boston to DC and explains why the current service is so essential — and so frustrating.

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The deadline for our call for comments on the DHAG program has been extended! Follow the link to provide feedback by April 8 and share the link widely! www.neh.gov/odh/call-for...

Call for Comments: ODH’s DHAG Programwww.neh.gov

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Career Opportunity: Public Affairs Specialist. The National Endowment for the Humanities is looking for a candidate to manage and support the agency's social media strategy.

Public Affairs Specialist (Social Media-Digital Communications Manager)www.usajobs.gov NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.

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THE BELL AFFAIR is streaming now today on Amazon Prime! Watch it! We're thrilled and so very grateful to our cast, crew, advisors, and supporters. Spread the word about this remarkable film from Director Kwakiutl Dreher and VFX Artist and Producer Michael Burton. www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...

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Excited for the Zooniverse team (and NEH awardees), named today by the White House as a winner of the OSTP Year of Open Science Challenge & Champion of Open Science! www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...

White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Announces Year of Open Science Recognition Challenge Winners | OSTP | The White Housewww.whitehouse.gov Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is announcing the winners of the OSTP Year of Open Science Recognition Challenge. This challenge engaged researchers, community sc...

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Their grandson is Langston Hughes. I found Lewis Leary’s photo at the Oberlin Historical Society, and cannot believe how cool he looks even in this old photo! Not many c19 scholars of Black print culture, lit, and history are in BlueSky. But I still wanted to share this.

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Lewis Sheridan Leary married Mary Patterson, one of the first Black women who graduated from Oberlin. Leary was killed while fighting in the John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry. Later she remarried Charles Henry Langston and move to Kansas to build a Black community.

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ODH is seeking feedback on the Digital Humanities Advancement Grants program through a call for comments. Please take a few minutes to help us shape the future of this program. Responses are due by March 31. www.neh.gov/odh/call-for...

Call for Comments: ODH’s DHAG Programwww.neh.gov

Of possible interest, @bethanyfarrell.bsky.social ?

If you're interesting in joining a community of practice around linked data for art & architectural history & cultural heritage research, apply to participate in a group of convenings around this topic by the Digital Art History Society.

Linking Linked Data for Art History: Call for Participationforms.gle Linked data (LD) has been a focus of much activity in the fields of cultural heritage, humanities and art and architectural history over the past several years, as evidenced by projects including Yale...

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Read how NEH-supported AI technologies at Univ of Kentucky are helping to crack one of archaeology’s most famous mysteries: www.neh.gov/news/student...

Students Decipher 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scrollswww.neh.gov

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The Recovery Hub for Amer. Women Writers is offering project cultivation for digital projects recovering texts by women writers of the Americas! Projects selected receive 1 yr. of scholarly & technical support + a $2K stipend. Priority deadline: Mar. 15. recoveryhub.siue.edu/2024/02/06/2...

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Library of Congress's "Librarians-in-Residence" program to develop next generation of librarians & information professionals. 6 positions in various disciplinary tracks. Positions are 6 mos in duration, start in July 2024. GS-9. Deadline for applications: Feb. 9.

Librarians-in-Residence Program 2024www.loc.gov APPLICATION Apply for this program on USAJOBS.gov: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/769682000 Please refer to the How to Apply brochure here: LIR24-How-to-Apply.pdf (PDF, 2MB) INFORMATION SESSIONS Learn mo...

Awww...five years ago, federal government employees were on furlough (due lapse of appropriations), and DC experienced a big snow storm. Of course, DC residents named the storm the Snurlough.

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Job posting: LoC looking to hire 3 collaborative & service-oriented librarians to join their newly formed Researcher Experience Section. GS-9 $68,405 - $88,926/year Deadline: Feb 9.

Reference Librarianwww.usajobs.gov <p>This position is located in the Researcher Experience Section, Researcher Engagement and General Collections, General and International Collections Directorate, Researcher and C...

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Today, NEH announced grants for 260 humanities projects, including 15 Digital Humanities Advancement Grants. Congratulations to all our awardees! www.neh.gov/blog/announc...

Announcing New ODH Awards (January 2024)www.neh.gov These projects are part of a larger slate of 260 awards announced by NEH. The awardees are exploring and forging new paths in digital humanities—including an open-source Braille digital translation...

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It's announcement day at the NEH: www.neh.gov/news/neh-ann... Congratulations to all of these amazing projects! We know there are so many great projects that we could not fund. Don't give up, there is always another deadline.

Thank you to the @ahahistorians.bsky.social staff as well as the program and local arrangements committees for #aha24. I know that it is a tremendous amount of work to organize a conference such as the annual meeting. 👏👏👏

And last, but absolutely NOT least, for me at #aha24: "AI and the Historical Profession: Applications and Implications" with @joguldi.bsky.social , @nolauren.bsky.social , @zoeleblanc.bsky.social , and Abe Gibson (UTSA). aha.confex.com/aha/2024/mee...

Good morning, #aha24 -ers! This morning, join staff from the Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities in Continental Ballroom 1 in the Hilton at 9 am for "Supporting Your Research & Teaching with Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities: What’s New for 2024" aha.confex.com/aha/2024/mee...