digital history

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• SOURCE: Roger Williams University News
  

  Tweeting from the Past: History Course Uses Social Media to Bring Research to Life

  Associate Professor of History Autumn Quezada-Grant brings history into the modern age with a course assignment to create social media accounts for famous figures.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  12/9/19
  

  An Art History Mystery with No Shortage of Sleuths

  Is a bronze statue discovered in France a 16th century Renaissance masterpiece or a (much less valuable) 17th century copy? Readers shared their theories, opinions and expertise.  

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• SOURCE: NPR
  12/9/19
  

  Internet Historians Mourn Loss Of Cultural Record As Yahoo Prepares To Delete Groups

  At one time, there were 10 million Yahoo Groups with more than 100 million users - from neighborhood organizations to amateur astronomers. On Saturday, the archives disappeared.

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• SOURCE: Irish Times
  12/5/19
  

  Irish Archive Recreates Documents Lost in in 1922 fire

  Four Courts fire at start of Civil War destroyed centuries of historic documents.

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• SOURCE: AHA Perspectives on History
  11/14/19
  

  Using Digital History in the Classroom

  New to digital history? These three steps may help you incorporate #DigHist into your classroom.

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• 11/12/19
  

  The 7 Wonders of the World – Digitally Reconstructed

  by John Cole

  A team of researchers and 3D artists over at Budget Direct have worked with the existing sources we have for the missing wonders, and created digital reconstructions of how they would have looked like.

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• SOURCE: Chris Riback's Conversations
  10/18/19
  

  Julie Hirschfeld Davis & Michael D. Shear: Inside Trump’s Assault on Immigration

  by Chris Riback

  But it turns out, the immigration story — the historical American experience and the current realities — serves as an incredibly useful way to consider the entire Trump presidency: Obsession, chaos, fear, depravity, and yet – meaningful, important, and potentially-lasting change that has shifted not only how the world views America, but how we view ourselves.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  11/5/19
  

  Teens are making historical events go viral on TikTok

  The most powerful videos use human beings to personify world actors – such as countries – in major historical events.

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• The New History Channel Is YouTube, But Can We Trust The Experts?

  Writing and reporting history still requires documenting the trail of reason to the conclusions.

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• SOURCE: Indiana Gazette
  10/15/19
  

  Historians Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney bring history to life in podcast

  After inviting listeners to step into a historical world on each episode, Horrocks and Mahoney launch into debates about the problematic aspects of American Girl, draw links to pop culture and talk about the lessons that the characters learn.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  8/19/19
  

  Historians' archival research looks quite different in the digital age

  by Ian Milligan

  Our society’s historical record is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Think of all the information that you create today that will be part of the record for tomorrow. 

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• 6/16/19
  

  Make History Accessible: The Case for YouTube

  by Rohit Kandala

  Youtube presents a great opportunity for both professional history educators and amateurs to enhance the public’s interest in history. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  5/1/19
  

  A Digital Way to Follow the Freedom Riders’ Journey Against Segregation During the Civil Rights Era

  The Civil Rights activists faced violence in multiple cities in their fight for equality.

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• 4/28/19
  

  The Notre-Dame Fire and Digital Preservation

  by Deirdre Ryan

  We have the technology in hand to preserve what is most precious to our past. Our challenge is to make this a priority. 

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• SOURCE: AP
  4/22/19
  

  New Website aims to preserve Detroit’s civil rights history

  Rise Up Detroit is scheduled to officially launch with a kickoff event May 14 at Wayne State’s David Adamany Undergraduate Library. The program is expected to include a discussion with civil rights veterans and experts.

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• 4/21/19
  

  Civil War History Brought to Life

  by Elisabeth Pearson

  "What better, than to see in motion, the very people or places you are reading about."

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/9/19
  

  Obama’s Presidential Library Is Already Digital

  by Dan Cohen

  The question now is how to leverage its nature to make it maximally useful and used.

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• SOURCE: CSU History Department
  3/13/19
  

  WATCH LIVE ONLINE: From Silent Sam to Phnom Pehn: Monuments and Memorials in History and Myth

  Information on a live online history lecture. Watch on March 13th!

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• 2/24/19
  

  What Can the Humanities Teach Us About Big Data?

  by Jo Guldi

  The "Critical Search" techniques of Big Data uncover the nuances and patterns of the past in the Humanities.

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• SOURCE: Colorado State University
  4-21-17 (accessed)
  

  Professor uses role-playing, video game to teach history

  Robert Jordan’s digital history course at Colorado State University is not like any other history class.