Introducing DHC Research Associate Lindsey Annable
October 9, 2015
Hi, I’m Lindsey, the new DHC Research Associate for this academic year. I will be available in the DHC on Wednesdays 11-5 and Fridays 10-5 to provide access to the equipment and software, and loan out equipment such as laptops, projectors and cameras. I also operate the A0 equipment for anyone who needs posters printed or …
Digital Time Travellers: MayFest 2015 at the Digital Humanities Centre.
May 14, 2015
MayFest, Saturday May 9th – what a great fun day at the Digital Humanities Centre! The University of Nottingham’s Annual Mayfest 2015 saw the DHC undergo a great transformation…that is, into our very own time-machine! The many visitors who joined us on Saturday (9th May) became time-travellers and were digitally transported to the lands of Greek and Roman antiquity, but not before …
Digitising the Lake District: the Maysons project by DHC Volunteer alumnus Craig Goodere.
May 11, 2015
“The Grandest Views: Models of Lakeland from Victorian Times to the Present Day” exhibition is showing at the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery from Monday 9 February to Sunday 17 May. It is based on a research project led by Dr Gary Priestnall – a senior lecturer at the University of Nottingham’s School of Geography …
DHC Personnel and Projects 2014-15
November 11, 2014
There is a lot going on in DHC at the moment and now that the new Research Associate and Student Volunteer team are in place, and the projects well underway, I thought it time to provide an update. Research Assistant. History Post Graduate Harriet Davis is this year’s DHC’s Research Associate. Previously the role primarily …
‘Lest we forget’: Life Lines’ World War I digitisation workshop in DHC.
October 13, 2014
Life Lines is a public engagement initiative by the University of Nottingham’s Lakeside Arts Centre and the Manuscripts and Special Collections (MSC) Department. It began in April 2014, and is funded by Innovations in Museum Displays whose mantra is ‘participation over interaction’. The aim of the Life Lines project is to engage Lakeside visitors by …
Shooting to Success: Video and Photography in the DHC by student volunteer alumnus Tom Travis
July 29, 2014
I’ve had a keen interest in film and photography for about ten years, so when I received an email asking for volunteers to help with video production in the Digital Humanities Centre I leapt at the opportunity. I was really impressed to find such an Aladdin’s cave of high performance kit tucked away in the …
Why I love the DHC by student Volunteer Alumna Hester Pode.
June 30, 2014
My first experience with the DHC was before it even existed; (DHC co-founder, director and Classics Lecturer) Katharina Lorenz asked me how I would feel about working for free. I thought she meant for the whole of life, so wasn’t that favourable! She actually meant working alongside her in her 3D scanning projects. Thus …
Introducing DHC Leonardo Fellow, James E Smith
June 24, 2014
I work mostly with photography and moving image but have recently been researching 3D scanners as a tool for generating images and objects. I knew of the DHC’s 3D scanner and after a conversation with Matt Davies the DHC manager I was invited to take up the position of Artist in Residence / Leonardo Fellow. …
Digital Humanities Network: the Digital Media Lab at UNNC (May 14, 2014)
May 29, 2014
Last week Nottingham’s Digital Humanities Network held its first event, part of a series over the next few months of exploring Digital Humanities facilities across the Nottingham campuses and its partner institutions. The first of these visits was to UNNC, Nottingham’s campus at Ningbo China, where colleagues have been busy setting up the “Digital Media …
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