2016 Symposium schedule

Second Annual DISSH Symposium

Digital Innovation and Scholarship in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Day One: Thursday, March 17 (8:30-4:30)

8:30-8:45 Opening Remarks
Janice Lewis, Director of J.Y. Joyner Library
William Downs, Dean of the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences

8:45-9:45 (Session I) Digital Work in/and the Library
Discussion around themes of libraries and digital work. This session begins with concise presentations of 5-10 minutes from presenters (20-40 minutes) and continues with interaction between panelists and audience members.

Moderator: Joseph Thomas (East Carolina University – J.Y. Joyner Library); Panelists: Mary Battle (College of Charleston – Lowcountry Digital Library), Liz Milewicz (Duke University Libraries), Jolanda-Pieta van Arnhem (College of Charleston Libraries), Tim Bucknall (UNC-Greensboro Library)

9:45-10:15 Coffee break

10:15-11:30 (Session II) – The Digital Social Sciences/Humanities
Discussion around themes of humanities and social science disciplines and digital work. This session begins with concise presentations of 5-10 minutes from presenters (25-50 minutes) and continues with interaction between panelists and audience members.

Moderator: Laurie Godwin (East Carolina University – University Multimedia Center); Panelists: Carl Wise (College of Charleston – Hispanic Studies), Jennifer McKinnon (East Carolina University – History), Austin Mason (Carleton College – Liberal Arts/Digital Humanities), Susan Bergeron (Coastal Carolina University – Geography), Thomas Herron (East Carolina University – English)

11:30-1:30 Break for lunch in small groups in Uptown Greenville (a 5-10 minute walk away) or in Destination 360 (in Mendenhall Student Center adjacent to J.Y. Joyner Library)

1:30-2:00 (Session III) – Open Digital Public Spaces
Sarah Melton, Digital Projects Coordinator, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, Emory University

2:00-2:15 Coffee break

2:15-3:15 (Session IV) – Spotlight on Digital Work in NC
Discussion around themes of digital work by researchers based on North Carolina. This session begins with concise presentations of 5-8 minutes from presenters (20-32 minutes) and continues with interaction between panelists and audience members.

Moderator: Benjamin Fraser (East Carolina University – Foreign Languages and Literatures); Panelists: Lida Cope (East Carolina University), Sarah Hopton (Appalachian State University – English/Rhetoric), Jeffrey Johnson (East Carolina University – English/Literature), L. Jesse Rouse (UNC-Pembroke – Geology/Geography)

3:30-4:30 Phi Kappa Phi DISSH Keynote Lecture
“The Spatial Humanities: From GIS to Deep Mapping”
David Bodenhamer, Director of the Polis Center, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Co-editor of The Spatial Humanities (2010) and Deep Maps and Spatial Narrative (2015)

Day Two: Friday, March 18 (9:00-11:45)

9:00-9:15 Opening Remarks
Heather White, J.Y. Joyner Library

9:15-10:30 (Session V) Center-ing Digital Work
Discussion around themes of digital work as organized in humanities centers, institutes, and libraries. This session begins with concise presentations of 5-10 minutes from presenters (25-50 minutes) and continues with interaction between panelists and audience members.

Moderator: Janice Lewis (J.Y. Joyner Library); Panelists: Susannah Ottaway (Carleton College – Director of Humanities Center), David Bodenhamer (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis – Director of the Polis Center), Avi Santo (Old Dominion University – Institute of Humanities), David Staley (Ohio State University – The Goldberg Center), Liz Milewicz (Duke University Libraries)

10:30-10:45 Coffee break

10:45-11:45 (Session VI) – Digital Humanities In and Beyond the Classroom
Discussion around themes of digital work as it connects the classroom and other learning spaces. This session begins with concise presentations of 5-10 minutes from presenters (20-40) minutes) and continues with interaction between panelists and audience members.

Moderator: Jill Twark (East Carolina University – Foreign Languages and Literatures); Panelists: Avi Santo (Old Dominion University – Institute of Humanities), David Staley (Ohio State University – The Goldberg Center), Jolanda-Pieta van Arnhem (College of Charleston – Studio Art), Dan Zuberbier (East Carolina University – J.Y. Joyner Library)

The 2016 DISSH Symposium is sponsored by East Carolina University’s Division of Academic Affairs, The J.Y. Joyner Library, Office for Faculty Excellence, ECU’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, and the Departments of English, Geography, History, and Foreign Languages and Literatures in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences.