[UNF-DHI] February DHI Events

[Pfister, Anne]

Mark your calendars and join us for these exciting DHI February events (listed in chronological order).


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Join us for a tour of Spinnaker Media: Wed., Feb. 1 at 9am 58E/2200 - Spinnaker Media is the student-run media outlet for the University of North Florida. UNFSpinnaker.com - WSKR 95.5 FM Spinnaker Radio - Please contact Amanda Cox for more information (a.l.cox at unf.edu).


Laura Heffernan & Rachel Sagner Buurma "The Teaching Archive: A New History for Literary Study" - Feb 3 @3:30pm UNF Gallery of Art (2-1001)  - Please join the Department of English and UNF community for a scholarly presentation by Laura Heffernan (UNF) and Rachel Sagner Buurma (Swarthmore College) on their award-winning book, The Teaching Archive: A New History for Literary Study<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpress.uchicago.edu%2Fucp%2Fbooks%2Fbook%2Fchicago%2FT%2Fbo63097992.html&data=05%7C01%7Ca.pfister%40unf.edu%7Cbeeee25b9b4546ac4a5c08daff00467e%7Cdf29b2fa8929482f9dbb60ff4df224c4%7C1%7C0%7C638102673898640724%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rD2UVnfWhmrzRiwXfLIBC6MxPI1Dcwb7rSRzC8VCO6M%3D&reserved=0> (University of Chicago Press). The Teaching Archive has won the Modernist Studies Association book prize and the UNF prize for Best Scholarly Monograph. Buurma and Heffernan’s presentation will be followed by responses from English faculty members Nicholas de Villiers and Jennifer Lieberman. Refreshments will be served.


DHI Open House: Tuesday, Feb. 14 from 12-2pm. Check out the DHI Media Lab & our new space (Building 1/1300)!

Get burning questions answered, come hang out, have a snack or a cup of coffee, find yourself a DH Valentine ❤️


Connecting w/ the Eartha M. M. White Collection - Wed. Feb. 15 12:30-1:30 - Library's Special Collections Reading Room (1st Floor, Library) The Eartha M. M. White Collection is the cornerstone of UNF’s Special Collections, being both the first collection obtained by the University in 1975 and consistently the most widely used. Over the past 50 years students from many majors have used the Eartha M. M. White Collection for projects and research, and it has brought faculty together across disciplinary lines. Please join us in exploring some of these relationships at the panel discussion “Connecting with the Eartha M. M. White Collection”. Nur Chodry, a 2023 DHI Student Fellow working to help digitize material from the collection, will be a panelist. The event is sponsored by the Thomas G. Carpenter Library, the UNF Africana Studies Program, and UNF’s Digital Humanities Institute (DHI).


February Justice Sessions<https://english.domains.unf.edu/justicesessions/> February 23, 7-8:30pm “Teaching About Jacksonville’s African American History.”  A panel discussion and community conversation. Speakers: Scott Matthews, professor of history, FSCJ; S. Erin Conklin, supervisor for K-12 Social Studies, Duval County Public Schools; Dr. David Jamison, Assistant Professor of History, Edward Waters University. Location: Downtown Campus of Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ)


Using VR to Support Curriculum workshop - Fri., Feb. 24 - 12:30-1:30 Bldg. 51/1210 This workshop will help you envision how Virtual Reality (VR) can support learning in your classroom! Faculty will have a chance to use VR headsets, interact with the different programs and "experiences" and Beryl White-Bing will share resources to support a diverse array of curriculum. This workshop is a collaboration between the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, the UNF Digital Humanities Institute & the Carpenter Library.


The Spring 2023 DHI Advisory Committee meeting will be Friday, Feb. 24 @3pm via Zoom<https://unf.zoom.us/j/92933480539> (agenda forthcoming, through Canvas) - these are open meetings, please invite interested faculty, staff and students & please join us afterward for Happy Hour at Prati Italia!


Editing Workshop w/ Janaya Ferrer - Tues & Thurs 4-6pm DHI Suites (ongoing). Everyone is welcome! Please contact Janaya or Clayton McCarl for more information.


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Anne E. Pfister<https://apfisteranthro.domains.unf.edu/>, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Director, UNF Digital Humanities Institute<https://www.unf.edu/dhi/>
Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL 32224

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