For several years we’ve come together as a small group of 18th century historians to help each other write better papers. We call this the ‘4* Society’, and it’s a friendly, supportive group who pre-read papers each other are intending to submit for publication, and then spend time around a table critiquing them and offering […]

As Lorna Hughes noted this morning: It’s Monday, therefore there’s another rant about #DH to refute. pic.twitter.com/ij8HeZnBQz — lorna hughes (@lornamhughes) May 2, 2016 [Transcription: ‘It’s Monday, therefore there’s another rant about #DH to refute] The rant this time is from Daniel Allington, Sarah Brouillette, David Golumbia, in their article, ‘Neoliberal Tools (and Archives): A […]

I’d like to build a piece of research software for historians, and I’m looking for collaborators. I do not have the technical skills to do this on my own, nor do I work in a climate where production of this software would be considered ‘research’ and thus, it is nearly impossible to fund through traditional […]