The Past’s Digital Presence, a conference on the state of digital scholarship, took place on February 19 and 20, 2010, at Yale University. On this site, you can browse the conference’s video and audio archives. See all the proceedings and browse by panel by clicking “Program,” or browse by speaker or talk, using the menus at right.
How is digital technology changing methods of scholarly research with pre-digital sources in the humanities? If the “medium is the message,” then how does the message change when primary sources are translated into digital media? What kinds of new research opportunities do databases unlock and what do they make obsolete? What is the future of the rare book and manuscript library and its use? What biases are inherent in the widespread use of digitized material? How can we correct for them? Amidst numerous benefits in accessibility, cost, and convenience, what concerns have been overlooked?
- SPONSORS
- AMERICANIST COLLOQUIUM |
- BEINECKE LIBRARY |
- CENTER FOR BRITISH ART |
- CENTER FOR HISTORY AND NEW MEDIA AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY |
- COUNCIL ON EAST ASIAN STUDIES |
- CROSS-LINGUAL POETICS GROUP |
- DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
- DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS |
- DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE |
- DEPARTMENT OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE |
- DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH |
- DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH |
- DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY |
- DEPARTMENT OF THE HISTORY OF ART |
- DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY |
- DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
- DEPARTMENT OF SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES |
- DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE |
- FILM STUDIES PROGRAM |
- GILDER LEHRMAN CENTER |
- GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES DEAN’S FUND |
- INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY GROUP |
- OFFICE OF DIGITAL ASSETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE |
- OFFICE OF THE PROVOST |
- THEORY AND MEDIA STUDIES COLLOQUIUM |
- WHITNEY HUMANITIES CENTER |
- WOMEN’S, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES |
- YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
Peter Stallybrass, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania
Edward Ayers, President, University of Richmond
Willard McCarty, Professor of Humanities Computing, King’s College London
George Miles, Curator, Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library