Digital History--Prospectus

I propose to do my final project, the digital history proposal, on the topic of the “New Woman”—controversies and images of feminism in the fin-de-siecle period. I envision the structure as a series of linked essays, focused on providing context,... More

Challenges of Digital Scholarship--Two Websites

The Hearsay of the Sun http://chnm.gmu.edu/aq/photos/index.htm Imaging the French Revolution http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/imaging/home.html These scholarly websites, one a work in progress, explore different approaches to utilizing the special characteristics and opportunities offered by “history on the web.” One of the goals of... More

Digital Scholarship

Digital technologies allow historians a variety of approaches to creating history—all equally valid, if the theory behind their approaches is explained clearly. "Dreaming Arnold Schwarzenegger" by Louise Krasniewicz and Michael Blitz and "Hearsay of the Sun: Photography, Identity, and the... More

Digital scholarship

In Dreaming Arnold Schwarzenegger, Louise Krasniewicz and Michael Blitz take unique approaches to both their scholarship and its presentation. The dreams that Krasniewicz and Blitz began having about Schwarzeneggar while writing their initial standard publication inspired them to present their... More

The promise of digital scholarship

The examples of digital scholarship I examined for this week were “Hearsay of the Sun” by Thomas Thurston, “The Difference Slavery Made” by Will Thomas and Edward Ayers, and “From Hogan’s Alley to Coconino County: Three Narrative of the Early... More

Digital Scholarship

After viewing the articles Hearsay of the Sun and The Difference Slavery Made in their online forms it is clear that these articles do fulfill the promise of digital scholarship to the extent that it is fullfillable. As the... More

Digital Scholarship

In the spirit of full disclosure I should state that I am very skeptical that the Web has or will be able to provide a fundamentally different understanding of history than that of a book or journal. As a result,... More

Digital Scholarship

Here is my entry on digital scholarship:... More

Roger-Digital Scholarship

Historians are captive to the medium within which they work. With the vast majority of our work published as print documents, we tend to think and work within print’s strengths and weaknesses. This means, we turn largely to print... More

The promise of Digital Scholarship

The online component of “The Differences Slavery Made” is an extension of the digital archive The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War based on Franklin County, Pennsylvania and Augusta County, Virginia. At first glance, in... More

Digital Scholarship

Before discussing my two articles, I will make an assertion. No website that I have found has fulfilled the promise of digital scholarship. But, I remain an optimist. I know that digital scholarship will soon integrate comprehensive databases, innovative information... More

Comics and the French

The website “From Hogan's Alley to Coconino County: Four Narratives of the Early Comic Strip,” by David Westbrook is a detailed account of early comic strips. From examples taken from the New York Journal and the New York World, Mr.... More

Ben's Comments on Digital scholarship

Hunt/Censer - Images of the French Revolution The home page was slow to load on a dial-up connection due to images, but there is a nice rollover effect on the homepage images that invites you into the sections of the... More

Digital Scholarship_Linhart_Oct24

For this assignment, I reviewed the following articles. "Hearsay of the Sun: Photography, Identity, and the Law of Evidence in Nineteenth-Century American Courts" by Thomas Thurston "From Hogan's Alley to Coconino County: Three Narratives of the Early Comic Strip" by... More

The Promise of Digital Scholarship: A Comparison

Most of the articles we have read for this assignment wrestle with the issue of whether or not new media provide an appropriate forum for historical scholarship. Those who ponder the legitimacy of "electronic publication," like Susan Smulyan seem... More

Digital Scholarship

In his hypertext essay “Hearsay of the Sun: Photography, Identity, and the Law of Evidence in Nineteenth-Century American Courts,” Thomas Thurston said he hoped to help “establish standards in incorporating primary texts into critical essays, foster collaboration among scholars from... More

Digital Scholarship

Keeping the “Promise of Digital Scholarship” Digital scholarship might be classified as an attempt to break free from traditional print or linear forms of scholarship, elevating the craft to a higher level of interpretation and presentation through the use of... More