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Zotero 2.0 is Here!

After an extensive development and testing period and the addition of even more features to make academic research easier, more collaborative, and ready for the future, Zotero 2.0 went public tonight. I’ll be blogging extensively about Zotero 2.0 in this space over the coming weeks and months as it continues to develop, but here’s a [...]

2009 Roy Rosenzweig Forum – Social Networking and the Semantic Web

On Wednesday, May 13th at 7:00 p.m., the Rosenzweig Forum on Technology and the Humanities and the Washington Semantic Web Group will host the a forum on Social Networking and the Semantic web in the George Mason University Johnson Center Cinema. The forum will host four speakers, Mills Davis, Andy Roth, Mike Petit, and Dan [...]

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Receives MERLOT Award for Online Learning Excellence

At the 2009 MERLOT International Conference this coming August, MERLOT will present Jack Censer, Dean of the George Mason University College of Humanities and Social Sciences, with the MERLOT Classics Award for Exemplary Online Learning Resource for the CHNM website, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution.
The MERLOT Awards program recognizes and promotes outstanding [...]

The American Historical Association Announces the Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship for Innovation in Digital History

In 2009, George Mason University and the American Historical Association will offer the first Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship for Innovation in Digital History. This award was developed by friends and colleagues of Roy Rosenzweig (1950–2007), Mark and Barbara Fried Professor of History and New Media at George Mason University, to honor his life and work [...]

Mikhail Gorbachev Visits George Mason

The Center for History and New Media is pleased to announce the keynote speaker for George Mason University’s “1989: Looking Back, Looking Forward” conference will be Former Soviet President and Nobel Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev.  President Gorbachev will present the keynote address at the conference on March 24, and will additionally participate in a round table [...]

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