Programming and Events
Current Programming
This semester, the Scholars' Lab in Alderman Library welcomes an exciting group of speakers! We're proud to host or partner in presenting the following events:
GIS Brownbag Lunch
This casual brownbag lunch series will consider issues of particular importance to the UVA GIS user community. Our first topic of conversation: “What’s New in ArcGIS 9.3?”
Monday, September 8 at 11:30 a.m.
in Alderman 413.
September “Digital Therapy” Luncheon
Join us in the Scholars’ Lab as we introduce this year’s Graduate Fellows in Digital Humanities. A free lunch and open discussion about innovative research methods make our “Digital Therapy” sessions not to be missed!
Tuesday, September 9 at noon
in the Scholars’ Lab.
Workshop: “Keeping Up With Current Scholarship: Using RSS Feeds to Get Updates From News Sources and Scholarly Journals”
Keith Weimer and Chris Ruotolo show you how to keep current and stay sane in an information age. This is the first workshop of the semester in our “No Crumbs on the Keyboard” series, in which we ply you with cookies while offering tech tips and tricks.
Thursday, September 18 2 - 3 p.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab.
Ongoing Seminar: Geospatial Technologies and the Humanities
A bi-weekly seminar for humanities faculty and advanced graduate students.
beginning Friday, September 19 10 - 11 a.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab.
Sorry! This course is filled!
Coins: the UVA Art Museum Digital Numismatic Collection
Ethan Gruber discusses an engaging new online interface for viewing, searching, and comparing the hundreds of Greek and Roman coins housed by the UVA Art Museum.
Friday, September 19 , 2 - 3pm
in the Scholars’ Lab.
U21 Digital Humanities Workshops
From September 23-26, UVA hosts a meeting of Universitas 21 consortium faculty and staff interested in Digital Humanities. Thursday sees two events in the Scholars’ Lab: a morning session on Text-Based Studies, chaired by Jerome McGann; and an afternoon session on “Enabling Digital Scholarship,” chaired by Bethany Nowviskie.
Thursday, September 25th from 9am-noon & 1-3pm
in the Scholars’ Lab.
“From Argument to Design: Editions in Books and Beyond the Book”
Hans Walter Gabler
noted textual editor and Joyce scholar, presents an historical overview of scholarly editions in print, with a look forward to how new media are shaping editorial practice
Thursday, October 2 at 4:00 p.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab.
“Our Cultural Inheritance & the Digital Humanities”
Job candidate presentations continue on Monday as Carlos Monroy of Texas A & M interviews for the position of Digital Humanities Specialist in the Library’s Digital Research & Scholarship department. He’ll speak on the topic, “Our Cultural Inheritance & the Digital Humanities.”
Monday, October 6th at 10:30am
in the Scholars’ Lab.
“Thomas Moore’s Irish Melodies in the Digital Age”
Scholars’ Lab scholar-in-residence Sean Ryder (National University of Ireland, Galway) presents his work on the Thomas Moore Hypermedia Archive. Sean is visiting the Scholars’ Lab as part of the TEXTE project, an initiative centered on knowledge transfer around scholarly editing.
Thursday, October 9 at 1:30pm
in the Scholars’ Lab.
October “Digital Therapy” Luncheon
Chris Forster (UVA English), a former Graduate Fellow in Digital Humanities, presents his work in authorship attribution. A free lunch and open discussion about innovative research methods make our “Digital Therapy” sessions not to be missed!
Tuesday, October 21 at noon
in the Scholars’ Lab.
Art in the Lab: Photography by Jean Bauer
Notice something new? A photographic collection by Jean Bauer is now open in the Scholars’ Lab. Jean is a Ph.D. Candidate in the History Department and one of the UVA Library’s Graduate Fellows in Digital Humanities.
November “Digital Therapy” Luncheon
Dana Stefanelli (UVA History), a former Graduate Fellow in Digital Humanities, presents his work in GIS approaches to historical study. A free lunch and open discussion about innovative research methods make our “Digital Therapy” sessions not to be missed!
Thursday, November 6 at noon
in the Scholars’ Lab.
International GIS Day
Join us Wednesday, November 19th, as we celebrate International GIS Day. Anyone whose work is grounded in issues of space and place will find something of interest in these cross-disciplinary offerings, centering in cartography and geospatial technologies.
Schedule of Events:
- Charlottesville Area GIS Users Lunch
12:00 in the Scholars’ Lab - GIS Day Cake Cutting
1:30 in the Scholars’ Lab - GIS Day Open House
1:30 in the Scholars’ Lab - Tour “On the Map: The Seymour I. Schwartz Collection of North American Maps 1500-1800″
3:00 in the Small Special Collections Library - David Rumsey, “Giving Maps a Second Life with Digital Technologies”
4:00 in the Harrison-Small Auditorium - Reception
5:30 in the Small Special Collections Library
David Rumsey: Giving Maps a Second Life with Digital Technologies
Map collector and innovator in the online dissemination of GIS resources. David Rumsey’s talk will coincide with other exciting events to mark International GIS Day in the Scholars’ Lab.
Wednesday, November 19 at 4:00 p.m.
Harrison-Small Auditorium
Reception to follow.
This event is presented in conjunction with the new digital humanities center at UVA.
Diana Sinton
Director of Spatial Curriculum and Research & Assistant Professor of Geography
University of Redlands
Thursday, February 12 at 4:00 p.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab.
This event is presented in conjunction with the new digital humanities center at UVA.
March “Digital Therapy” Luncheon
Please join us as Scholars’ Lab Graduate Fellow in Digital Humanities Pierre Dairon of the French Department discusses his efforts mapping the cultural icon of “Evangeline.” A free lunch and open discussion about innovative research methods make our “Digital Therapy” sessions not to be missed!
Tuesday, March 10 at noon
in the Scholars’ Lab.
“Mapping Then and Now: Are We Ready (yet) for Academic Social Systems?”
Director of the Archaeological Computing Laboratory & TimeMap project leader
University of Sidney
Friday, March 27 at 2:00 p.m.
in the Scholars’ Lab.
This event is presented in conjunction with the new digital humanities center at UVA.
April “Digital Therapy” Luncheon
Abby Holeman (UVA Anthropology), a Graduate Fellow in Digital Humanities, presents her work using GIS to investigate the cosmological beliefs of an ancient culture. A free lunch and open discussion about innovative research methods make our “Digital Therapy” sessions not to be missed!
Wednesday, April 8 at noon
in the Scholars’ Lab.
Past Events at the Scholars' Lab
A record of offerings from previous semesters is available here.Can't find what you're looking for at the Scholars' Lab? Try these other labs and groups around Grounds: