The morning is devoted to brief (5 minutes) lightning round presentations followed by digital demonstrations highlighting the current projects of the participants.
The digital demonstrations will take place immediately following the talks in self-select zoom breakout rooms, where participants can come by for more in depth Q&A.
We are still accepting applications to present in the lightning round! Get in touch if you’d like to share your work dayofdh.group@carleton.edu
Revising Treasury of Weary Souls
Benjamin Wiggins (University of Minnesota), Michael Ralph (Howard University), John Clegg (Lund University)
Treasury of Weary Souls is the largest online collection of information about the practice of insuring enslaved people as property and we are expanding it to cover the Atlantic World.
Bringing CARCAS to Life:
The Digitization of Skeletal Research Collections at Carleton
Sarah Kennedy, Mathew Zappa, Aaron Heidgerken-Greene, Austin Mason (Carleton College)
The Carleton Archaeological Research Collection of Animal Specimens (CARCAS) is an osteological comparative collection, dermestid beetle colony, and 3D digital repository of animal skeletons.
Digital Timeline:
The Theological Roots of Nazism and Apartheid
Kimberly Vrudny, Shivali Dalmia, Eric Tornoe (University of St. Thomas)
This timeline tracks two case studies in Christian Nationalism—the first with the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany, and the second with the rise of the National Party in South Africa.
Imagining the Medieval World:
Creative Story Mapping in the History Classroom
Chris Saladin (History), Shana Crosson (U-Spatial), Kathryn Reyerson (History, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities)
Historically inspired story map assignments offer a creative avenue for students to visualize course concepts. We will discuss assignments focused on Medieval Cities and Pirates in the Mediterranean.
Keeping StoryMaps on the Map:
Preserving and Organizing Online Exhibits
Darby Ronning, Emily Beck, Lois Hendrickson (University of Minnesota)
Some older online StoryMaps exhibits at the Wangensteen Historical Library were losing functionality, so staff created a best practices guide and an audit system to keep those exhibits working.
Castle to Classrooms:
Developing an Irish Castle in Virtual Reality
Prof. Thomas Herron (English Dept, East Carolina University), Doug Barnum (ITCS, ECU), Laurie Godwin (ITCS, ECU); Prof. Ruth Canning (History Dept, Liverpool Hope U), Prof. Vicky McAlister (Archaeology and History, Southeast Missouri U), Ms. Sara Painter (English teacher, South Central High School, Pitt County, NC), Prof. Susannah Ottaway (History Dept, Carleton College)
Funded by an NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant, this project adapts into Virtual Reality a digital 3-D model of an Irish castle for teaching purposes in different disciplines.
Mapping Congregants of Color at Old South Church
Siena Leone-Getten, Miyuki Mihira, and Molly Schwartz (Carleton College), Revolutionary Spaces (Boston, MA)
By showcasing important places and events for people of color in revolutionary era Boston, we aim to show their presence + agency in the American stories that tourists encounter on the Freedom Trail.
Sex work in the City
Katherine Pierpont (University of Minnesota)
My project maps a community of sex workers in 12th century Toulouse through property records, to understand their social and economic roles within the city, and changes in their status over time.
(Semi) Distant Reading the Medieval London Chronicles
George Shuffelton, Wrenna Fine, Yichu Wang, Grace Brindle (Carleton College)
The 40+ surviving chronicles produced by citizens of late medieval London offer some interesting opportunities for corpus analysis, particularly in relation to London place names.
Sojourners Trail: Gaming, Afrofuturism, and Immersive Education
Walter Greason (Macalester College); Megan Allas (New York Times)
Sojourners Trail is the first online, immersive educational game that offers lessons about African diaspora history and the Black Speculative Arts Movement.