2017 Projects & Participants & Schedule|| Keynote Speaker & Workshop Facilitator
On January 20-22nd, 2017 Washington & Lee University hosted the UNRH Conference with Keynote Speaker and
Workshop coordinator Brandon Walsh. For the schedule and list of projects with descriptions and participants’
biographies click the tab above.
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Preparing the conference packets
Taylor Mills, Ulemj Enkbold, and Lizzy Stanton: part of the UNRH co-founders
Our classy accommodations generously subsidized for most participants by W&L
"Speed-Dating" was the first session during which participants shared their projects and got to know each other in two minutes each.
Speed-Dating
Speed-Dating
Speed-Dating
Lake Forest College: Julianne Mauriello & Kristin Rawlings present Digitizing the Church
Cornell College features Andrea Davidson and Elaine Brunston's videogame novel: The Chronicle of Swashbuckling Rubbish
A captivated audience
Washington & Lee University's Ancient Graffitti project captures and catalogues Roman graffitto; presented by Arianna Jepsen, Nathan Brewer, and Lilly MacDonald
University of South Carolina: Austin Pahl, Steven Dao, and Bonnie Harris Lowe give voice to the history of Ward One
Keynote Speaker Brandon Walsh encourages those of us who feel like "imposters" in the Digital Humanities field to be bold, ask questions, and realize that we really aren't imposters at all but part of an amazing community of learners.
Keynote
Keynote
Round Robin Session-Cullen Smith from Hope College: The Boston Bicentennial Blues
Round Robin Session-Elise Foote from Davidson College presenting Close Listening: Nyorican Legibility in Performance
Round Robin Session-Hakob Parsyaman from Lake Forest College presenting Digital Chicago
Round Robin Session-Helen Eckhard from Grinnell College presenting Digital Sexuality Archive
Round Robin Session-Washington & Lee University's Jack the Ripper project
Round Robin Session-Kiersten Payne from Ohio Wesleyan University shares her research Mapping the Martyrs
Paul Youngman, director of W&L's Digital Humanities program messing up lights and being the most supportive faculty member for this organization.
Round Robin Session-Gettysburg College's Laura Bergin presents Bodies in Conflict
Round Robin Session-Washington & Lee University presents its ongoing project Mapping the Literary Railway
Round Robin Session-Sabina Hartnett from Bowdoin College shares research A Modern Liberal Arts Education: Where Do We Go From Here?
Round Robin Session-Washington and Lee University's A Thousand Times Worse Than Death project
Relaxed meal
Lake Forest College
Text Analysis Workshop lead by Brandon Walsh
Workshop
Making a "Bag of Words" by hand
Workshop
Workshop
Workshop
Workshop
Roommates at the Robert E. Lee Hotel become bros [Hakob Parsamyan and Cullen Smith]
Walking to Dinner in downtown Lexington
UNRH is as much about presenting as it is networking and sharing tools and ideas with one another!
At the end we discussed what went well and what could be changed. This think-tank session generated great ideas for improving the conference.
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UNRH 2017 Cohort