During the Spring 2017 semester, Visiting Arts Professor, Fawzia Afzal Khan, used NYU Web Publishing in order to create a multimedia learning space, and a publicly viewable forum, for her Muslim Popular Culture class. Staff from the Center for Digital Scholarship first met with Professor Khan to do a needs assessment for…
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The CDS technology series continued with a visit from New York Faculty member Danielle Ompad Associate Professor, College of Global Public Health. Danie and Instructional Designer Sharon Kay reached out the CDS to help assist in making 6 short instructional videos whilst Danie was visiting NYU Abu Dhabi. The videos are for a course, HIV/AIDS…
To contribute to the worldwide Day of DH efforts, here’s a recap of some of the things that the Center for Digital Scholarship at NYU Abu Dhabi has been working on this year: Being inspired by the recent Digital Humanities Abu Dhabi week held on our campus. This multi-day event, sponsored…
This hands on session led by Rebecca Pittam, Academic Technology Specialist, Nicholas Martin, Librarian for Archives and Special Collections, David Wrisley, Visiting Associate Professor of Digital Humanities and Matt Sumner, Data Services Librarian, explored creating digital images of archival maps of different sizes and media for reuse in spatial humanities projects.…
What is the Digital Humanities Meet Up? It is an informal get together for anyone interested in, or just curious about, the digital humanities. It is co-sponsored by the NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Digital Scholarship and the Division of the Arts and Humanities. When will it meet?…
As part of our effort to highlight interesting work being done by our faculty, we will occasionally write posts that feature NYUAD faculty using technology in creative ways in their research and teaching. The CDS Teaching with Technology Series: Rachel Brulé Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rachel Brulé, recently contacted the Center for…
“Heritage and national identity are closely connected. Throughout the past 45 years, the UAE has gone through very rapid changes and development. All the while, it has been very much engaged in bridging its past with its present and future.” During the fall semester the CDS worked with Robert Parthesius,…
What is the Digital Humanities Meet Up? It is an informal get together for anyone interested in, or just curious about, the digital humanities. It is co-sponsored by the NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Digital Scholarship and the Division of the Arts and Humanities. When will it meet? It will…
Looking for a list of tools that can help you with the research process, or in developing posters for conferences, or to visualize your data? Check out this great list of resources (some free!) that our friends at Gallatin created: Tools You may also want to check out the DiRT…
One of the many services the Center for Digital Scholarship provides is access to high-quality preservation equipment, including flatbed and film negative scanners, and skilled staff that can help scholars use them. Recently, a team working with Theater Professor Ruben Polendo has been working in the CDS to digitize content…