By Hiram Maxim, PhD Professor, Department of German Studies For the past 46 years, Emory University undergraduates have participated in the German Studies Department’s summer study abroad program in Vienna, Austria. Located in one of Europe’s great capital cities, the program offers intensive study of the German language and Austrian culture, homestays with Austrian families, […]
Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) is partnering with Kaziranga University’s Center for Virtual Reality (KUCVR) to develop a spatial, historical map of the ancient Ahom Kingdom in the Brahmaputra valley of Assam, India. As part of this collaboration, ECDS will help KUCVR with technical support through subject matter expertise. ECDS will also provide a […]
In late March, members of the Digital Visualization Lab at the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship participated in a presentation at the Parthenon2 symposium, hosted by Vanderbilt University and the Nashville Parthenon. Representing the project “3D Initiatives in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace (Greece)”, Dr. Bonna Wescoat from the Art History department joined […]
The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) is partnering with Georgia Humanities, an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Georgia Humanities is utilizing the ECDS open source web-based application Open Tour Builder to help in its mission to preserve and promote the rich cultural stories, treasures, and values of Georgia. Georgia […]
The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) is pleased to announce the launch of the Howard Thurman Digital Archive. ECDS supported the Pitts Theology Library in the creation of the website, which highlights materials related to Thurman’s life. The website also hosts audio recordings of many of Thurman’s sermons, speeches, lectures, and interviews. On April […]
The Sounding Spirit initiative has received a second grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support its pioneering work in digital scholarly editions. The $58,230 grant from the NEH’s Humanities Collections and References Resources program will support a one-year planning process that will include the pilot launch of a digital library that […]
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