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Public and Digital History

A guide for teaching and advising students on public, digital, and oral history projects.

Digital History

The American Historical Association 2016 Conference Session on "Introduction to Digital History."

  • Digital History Resources. From the American Historical Association. Definitions, resources, videos about digital literacy and digital history projects.
  • Writing History in the Digital Age. A freely-available textbook, peer-reviewed on the open web, covering a range of digital and public history topics. Dougherty, J. & Nawrotzki, K. (2013). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
  • Getting Started with Digital History in the Classroom. Kathryn Tomasek (History Prof at Wheaton College) has plenty of useful digital history information on her blog. This "getting started" post, an annotated resources list from an AHA presentation, provides helpful links to projects and tools.
  • Process Checklist for Integrating Digital Humanities into Courses. Rebecca Frost Davis at St. Edward's University walks you through logistics, course goals, and other steps ensuring high-quality digital projects in the classroom (2012, September 13).
  • "Digital History" Can Never Be New. Short blog post in which Scott B. Weingart (Digital Humanities Specialist at Carnegie Mellon University) wrestles with issues of originality and the boundaries of digital work.

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