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Alondra Nelson and Cathy N. Davidson Discuss “AI and the Future of Higher Education”
On May 8, 2025, the Futures Initiative (FI) and HASTAC co-hosted a timely and provocative event: AI and the Future of Higher Education. Held as part of the Futures Initiative’s 10th anniversary celebration, the conversation brought together two visionary thinkers—Alondra Nelson (Institute for Advanced Study and Center for American Progress) and FI Founder Cathy N.…
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Digital Fridays 2025: Disrupt, Create, Connect: Rethinking Scholarship in the Digital Age
“ There’s an entire other world we just haven’t created yet. Find the people who will help build this world that doesn’t exist yet. Let’s create it together.” Dr. Jade E. Davis “Every new technology that comes out has a particular viewpoint embedded within it. You could use it as intended, but I choose to…
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Call for Fellows: 2025 Community Deep Mapping Institute
We are excited to announce the establishment of our National Endowment for the Humanities Community Deep Mapping Institute as a hybrid 12-month virtual and in-person funded institute running from January 2025 through December 2025. Deep maps integrate information and representations about space, time, architecture, material culture, environment, and community knowledge into a spatially and temporally…
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HASTAC’s New Interdisciplinary Area Directors and Steering Committee Members
We at HASTAC are honored and delighted to announce that, after a competitive process, two dynamic, visionary new Interdisciplinary Area Directors will be joining the HASTAC leadership team. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Jade E. Davis (University of Iowa), HASTAC Director of Digital Learning Impact and Libraries, and Dr. Kevin Healey (University of New…
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Inviting Proposals to CoDirect HASTAC
Expressions of interest due by Friday, August 2, 2024; full proposals will be invited thereafter. Dear Colleagues, HASTAC is looking for a CoDirector and institutional partner, starting before the academic year begins. Please feel free to pass this on to anyone who might be interested. An ideal HASTAC CoDirector understands what a social network can do, contributes…
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Thank you, Jacque Wernimont (HASTAC CO-DIRECTOR, 2016-2024)
Thank you Jacqueline Wernimont (HASTAC CoDirector, 2016-2024) for your powerful, imaginative, innovative, and generous leadership
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Post-Doc for Mapping Racism & Resistance at UWM
The Mapping Racism and Resistance project at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites applications for a 12-month Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Geospatial Analysis and the Digital Humanities. Mapping Racism and Resistance is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)- funded, digital humanities and crowdsourcing project documenting racially restrictive covenants and Black resistance to them in…
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“Empowering Change: Virtual Reality for Gender-Based Violence” | Digital Fridays of Spring 2024, March 22nd | Digital Horizons: Navigating Stories, Realities, and Visions
I recently had the privilege of presenting my doctoral project, VR Catalyst, at the HASTAC Digital Fridays of Spring 2024 on March 22nd under the theme, “Digital Horizons: Navigating Stories, Realities, and Visions.” My presentation, titled “Empowering Change: Virtual Reality for Gender-Based Violence,” marked a significant milestone in my academic and professional journey. I am…
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Collaborative Book Review 2024 | “The Atlas of AI”
The HASTAC Scholars’ Collaborative Book Review Project has started reviewing two books this round, “Data Feminism” by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein and “Atlas of AI” by Kate Crawford. This initiative offers a platform for academic exploration and nurturing critical writing and peer review skills, promising an enriching community of discourse. The two books…
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Collaborative Book Review 2024 | “Data Feminism”
The HASTAC Scholars’ Collaborative Book Review Project has started reviewing two books this round, “Data Feminism” by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein and “Atlas of AI” by Kate Crawford. This initiative offers a platform for academic exploration and nurturing critical writing and peer review skills, promising an enriching community of discourse. As such, “Data…