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centerNet is an international network of digital humanities centers formed for cooperative and collaborative action to benefit digital humanities and allied fields in general, and centers as humanities cyberinfrastructure in particular. Anchored by its new publication DHCommons, centerNet enables individual DH Centers to network internationally — sharing and building on projects, tools, staff, and expertise.

Agenda for Transitional International Executive Steering Committee Meeting at DH2014

Submitted by jabauer on Thu, 07/03/2014 - 09:40

2014 is a transitional year for centerNet as we adopt our new governance structure. Consequently, this International Executive Meeting will be highly participatory, with extended time for unstructured group work and sharing of ideas, in the THATCamp or Unconference Model (also known as Open Space Technologies).

PROJECT SLAM at centerNet’s 2014 AGM

Submitted by jabauer on Tue, 06/24/2014 - 00:00

Introducing DHCommons PROJECT SLAM

Host Day of DH 2015+2016

Submitted by jabauer on Tue, 05/06/2014 - 00:00

Does your center want to host Day of DH for 2015 and 2016? Then let us know! Read the full call for proposals in

DHCommons: First Call for Project Statements

Submitted by jabauer on Mon, 04/07/2014 - 00:00

The editorial team of centerNet’s new DHCommons journal is thrilled to request submissions for its inaugural issue. We seek mid-stage digital projects who wish peer review and feedback that will contribute to the project’s development.

DHCommons Founding International Editorial Board

Submitted by jabauer on Thu, 01/09/2014 - 00:00

DHCommons has a new editorial board! As centerNet’s flagship publication, DHCommons has taken on the task of peer reviewing mid-stage digital humanities projects from around the world in multiple languages. These new board members will assist the Founding Co-Editors-in-Chief Ryan Cordell (Northeastern University), Isabel Galina (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), and Laurent Romary (Humboldt Universität Berlin and INRIA) to prepare DHCommons’ Vision Statement, Submission Guidelines, and Review Guidelines.

Call for participation in DíaHD (Día de Humanidades Digitales)

Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 00:00

Call for participation in DíaHD (Día de Humanidades Digitales) to be held on 10th of June 2013. Similar to DayofDH the aim of the project is to document for one day what digital humanists do. This particular version focuses on digital humanists from Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries or researchers from other parts of the world that work primarily in these languages.

We hope to provide a forum that will help us identify digital humanists in these regions as well as providing them with the opportunity to share their work:

Call for DH Commons Advisory Board

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 00:00

The centerNet Executive Committee seeks nominations for Advisory Board members for its new publication, DHCommons, which will provide peer review for mid-stage digital projects. DHCommons aims to provide a truly global picture of the DH community. To that end, its leadership will be comprised of members from each of centerNet’s regions.

centerNet launches first membership drive

Submitted by jabauer on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 00:00

Now in its initial full year as a constituent organization of ADHO, centerNet is launching its first drive for paid membership. Visit out Membership page for more information.

centerNet Mourns Death of Lisa Lena Opas-Hänninen

Submitted by jabauer on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 00:00

Prof. Lisa Lena Opas-Hänninen of the University of Oulu and chair of the ALLC: The European Association for Digital Humanities, passed away in Helsinki on Feb. 2, 2013 after a long illness. She is survived by her husband, Prof. Heikki Hänninen of the University of Helsinki, and she will be remembered by generations of digital humanists. Lisa Lena was born in Helsinki in 1957. Her father, who she was always close to, was a career diplomat, which promoted Lisa Lena’s growing up to be a polyglot.

Call for Translations

Submitted by jabauer on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 00:00

centerNet has recently updated its website, and we are looking for volunteers to translate the new pages. If you are interested in helping us with this important international outreach, please contact centerNet Secretary Jean Bauer at jean_bauer [at] brown [dot] edu

Join the World Fair of DH Centres in Hamburg!

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 00:00

centerNet is inviting submissions of short videos to introduce and showcase activities from digital humanities centres around the world. These videos will be premiered as a collection at the centerNET meeting during DH2012 in Hamburg, and compiled on the centerNet website. We hope to see your centre represented at the World Fair of DH Centres!
Basic guidelines:

Jean Bauer Appointed Secretary of centerNet

Submitted by admin on Mon, 03/26/2012 - 00:00

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Jean Bauer as centerNet’s Secretary. Jean is the Digital Humanities Librarian at Brown University and part of the Brown University Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship, where she works with faculty, students, and fellow librarians to design and implement digital systems that showcase and facilitate scholarship in the humanities. Through a combination of formal training and curiosity she is an early American historian, database designer, and photographer. She is finishing her dissertation “Revolution-Mongers: Launching the U.S.

DH Commons Becomes a centerNet Initiative

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 00:00

DHCommons (http://www.dhcommons.org) and centerNet (http://digitalhumanities.org/centernet/) are pleased to announce that, as of January 5, 2012, DHCommons will become a sponsored initiative of centerNet. The centerNet Executive Council formally approved this partnership at their meeting in Paris on December 7, 2011. DHCommons and centerNet reached this agreement after six months of discussions, led by Ryan Cordell and Quinn Dombrowski for DHCommons and Neil Fraistat representing centerNet.

centerNet to join ADHO

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 00:00

The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations (ADHO) and centerNet are very pleased to announce that with effect from 1 January 2012 centerNet is to become a fully fledged ‘Constituent Organisation’ within the ADHO umbrella. The formal agreements were finalised at meetings held in conjunction with the international Digital Humanities 2011 conference, held at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

centerNet Welcomes Two New Members

Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 00:00

Humanities and Critical Code Studies (Haccs) Lab at USC and The CulturePlex Lab at the University of Western Ontario.

centerNet and DLF Announce Formal Alliance

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 00:00

CLIR’s Digital Library Federation Affiliates with CenterNet

centerNet and The Council on Library and Information Resources’ Digital Library Federation program are delighted to announce today their formal alliance. Established in 1995, the Digital Library Federation is a community of library practitioners engaged and committed to building and sustaining digital libraries through collaborative effort and establishing best practices. The DLF community includes project managers, code developers, and digital curators.

CHCI and centerNet initiative

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 00:00

All–Announcing the first major initiative between CHCI and centerNet: “Humanities (Dot) Net: Currents in the Digital Humanities,” a joint day-long conference at the University of Toronto on June 15. You can find the schedule and speakers here: http://digitalhumanities.org/centernet/the-2011-chci-annual-meeting/. We hope to see many centerNet members in attendance!

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