‘Tis the season to make reading lists. Thrilled by the sudden warmth of the sun and the promise (or more likely, fantasy) of a few days on the beach, everyone… [Continue Reading]
Interactive Ruskin Process/Tutorial
Building the Book Early Fails Tech geeks often use the term “early fail” to describe the positive side-effects of an idea that didn’t work. The philosophy is that you learn… [Continue Reading]
Building an Interactive Ruskin
Someday in the future, engineers may be able to create a fully interactive John Ruskin audioanimatronic that walks, talks, and thinks exactly like Ruskin. Then he can tell us what we… [Continue Reading]
Writing a Digital Dissertation Companion
There has been a lot of talk lately about the viability and best practices of writing a digital dissertation. One notable example is Amanda Visconti, who, among others, has an interesting,… [Continue Reading]
Collecting Isabella Stewart Gardner
Isabella Stewart Gardner was a consummate collector of photographs, books, priceless works of art, and famous friends. Henry James loosely (and not entirely favorably) based at least a couple of characters… [Continue Reading]
Bateaux Quittant le Port du Havre
Gustave Le Gray is undoubtedly one of the most important photographers of the nineteenth century. Born outside of Paris in 1820, his early training was in painting; therefore, it’s not… [Continue Reading]
(Ad)ventures in Digital Humanities
For the last year I’ve been organizing a digital humanities working group in my graduate department. Like many scholars, I’ve been hearing about DH for a few years, and I’ve even… [Continue Reading]
Why I Use Blogs as Teaching Tools
Fall 2013 is underway, and that means there’s a new class blog up at EnglishLiteratureFall2013.wordpress.com. (It’s a bit wordy, but it’s easy for students to remember.) The three most common… [Continue Reading]
Edie, Thea, and the End of DOMA
I would be remiss to let this month–June, Pride month–and this historic week pass without paying at least some small tribute to the Edie Windsor, the Stonewall rioters, the plaintiffs… [Continue Reading]
Guest Blogging, Summer Salon Edition
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been organizing the Summer Salon Series, bringing together friends and colleagues to discuss music, dance, politics, art, and current events. After the inaugural event,… [Continue Reading]