[MNASIS-L] Future of History: What happens when the historical record is digitized ...

[Janet Arth]

fyi:

The Future of History - A presentation by Dan Cohen

Date: 04/19/2012
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: 125 Nolte Center for Continuing Education
Cost: Free

Description:
What happens when the historical record is digitized, and when the
events of the present are recorded only in electronic formats?
Although the potential for loss exists--we are unsure whether we can
preserve today's documents for future generations--new possibilities
for research and teaching are beginning to emerge. This talk will
explore the promise and perils of a new era of history based on
computers and networks, including vast digital libraries and archives,
tools for saving and communicating history, and what the coming decade
will hold.

Dan Cohen is a professor in the departments of History and Art History
and Director of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at
George Mason University. His research is in European and American
intellectual history, the history of science (particularly
mathematics), and the intersection of history and computing.

Professor Cohen is co-author (with the late Dr. Roy Rosenzweig) of
Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the
Past on the Web (2005), author of Equations from God: Pure Mathematics
and Victorian Faith (2007), and has published articles and book
chapters on the history of mathematics and religion, the teaching of
history, and the future of history in a digital age.He blogs on
Digital Humanities. Organized by the Digital Humanities 2.0
collaborative.

Contact:
Name: Institute for Advanced Study
E-mail: ias at umn.edu
Phone: 612-626-5054
Sponsored by: Institute for Advanced Study, Immigration History
Research Center, English, Writing Studies, History, University
Libraries

Parking:
Parking is available at the Fourth Street ramp and in the Church
Street garage. Reciprocal contract parking is also available for those
with contracts on the west bank or on the Saint Paul campus.

Disability Options:
To request disability accommodations, please contact the IAS at
626-5054 or ias at umn.edu.

More information: http://www.ias.umn.edu/thursdayscals12.php


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Janet M. Arth, Systems Librarian
University of Minnesota Libraries Enterprise Technology
499 Wilson Library (mail)
569 Wilson Library (office)
309-19th Avenue South    email: arth at umn.edu
Minneapolis, MN              phone: 612-624-9860