Tuesday, 26 Sep 2023
Workshop: Bullet Journals as Research Notebooks
This workshop will teach you how to set up a research notebook using the concepts used by bullet journals, a popular organization and productivity system. The focus will be on creating helpful collections to structure and track your research project. No prior experience or fancy supplies required - all you need is a pen and notebook (ruler optional).
Wednesday, 27 Sep 2023
Workshop: Grant Writing, National Endowment for the Humanities
Claudia Kinkela, senior program officer in the NEH's Division of Research who served as the team lead for the NEH Fellowships Program for over a decade, will introduce NEH funding opportunities, provide tips for writing a successful application, and talk in-depth about NEH Fellowships, which has been her main area of focus for the past 15 years. A Q&A session will follow the presentation.
Workshop: National Endowment for the Humanities Overview and Grant Writing
Claudia Kinkela, senior program officer in NEH's Division of Research, will introduce NEH funding opportunities, provide tips for writing a successful application, and talk in-depth about NEH fellowships, which has been her main area of focus for the past 15 years. There will be time for Q&A.
Thursday, 28 Sep 2023
Workshop: The Command Line for Absolute Beginners (Part 1)
Understanding the command line can be a powerful skill for digital humanists, but it can be intimidating to get started. This two-part workshop allows participants to build familiarity and confidence with the command line interface, learn the syntax of the command line, develop basic navigation and file manipulation skills, and get experience calling and using programs within the terminal.
Workshop: Escape from Spreadsheet Hell
This workshop introduces ways to structure data that is computer and human friendly, practices for documenting your work, and functions for simple data processing and quality control. There's no escaping spreadsheets but you can escape spreadsheet hell. This is a beginner-level workshop that covers how to format data and simple data processing in a spreadsheet program such as Excel. No prior experience is needed.