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At the archives: what’s that scrawl? Tips on reading historical documents

October 14, 2015 by Cornelia Oefelein

In the blogpost I recently co-authored with Jenny Delasalle, we gave some pointers to researchers visiting an archive for the first time. This post follows up on that, and is to help…

Everyone’s digitizing: here is one eminent new example!

July 17, 2015 by Cornelia Oefelein

In my recent Piirus blogpost reporting on this year’s IMC in Kalamazoo, I stressed the importance of digitization projects, especially for scholars working in the Humanities. These are producing and…

Conference report: 50th Anniversary International Medieval Congress, Kalamazoo 2015

July 14, 2015 by Cornelia Oefelein

Everyone from Kalamazoo is used to the almost instant incredulous reaction after stating where you’re from: “WHAAAT?? There really is a Kalamazoo??,” most likely prompting an intonation of Glen Miller’s…

4 Things to Help Novice Users of Virtual Meeting Tools: Making Skype Meetings Run Smoothly

April 17, 2015 by Cornelia Oefelein

Here is a story of some of my experiences, and recommendations for researchers who might want to use Skype for meetings across multiple locations. (Skype is just one of the…

All kinds of conferences: A Brief Typology from our Arts & Humanities Correspondent

February 17, 2015 by Cornelia Oefelein

Academic conferences in Arts and Humanities come, as it were, in all colors, shapes, and sizes, from small meetings by invitation to grand international affairs. This post takes a look…

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