Humanities

THATcamp SE is an unconference for anyone interested in the intersection of humanities and technology
March 4–6, 2011
Emory University, Atlanta
The Humanities and Technology Camp (THATCamp)

Ancient World Open Bibliographies is a new blog for the discussion and development of a project to collect and solicit annotated bibliographies about subjects relevant to studies of the ancient world. 

The Instructor Development Community of Practice at Emory Libraries invites librarians and faculty to a workshop discussing the role of the library in an inquiry-driven curriculum:

• How we can adapt the pedagogical practices surrounding inquiry-based learning to help students learn research and information skills

• How librarians and faculty can enter into meaningful dialog in order to enhance the classroom experience for both students and instructors

What: A workshop on the role of libraries and faculty in inquiry-based learning

In the excitement about the visit of the Dalai Lama, an important talk in the Jones Room on the history of slavery at Emory may have been overlooked-- "Slavery and Its Legacies at Emory University: Reflections on History and Accountability" Monday, October 18, 2010, 3:30 – 5pm. 

By Ricardo Gutiérrez-Mouat, Department of Spanish & Portuguese and Director, LACS Program

October 8, 2010

In 1962 a novel called La ciudad y los perros won the Biblioteca Breve Prize sponsored by the editors of Seix Barral, the most dynamic publishing house in Spain at that time. The novel, in which the “perros” of the title does not refer to actual dogs but to the cadets of a military school in Lima, Perú (in English it was translated as The Time of the Hero), brought to prominence a theretofore little-known Peruvian writer who by then was living in Paris, and launched the Boom of the Latin American novel.

Brockelmann Online consists of both original print volumes of Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (GAL) by Carl Brockelmann (1868-1956), as well as the three supplement volumes, including the indexes. It is full-text searchable. The “Brockelmann” has become an indispensible research tool for the Islamic world in general and the Middle East in particular.