Digital History Workshop: Digital Resources for History and Historians

Dates

3 September 2009 09:00:00 - 19:00:00
Location

McGregor Matthews Room, New College, University of Oxford, Holywell Street, Oxford OX1 3BN.
Register

The deadline for registration is 20th August 2009. Attendance is free until the deadline, but places are limited to 60 participants, and applicants are urged to apply early in order to secure their place. Applications after the deadline will cost £50 to attend, pending availability of spaces.
Supporters

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and Oxford e-Social Science Project (OeSS)

A workshop aiming to introduce researchers to key digital history resources, to showcase the research arising from these new resources, and to raise and discuss issues surrounding the use of digital resources for research and teaching.

Abstract

This workshop will bring together historians and research students with an interest in learning how digital collections are enhancing humanities research and can potentially transform the research they do, as well as those involved in creating digitised collections in the humanities.

The workshop aims to introduce researchers to key digital history resources, to showcase the research arising from these new resources, and to raise and discuss issues surrounding the use of digital resources for research and teaching.

Schedule for Digital History Workshop
Time	Session
09:00	Arrival at New College and coffee
09:30	Welcome and introductory remarks
09:35	The First World War Online resources for studying the First World War, Chris Kempshall, University of Sussex Introduction to the First World War Digital Poetry Archive, Kate Lindsay Using the First World War Digital Poetry Archive for teaching, Dr Andrea Peterson, University of Birmingham
11:00	Coffee
11:30	Visual Sources on the Web Digital visual sources for Historians, Peter Robinson, Oxford University Computing Services Introduction to the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera online, David Tomkins Using online visual imagery for research, Prof. Brian Maidment, University of Salford
13:00	Lunch
14:00	Political History on the Web Online resources for political history, Joanna Innes, University of Oxford Introduction to the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Collection, Rob Newman, ProQuest Using online political history resources for research, Dr Philip Salmon, History of Parliament
15:30	Coffee
16:00	Newspapers and databases: Quantitative and qualitative approaches A guide to online resources for quantitative history, Richard Deswarte, UK Data Archive Introduction to British Library Newspapers, Ginevra House, British Library Using Newspapers and other online resources in research, Dr Rosalind Crone, Open University
17:30	Drinks reception
19:00	End

Funding for this workshop has been provided by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), with additional support provided by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Oxford e-Social Science Project (OeSS).