RRCHNM
@rrchnm.bsky.social
The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media leverages technology to democratize history.
https://rrchnm.org/
https://rrchnm.org/
Dr. Jessica Otis and Katherine Kania published "The Monarchs' Bills of Mortality," analyzing 17th-century London death records to reveal connections between epidemic outbreaks, socioeconomic trends, and environmental factors. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03058034.2025.2572138
The Monarchs’ Bills of Mortality: A Geographical Analysis of Death in Seventeenth-Century London
The London bills of mortality are most well known as printed broadsides produced for public consumption in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which informed early modern Londoners of mortali...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Dr. Jessica Otis and Katherine Kania published "The Monarchs' Bills of Mortality," analyzing 17th-century London death records to reveal connections between epidemic outbreaks, socioeconomic trends, and environmental factors. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03058034.2025.2572138
CRDH Vol. 8: New research from Fabio Gigone, Natacha Klein Käfer, Natália da Silva Perez, Nadav Borenstein, Miara Fraikin, Sanne Maekelberg, and Anna McGee explores topics from royal iconography to AI-powered print analysis, midwifery education to palace networks.
Read here: https://crdh.rrchnm.org
Read here: https://crdh.rrchnm.org
Current Research in Digital History
Hosted by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, Current Research in Digital History is an open-access, peer-reviewed, online publication. Its primary aim is to encourage and publish scholarship in digital history that offers discipline-specific arguments and interpretations.
crdh.rrchnm.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
CRDH Vol. 8: New research from Fabio Gigone, Natacha Klein Käfer, Natália da Silva Perez, Nadav Borenstein, Miara Fraikin, Sanne Maekelberg, and Anna McGee explores topics from royal iconography to AI-powered print analysis, midwifery education to palace networks.
Read here: https://crdh.rrchnm.org
Read here: https://crdh.rrchnm.org
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Ahead of #AHA26 in Chicago, check out our Resources & Guides to learn about our annual meeting policies, accessibility, travel, resources for speakers and undergraduates, and much more. 🗃️
Resources and Guides - AHA
Getting Ready for the Meeting Making Your Case Get advice on presenting your case for departmental funding or paid leave to come to the meeting. Learn More Social Media Logos Spread the word about you...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ahead of #AHA26 in Chicago, check out our Resources & Guides to learn about our annual meeting policies, accessibility, travel, resources for speakers and undergraduates, and much more. 🗃️
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The AHA offers travel and childcare grants to help graduate students, early career historians, un/underemployed historians, and community college and public high school teachers attend #AHA26. Check out the full list of available grants at the link. 🗃️
Annual Meeting Funding - AHA
The AHA offers several grants and fellowships to assist graduate students and early career historians with childcare and travel costs for the annual meeting.
www.historians.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The AHA offers travel and childcare grants to help graduate students, early career historians, un/underemployed historians, and community college and public high school teachers attend #AHA26. Check out the full list of available grants at the link. 🗃️
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If you're at #WHA2025 I hope you'll join @cblevins.bsky.social, @regan008.bsky.social, Rachel Birch, Sean Fraga and myself on Friday at 8:15 to talk with us about generative AI and History. I have a strong feeling I might be quite curmudgeonly, so come join us!
October 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If you're at #WHA2025 I hope you'll join @cblevins.bsky.social, @regan008.bsky.social, Rachel Birch, Sean Fraga and myself on Friday at 8:15 to talk with us about generative AI and History. I have a strong feeling I might be quite curmudgeonly, so come join us!
Congratulations to the winners of the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, Gergely Baics, Meredith Linn, Leah Meisterlin, and Myles Zhang, for their project Envisioning Seneca Village!
Explore the project: envisioningsenecavillage.github.io
Explore the project: envisioningsenecavillage.github.io
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Congratulations to the winners of the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, Gergely Baics, Meredith Linn, Leah Meisterlin, and Myles Zhang, for their project Envisioning Seneca Village!
Explore the project: envisioningsenecavillage.github.io
Explore the project: envisioningsenecavillage.github.io
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How do you tell the story of a copy of the Declaration of Independence that doesn't exist anymore? This week's newsletter focuses on Polly Palmer, with help from the @rrchnm.bsky.social podcast Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant
declarationstories.org/stories/miss-polly-or-myra
declarationstories.org/stories/miss-polly-or-myra
Miss Polly or Myra — Declaration Stories
Copies of the Declaration that no longer survive still have stories to tell
declarationstories.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
How do you tell the story of a copy of the Declaration of Independence that doesn't exist anymore? This week's newsletter focuses on Polly Palmer, with help from the @rrchnm.bsky.social podcast Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant
declarationstories.org/stories/miss-polly-or-myra
declarationstories.org/stories/miss-polly-or-myra
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📖We’re now accepting nominations for the NCPH #BookAward through November 1! Books published in 2024 or 2025 are eligible for the $1,000 prize. The winner will be honored by NCPH at the joint NCPH-AASLH conference in Providence, RI, next September. https://ncph.org/about/awards/book-award/
August 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📖We’re now accepting nominations for the NCPH #BookAward through November 1! Books published in 2024 or 2025 are eligible for the $1,000 prize. The winner will be honored by NCPH at the joint NCPH-AASLH conference in Providence, RI, next September. https://ncph.org/about/awards/book-award/
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Why does having a cover for your book make it feel more official? Thrilled to share mine for Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy out Nov 15 with @cornellupress.bsky.social This book has some things to say about the intersections between violence and statecraft.
August 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Why does having a cover for your book make it feel more official? Thrilled to share mine for Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy out Nov 15 with @cornellupress.bsky.social This book has some things to say about the intersections between violence and statecraft.
Happy First Day of School! Make sure you've signed up for our monthly newsletter to stay up to date on all of our projects. airtable.com/appCTQZLKPTy...
August 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Happy First Day of School! Make sure you've signed up for our monthly newsletter to stay up to date on all of our projects. airtable.com/appCTQZLKPTy...
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1) Finally back in the research trenches and working on the next book (and the project Mapping Violence) and the Venetian material I've collected continues to delight. Today's find from the archives of the Council of Ten: An investigation of a 'cartello' of a treasonous poem from Verona.
August 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
1) Finally back in the research trenches and working on the next book (and the project Mapping Violence) and the Venetian material I've collected continues to delight. Today's find from the archives of the Council of Ten: An investigation of a 'cartello' of a treasonous poem from Verona.
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Undergraduates: submit to #AHA26's Undergraduate Poster Session by October 15. The Poster Session is an opportunity for undergraduates to share their research with peers and established scholars in a visual format.
Presenting Undergraduate Research at the Annual Meeting - AHA
Learn how to submit a proposal to present your undergraduate thesis or research at the AHA annual meeting.
www.historians.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Undergraduates: submit to #AHA26's Undergraduate Poster Session by October 15. The Poster Session is an opportunity for undergraduates to share their research with peers and established scholars in a visual format.
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Want to learn more about our Omeka Intensive Courses? Join us for an info session on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:30 PM EDT. Instructor Dani Willcutt will provide a brief overview of the Classic and S courses and address audience questions. Register now:
Omeka Intensive Course Info Session
Sign up to join us for the Omeka Intensive Course Info Session on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:30 PM EDT. We will circulate the Zoom link the day of the event.
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August 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Want to learn more about our Omeka Intensive Courses? Join us for an info session on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:30 PM EDT. Instructor Dani Willcutt will provide a brief overview of the Classic and S courses and address audience questions. Register now:
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It' that time again! Registration is now open for our Fall intensive trainings. Sign up to reserve your spot in our Classic or S course today:
Omeka
- Omeka Training
Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Its five-minute setup makes launching an online archive or exhibition as easy as launching a blog.
omeka.org
August 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It' that time again! Registration is now open for our Fall intensive trainings. Sign up to reserve your spot in our Classic or S course today:
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Today I’m working on some experimentation with a local LLM and OCR to see how well I can get an LLM to understand historical documents, identify themes, potential linkages between documents, extract indexes of people, places, or events, and other document metadata.
August 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Today I’m working on some experimentation with a local LLM and OCR to see how well I can get an LLM to understand historical documents, identify themes, potential linkages between documents, extract indexes of people, places, or events, and other document metadata.
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Hearing from Jessica Otis at @rrchnm.bsky.social about their monumental effort to reduce technical debt and figure out what to do with several DH projects since 2014. Similar situation was faced by MITH and @kingsdigitallab.bsky.social among others. #dh2025
July 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Hearing from Jessica Otis at @rrchnm.bsky.social about their monumental effort to reduce technical debt and figure out what to do with several DH projects since 2014. Similar situation was faced by MITH and @kingsdigitallab.bsky.social among others. #dh2025
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We’re hiring! Join AIP’s research team as an Archives Fellow or Intern to help highlight women’s contributions to the physical sciences. Great part time opportunities for grad students.
Apply here:
- Fellow: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
- Intern: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Apply here:
- Fellow: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
- Intern: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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July 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We’re hiring! Join AIP’s research team as an Archives Fellow or Intern to help highlight women’s contributions to the physical sciences. Great part time opportunities for grad students.
Apply here:
- Fellow: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
- Intern: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Apply here:
- Fellow: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
- Intern: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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The JCB is seeking a senior leader for its ambitious digital programs. Our Associate Director for Digital Asset Management will guide the continuing development of our innovative platform, Americana, and oversee the digitization of library collections. 1/3
July 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The JCB is seeking a senior leader for its ambitious digital programs. Our Associate Director for Digital Asset Management will guide the continuing development of our innovative platform, Americana, and oversee the digitization of library collections. 1/3
If you're attending #DH2025 make sure to check out @jmotis.bsky.social's panel Revitalizing, Maintaining, & Sunsetting the Digital Humanities on Friday and @deepthimurali.bsky.social & @jasonheppler.org's session Participatory Platforms, Open Scholarship and Advanced OCR on Thursday.
Program agenda – DH2025
dh2025.adho.org
July 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
If you're attending #DH2025 make sure to check out @jmotis.bsky.social's panel Revitalizing, Maintaining, & Sunsetting the Digital Humanities on Friday and @deepthimurali.bsky.social & @jasonheppler.org's session Participatory Platforms, Open Scholarship and Advanced OCR on Thursday.
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Coming in October 2025. A new, three-volume history of Greater Philadelphia. Look for my entry on the 1844 nativist riots in volume 3: Greater Philadelphia and the World
www.pennpress.org/978151282935...
www.pennpress.org/978151282935...
Greater Philadelphia – Penn Press
Informed by current scholarship and richly illustrated with full-color photographs and maps, Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century...
www.pennpress.org
July 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Coming in October 2025. A new, three-volume history of Greater Philadelphia. Look for my entry on the 1844 nativist riots in volume 3: Greater Philadelphia and the World
www.pennpress.org/978151282935...
www.pennpress.org/978151282935...
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Heads up! The new series I'm editing for @unmpress.bsky.social has been renamed to "The West in Context" (less generic than the original). Flyer attached. Please message me if you want to pitch a manuscript or otherwise talk shop!
July 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Heads up! The new series I'm editing for @unmpress.bsky.social has been renamed to "The West in Context" (less generic than the original). Flyer attached. Please message me if you want to pitch a manuscript or otherwise talk shop!
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"One of many!"
How did the East India Company get its start on the Indian sub-continent? Contributing expert @deepthimurali.bsky.social of George Mason University takes us back to the reign of Elizabeth I in this clip from Episode 16: The Tea.
How did the East India Company get its start on the Indian sub-continent? Contributing expert @deepthimurali.bsky.social of George Mason University takes us back to the reign of Elizabeth I in this clip from Episode 16: The Tea.
July 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"One of many!"
How did the East India Company get its start on the Indian sub-continent? Contributing expert @deepthimurali.bsky.social of George Mason University takes us back to the reign of Elizabeth I in this clip from Episode 16: The Tea.
How did the East India Company get its start on the Indian sub-continent? Contributing expert @deepthimurali.bsky.social of George Mason University takes us back to the reign of Elizabeth I in this clip from Episode 16: The Tea.
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The Rebellion is now in progress.
July 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Rebellion is now in progress.
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Thrilled to say that Worlds Turned Upside Down is nominated for the 2025 People's Choice Podcast Awards in two categories: People's Choice Award and Best History Podcast.
We'd be most grateful for your vote! Cast your ballot here: www.podcastawards.com
We'd be most grateful for your vote! Cast your ballot here: www.podcastawards.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Thrilled to say that Worlds Turned Upside Down is nominated for the 2025 People's Choice Podcast Awards in two categories: People's Choice Award and Best History Podcast.
We'd be most grateful for your vote! Cast your ballot here: www.podcastawards.com
We'd be most grateful for your vote! Cast your ballot here: www.podcastawards.com
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One of the podcasts I produce is up for TWO People's Choice Podcast Awards! Worlds Turned Upside Down has been nominated for the People's Choice Award and Best History Podcast. I would really appreciate it if you would vote for Worlds Turned Upside Down! www.podcastawards.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
One of the podcasts I produce is up for TWO People's Choice Podcast Awards! Worlds Turned Upside Down has been nominated for the People's Choice Award and Best History Podcast. I would really appreciate it if you would vote for Worlds Turned Upside Down! www.podcastawards.com