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Month: August 2011

Some basic things you should know about being in a Ph.D. program

August 15, 2011August 15, 2011 Miriam 11 Comments

Disclaimer: This post is not about the politics of humanities Ph.D. programs, the ethics of these arrangements, or whether you should go to grad school in the first place. But if you haven’t already looked into this and you’re thinking of going to grad school, you need to do your homework on this stuff. Start […]

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So, you’re moving to New Haven: Do you need a car? (Answer: No.)

August 13, 2011May 26, 2013 Miriam 4 Comments

(This is my third post about moving to New Haven. I’ve also written about where to live and what to do. I wish you the very best of luck on your move, but I regret that I don’t have time to answer individual questions about your situation.) If there’s one thing that everyone knows about […]

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About me

My name is Miriam Posner, and I’m an assistant professor of information studies and digital humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can read more about me here.

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Course Sites

  • DH101: Introduction to Digital Humanities
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  • DH150: Selfies, Snapchat, and Cyberbullies: Coming of Age Online
  • IS270: Systems and Infrastructures
  • IS289: Museums in the Digital Age

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  • Getting Started with Palladio
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  • Download journals in bulk with wget
  • Working with Medical Images
  • Network Analysis with Cytoscape
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February 1-2, 2019

Utah Symposium on Digital Humanities, Weber State University

February 22, 2019

University of Colorado, Boulder

March 18-19

Ohio University

September 18-19

National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland

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