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Register for the Conference | DH2020 Register for the Conference Conference registration is open 30 June through 19 July. All presenters and participants can register for the conference via ConfTool. Once registered in ConfTool, you will need to create an account with Humanities Commons and request access to the DH2020 Humanities Commo...

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Call for Papers | Designing the Self—Humanities Graduate Students Association York University | Deadline: May 30

This two-day graduate conference will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 situation. Proposals for 15-minute paper presentations are welcomed. Those interested are invited to submit an abstract of 250 words to [email protected] by 30 May 2020.

Submissions must include the title of the paper, the author’s name, affiliation, and contact information. Applications must be accompanied by a short biography of 150 words.

For questions and inquiries, contact Nanditha Narayanamoorthy at [email protected].

HUGSA Virtual Conference: Designing the Self | Graduate Program in Humanities Designing the Self: Call for Papers Department of Humanities, York University (Toronto) Humans navigate personal and social relationships in the world through

A common quest | New Trail A common quest How video games keep people connected By Anna Holtby on May 11, 2020 The newly released video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons allows real-life friends to connect online, providing social connection in an isolating season. This spring, brothers Sean and Matt McCreary, ’14 BA, were...

Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities – Edited by James O'Sullivan & Dene Grigar Coming from Bloomsbury Press!   Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities: Contexts, Forms & Practices, co-edited by James O’Sullivan and Dene Grigar and published as part of Bloomsbury Press’ “Electronic Literature” series, is a collection of 32 essays by international scholars and arti...

COVID-19 contact tracing reveals ethical tradeoffs between public health and privacy As scenes of how COVID-19 was overwhelming the Italian health-care system were shown on newscasts, they were juxtaposed with images of young people, seemingly oblivious to the pandemic, enjoying spring break in Florida. As they returned home, a pair of location surveillance companies quietly made th...

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