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Welcome The Graduate AADHum Scholars

AADHum Scholars

Welcome The Graduate AADHum Scholars

The Graduate AADHum Scholars Program (tGASP) is specifically designed to support local students whose digital work is or might become an element of their graduate coursework, MA thesis, or dissertation. Applications are open to University System of Maryland and regional HBCU graduate students. Christiana McClain is a black queer writer

Welcome AADHum's Newest Residents!

AADHum Residents

Welcome AADHum's Newest Residents!

The AADHum Residencies provide humanities-centered scholars and artists with financial, conceptual, and technical support toward the implementation of an especially hybrid or experimental #BlackDH project, event, or intervention. AADHum Residents are invited to apply, or are drawn from applicant pools for our other programs. Seren Sensei is a filmmaker, writer,

Welcome AADHum's Newest Scholars

AADHum Scholars

Welcome AADHum's Newest Scholars

The AADHum Scholars Program is a digital and experimental production fellowship that provides support to post-docs, faculty, artists, programmers, GLAM professionals, and independent scholars for the implementation of a #BlackDH project. Cienna Benn ’s research explores the modern development of Black aesthetic theory and its disciplinary logics practiced by Black

Peruse portfolios from SMC '22!

Peruse portfolios from SMC '22!

We are pleased to share some of the amazing texts developed by our 2022 Social Media Corps participants... The SMC fellowship program helps fellows to discover and develop a sense of visual and linguistic voice. From playlists to lesson plans, poetry to infographics, the work you'll find in

Peruse portfolios from SMC '21!

Peruse portfolios from SMC '21!

We are pleased to share some of the amazing texts developed by our 2021 Social Media Corps participants! SMC helps fellows to discover and develop a sense of visual and linguistic voice. From playlists to lesson plans, poetry to infographics, the work you'll find in their portfolios spans

We 🖤 #BlackDH

Digital and experimental arts and humanities work can help us witness the unseen, or to process anew what we already think we know. Which is to say: we love amplifying #BlackDH work. We are grateful for Amardeep Singh's updated African American Poetry: A Digital Anthology. “As of May

AADHum Scholars

AADHum's 2022-23 programs are launching!

The Summer 2022 SMC program is up and running, and applications for our numerous other grants, labs, and programs are also becoming available! Applications for both AADHum Scholars Programs are due Sunday June 5, 2022 At the center of the reimagined AADHum Scholars Program is a digital humanities fellowship that

This is not a new normal

This is not a new normal

As for so many, the last few years have not been especially kind to us nor to our work. Usually we fill this segment with an inspirational nugget drawn from Black culture(s). But in this round we want to hold a recent data visualization from the NYT. Paired with

Meet our second class of Social Media Corps Fellows!

Meet our second class of Social Media Corps Fellows!

Join us in welcoming our second cohort of Social Media Corps fellows. The SMC program introduces new and recently emerged scholars to using design and social media to share and develop humanities scholarship. Richard Daily (SMC '21) will be joining us as a teaching assistant and cohort ambassador, and

We 🖤 #BlackDH

In the coming months, we're excited to amplify digital projects from the larger #BlackDH world! For now check out the Enslaved dot org project, which offers an expansive look at both at large datasets about enslaved persons in the Americas, and also connects that data to other kinds

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram at AADHum on Fri. 4/2 :: Black Computational Poetry Reading & Workshop!

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram at AADHum on Fri. 4/2 :: Black Computational Poetry Reading & Workshop!

We are pleased to announce an upcoming poetry and programming event! Please forward to your networks. This event is free and open to the public. Join us for a day of creative computing at AADHum, as Dr. Lillian-Yvonne Bertram introduces us to her work in computational poetry. Come think about

Introducing our Social Media Corps fellowship program! Due 3/12/21

Introducing our Social Media Corps fellowship program! Due 3/12/21

We are dipping in to tell you about an exciting student opportunity we are piloting this semester: the Social Media Corps (SMC) fellowship program.

Black as X continues! Merle Collins, Amaka Okechukwu, Daryle Williams & Schuyler Esprit ⇢ February 23rd

Black as X continues! Merle Collins, Amaka Okechukwu, Daryle Williams & Schuyler Esprit ⇢ February 23rd

Tuesday, February 23 at 12:30pm Join AADHum scholar Brienne Adams (UMD) in conversation with Elizabeth Alexander (Cornell), Rianna Walcott (Kings College London), and Christin Washington (UMD). They will discuss the challenges and opportunities of engaging #BlackDH projects as part of doctoral study, in a conversation moderated by former AADHum

Black as X pt.2: Drs. La Marr Jurelle Bruce, Jessica Marie Johnson, Marcia Chatelain

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Black as X pt.2: Drs. La Marr Jurelle Bruce, Jessica Marie Johnson, Marcia Chatelain

AADHum — The African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities Initiative — is pleased to present Black as X: Platforming Experimental Scholarship pt. 2. Join us for this two-day symposium showcasing how noted scholars and discussants conceptualize and do Black DH work. Through lively conversations, they will explore the kinds of areas

AADHum team profiled in ACH!

The AADHum team hails from a range of humanities disciplines. We each bring a unique perspective to our collective exploration of the interpretive, community-building, and presentational possibilities of #BlackDH and other kinds of experimental scholarly publishing. To learn more about us and our perspective on doing #BlackDH, check out this

Black as X Recap

Black as X Recap

In December 2020, AADHum presented Black as X: Platforming Experimental Scholarship, our first Scholars Symposium for the 2019-2020 cohort. In a series of conversations with noted Black Studies scholars, each AADHum scholar offered project demonstrations, discussed their project process, and speculated about future project iterations. Learn more about each AADHum

Electric Marronage Recap

Electric Marronage Recap

In collaboration with Electric Marronage, AADHum director Marisa Parham and assistant director Aleia Brown presented a series of interactive workshops that introduced audiences to new tools for creating and deepening digital projects. In October, Dr. Parham and AADHum teamed with irLhumanities to lead a pair of introductory workshops on interactive

Black as X pt.2: Brienne Adams, Elizabeth Murice Alexander, Rianna Walcott, Christin Washington, Dr. Kim Bain

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Black as X pt.2: Brienne Adams, Elizabeth Murice Alexander, Rianna Walcott, Christin Washington, Dr. Kim Bain

Brienne Adams in a #BlackDH PhD candidate conversation with Elizabeth Murice Alexander, Rianna Walcott, and Christin Washington, moderated by Dr. Kim Bain.

Manifesting the New

Manifesting the New

In "Pour One Out For 2020's Wildest Subplots, Twists & Heroes," a recent article in Bustle, poet and essayist Shayla Lawson spins a recap of 2020 through the lens of Erykah Badu’s desire to meet interstellar travelers. #Same. In 2021, we are focused on manifesting

Black as X: Platforming Experimental Humanities pt 2

Black as X: Platforming Experimental Humanities pt 2

February 22nd and 23rd ⇢ join us for part two of the Black as X: Platforming Experimental Humanities afternoon symposium series! Monday, February 22 at 1pm Catch AADHum scholars Dr. La Marr Jurelle Bruce (UMD) and Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson (Johns Hopkins), working with us to think about the place of

Collabs and Updates

Collabs and Updates

In collaboration with Electric Marronage, AADHum director Marisa Parham and assistant director Aleia Brown presented a series of interactive workshops that introduced audiences to new tools for creating and deepening digital projects. In October, Dr. Parham and AADHum teamed with irLhumanities to lead a pair of introductory workshops on interactive

Black as X pt.1: Dr. Amaka Okechukwu

AADHum Scholars

Black as X pt.1: Dr. Amaka Okechukwu

Thursday, December 10 2020: Dr. Amaka Okechukwu in convo w/ Joyce LeeAnn, MILS

Black as X pt.1: Adrienne Hall

AADHum Scholars

Black as X pt.1: Adrienne Hall

Monday, December 7 2020: Adrienne Hall in convo w/ Kaily Heitz

Black as X pt.1: Dr. Merle Collins

AADHum Scholars

Black as X pt.1: Dr. Merle Collins

Friday, December 11 2020: Dr. Merle Collins in convo w/ Dr. John Drabinski

Black as X pt.1: Adrena Ifill

AADHum Scholars

Black as X pt.1: Adrena Ifill

Wednesday, December 9 2020: Adrena Ifill in convo w/ Dr. Lopez Matthews, Jr.