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[with apologies for cross-posting] arts-humanities.net gives you access to a wide range of resources for research and teaching in the digital arts and humanities. These include: a catalogue of digital A&H projects; a calendar of upcoming workshops, conferences and events; guidance on creating digital resources; a directory of experts working in the field; a job portal; briefing papers, case studies and much more! http://www.arts-humanities.net/ SPOTLIGHT on NEW PROJECTS High Throughput Humanities e-Research (HiTHeR) and FReSH (Forging Restful Services for e-Humanities) HiTHeR created a prototype system for analysing the Nineteenth Century Serials Edition (NCSE) corpus that contains approximately 430,000 articles digitised from several 19th Century periodicals. The follow-on project, FReSH expands upon this work by incorporating tools that support deep analysis of the textual content. http://www.arts-humanities.net/projects/high_throughput_humanities_e_research_hither Mapping Medieval Chester The project asks questions about how medieval inhabitants imagined and represented the urban space around them. A key aspect of the project is to integrate geographical and literary mappings of medieval Chester using cartographic and textual sources and to understand more how about urban landscapes were navigated by inhabitants. http://www.arts-humanities.net/projects/mapping_medieval_chester Read more on these and over 300 other projects in our projecs catalogue, including information on the digital resources created and the methods and tools used in the research. URL: http://www.arts-humanities.net/project RSS: http://www.arts-humanities.net/project/feed The EVENTS CALENDAR lists over 50 upcoming events related to the digital arts and humanities. You can also access an archive of several hundred past events. We provide a RSS feeds and an iCal feed that you can plug directly into your calendar or website. URL: http://www.arts-humanities.net/events iCal: http://www.arts-humanities.net/event/ical/ FEATURED EVENT: 2010 DHO Summer School http://www.arts-humanities.net/event/2010_dho_summer_school The third annual Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO) Summer School will take place in Dublin from 28 June to 2 July. The event will see workshop strands such as: a practical introduction to the Text Encoding Initiative or data visualisation for the humanities. FEATURED EVENT: Digital Futures Academy: From Digitization to Delivery: Sydney, Australia http://www.arts-humanities.net/event/digital_futures_academy_digitization_delivery_sydney_australia Digital Futures focuses on the creation, delivery and preservation of digital resources from cultural and memory institutions. Lasting 5 days, Digital Futures is aimed at managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage, media and cultural sectors. NEW USER GROUP The London Digital Humanities Group A network of London-based early career scholars working in the digital humanitites. http://www.arts-humanities.net/london_digital_humantities_group arts-humanities.net is hosted by the Centre for e-Research at King's College London and is developed in collaboration with several groups and projects, including the UK Network of Expert Centres. It is funded by the JISC. -- Dr. Torsten Reimer Development Manager Community Infrastructures and e-Learning http://www.arts-humanities.net Centre for e-Research, King's College London http://kcl.ac.uk/iss/cerch/