This month’s episode of Public History in a Virtual Age explores the wide world of digital history. Though defined by the use of computers to explore history, digital history includes a broad range of mediums, from computational analysis to virtual exhibits to podcasting. The digital approach is best known for its impact on accessibility, allowing history to be shared by the click of a button. Today, we’ll be speaking with two digital historians to learn about their unique approaches to the field, how digital work can be used to support and augment more traditional history, and the challenges and benefits of digital history.
First, we spoke with Dr. Abby Mullen, a term assistant professor at George Mason University and member of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for Digital History and New Media, one of the nation's oldest digital history centers. We then spoke with Micki Kaufman, a Ph.D. candidate in digital history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
For more information, visit www.theitps.org.
This month’s episode of Public History in a Virtual Age explores the wide world of digital history. Though defined by the use of computers to explore history, digital history includes a broad range of mediums, from computational analysis to virtual exhibits to podcasting. The digital approach is best known for its impact on accessibility, allowing history to be shared by the click of a button. Today, we’ll be speaking with two digital historians to learn about their unique approaches to the field, how digital work can be used to support and augment more traditional history, and the challenges and benefits of digital history.
First, we spoke with Dr. Abby Mullen, a term assistant professor at George Mason University and member of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for Digital History and New Media, one of the nation's oldest digital history centers. We then spoke with Micki Kaufman, a Ph.D. candidate in digital history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
For more information, visit www.theitps.org.