Thomas Lecture 3/4
March 1st, 2008
William G. Thomas, III is the next speaker in the “2020 Vision: The Future of Scholarship and Publishing,” series. Explore scholarship and publishing in the digital age. National leaders in digital scholarship will consider the topic through diverse lenses such as scholarly communication, academic publishing, and intellectual property in an age where the lines between scholarly and popular discourse are becoming blurred. Jensen will make his presentation on Tuesday, March 4, at 3:30 p.m. at the Faculty Club, 181 S. Oval Dr. Refreshments begin at 3:15 p.m.
Thomas is the John and Catherine Angle Professor in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has served as Director and co-founder of the Virginia Center for Digital History and Associate Professor of History at the University of Virginia where he led research in the field of digital humanities scholarship. His digital research initiatives have included The Valley of the Shadow, Race and Place: African American Community in the Jim Crow South, Television News of the Civil Rights Era, and The Roots of Modern America. Thomas shared, with Anne Rubin and Edward Ayers, the Lincoln Prize in 2001 from the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College for the Valley of the Shadow project, and the James Harvey Robinson Prize from the American Historical Association in recognition of the project as an outstanding contribution to the teaching of history.
For information, call 614-292-2503.
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