April is the 30th anniversary of #NationalPoetryMonth, we’re highlighting Poets in Place, an ongoing Southern Spaces series of poets reading and discussing their work in the places they write about: southernspaces.org/series/poets...

ECDS wishes the Artemis II crew the very best on today's mission. As we look ahead to a new era of lunar exploration, you can explore its history at the Apollo 15 hub: apollo15hub.org. #artemisii #nasa #moonmission #spaceexploration

Happy International Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️ Explore Intarsia, a student-led journal of queer and feminist inquiry. ECDS was proud to support the project through website design and technical guidance. intarsiajournal.org/# #TransDayOfVisibility #TDOV

Virtually attending the 11th Global Digital Humanities Symposium is free, but you need to register by this Friday (3/27): msuglobaldh.org Full program is up (I'm giving a quick talk on supporting multilingual DH while monolingual, & why multilingual letterpress+lasercutting belong in our DH center):

March 25 marks the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. ECDS is spotlighting a blog post on the 3D reconstruction of the Marie-Séraphique. Read more: scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/spotlig...

#WorldStorytellingDay reminds us of the power of sharing stories across languages, formats, and communities. Explore ECDS’s free Audio and Video Production and Editing training, with resources for podcasts, video essays, digital storytelling, and more: training.ecds.emory.edu/courses/audi...

This Irish American Heritage Month, ECDS is highlighting Chercher, a digital archive project centered on the letters of Irish writer Samuel Beckett. Explore how digital scholarship makes Beckett’s literary world more discoverable: chercherbeckettletters.emory.edu 🍀 #irishamericanheritagemonth

Another reminder that thanks to the good folks at the Mellon Foundation, @uncpress.bsky.social , @ecds-emory.bsky.social and @foxcenteremory.bsky.social my book is FREE on Kindle and to read online at jimcrowintheasylum.com

🌷 This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re highlighting the Kipp Dawson Website, a collaborative digital project supported by ECDS documenting six decades of activism across civil rights, feminist, labor, and LGBTQ movements.

🌍 It’s Open Education Week! #OEWeek26 @oeglobal.bsky.social In our new blog post, ECDS highlights several open digital projects—from Apollo mission archives to resources on Atlanta history and tango. All free and open to access. 🔗 Read more: scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/innovat...

Join us for The Buzz! ☕ Learn about digital scholarship projects at Emory and the technologies behind them. 📅 March 17 | 11 AM–12 PM 📍 Jones Room, Woodruff Library Short talks + coffee + conversation. We hope to see you there!

As #blackhistorymonth comes to a close, we take a moment to highlight forthcoming work from the Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation that centers Black identity, representation, and lived experience in healthcare. Learn more in our new blog: scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/learn-m...

For #BlackHistoryMonth this week, I'll share video interviews with Black historians on the @ecds-emory.bsky.social Georgia Coast Atlas. Today: Amy Lotson Roberts, founder & Executive Director of the African American Heritage Coalition, St. Simons Island GA. www.georgiacoastatlas.org/collections/...

For #BlackHistoryMonth this week, I'm sharing video interviews with Black historians on the @ecds-emory.bsky.social Georgia Coast Atlas. Today: Dr. Edda Fields-Black, Dept. of History at Carnegie-Mellon U., on the role of enslaved people in rice cultivation. www.georgiacoastatlas.org/collections/...

For #BlackHistoryMonth this week, I'm sharing video interviews with Black historians on the @ecds-emory.bsky.social Georgia Coast Atlas. Today: Dr. Melissa Cooper, Dept. of History at Rutgers U., on the myth of "cultural purity" on Georgia barrier islands. www.georgiacoastatlas.org/collections/...

This #blackhistorymonth, explore Black Atlanta with ATL Studies — from Black women’s labor activism to Black political power and business districts shaped in the wake of 1906. Read more: scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/learn-m... #atlstudies #blackatlanta #publichistory

📚 This Black History Month, we’re highlighting articles from Southern Spaces exploring Black cultural life, media, music, education, and struggles for justice across the U.S. South. Explore more through our new blog: scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/learn-m... #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth

For educators, researchers, & curiosity seekers, check out this collection of educational videos about the environmental & human histories of the Georgia coast. Videos are archived by @ecds-emory.bsky.social as part of the Georgia Coast Atlas project. 🧪🌊 www.georgiacoastatlas.org/collections/... 1/2

Working on a digital project, article draft, dissertation chapter, or grant proposal? Join the Digital Scholarship Work in Progress Seminars for a supportive space to share ideas, get feedback, and connect with fellow scholars across Emory campus. Sign up here: scholarblogs.emory.edu/gcds

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we reflect on the power that archives, scholarship, and testimony play in preserving truth and confronting hatred. Visit Holocaust Denial on Trial, a searchable digital archive of the landmark D. Irving v. Deborah Lipstadt case.

New on Southern Spaces: 🌊 In The Nature of Rights, Ellen Griffith Spears reviews Robert Macfarlane’s Is a River Alive?, connecting global river struggles to endangered waterways across the US South—and to the growing Rights of Nature movement. southernspaces.org/2026/nature-...

Happy #PubDay to @drkyliesmith.bsky.social! 🌟 Her new book “Jim Crow in the Asylum” (@uncpress.bsky.social) is out now and available #open access, thanks to our digital publishing initiative's collaboration with @ecds-emory.bsky.social. Learn more: bit.ly/4qWLTLY Start reading now: bit.ly/4qohBBM

We love to see @drkyliesmith.bsky.social book talk at Charis Books & More on Jan 16th listed in this list of 10 metro Atlanta book and author events to checkout in January from @ajc.com 👏 ajc-ajc-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/arts-enterta...

New from ECDS: Professor Kylie Smith’s Jim Crow in the Asylum examines racial segregation in mental health care in the U.S. South through an open-access digital edition featuring GIS storymaps and interactive data—read our latest blog post to learn more: scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/interdi...

🎓✨ ECDS Spring 2026 Workshops are here! Registration is open for the ECDS Spring workshops, starting Jan 27. 📍 In-person (Woodruff Library) & 💻 online options 🎥 Recordings available after each session 🔗 RSVP via digitalscholarship.emory.edu

As I prepare to teach my classes this semester, I also want to share this FREE & OPEN video content from the @ecds-emory.bsky.social's Georgia Coast Atlas with other instructors who are teaching about intersections between environmental & human histories: www.georgiacoastatlas.org/collections/...

OpenWorld Atlanta: From Archives to AI Why does Atlanta look the way it does today? OpenWorld Atlanta offers a digital research & learning hub using interactive maps, 3D city models, and GeoAI to connect Atlanta’s past, present, and future. Read more: scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/digital...

❄️ ECDS Winter Hours Update ❄️ We’ll be open Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM through December 19. 📍 Closed for walk-ins: December 22 – January 9 We’ll resume regular hours (M–F, 9 AM–5 PM) on January 12. Wishing everyone a warm and restful winter break! ✨

“You can’t just wish climate change away.” Professor Mark Nevitt of #EmoryLaw discusses the national security risks of ignoring climate threats and the need for long-term planning. Read more in The Week: https://bit.ly/4pehMyC

💰Thinking about applying for research grants? Join this Intro to Grant Writing Seminar in the Spring, taught by Dr. Alexander Cors, who has extensive experience in grant writing, reviewing, and teaching. Info sessions: Dec. 4, 12pm @ ECDS or Dec. 8, 11 am via Zoom Questions? [email protected]

We’re excited to support the launch of Prof. Clifton Crais’s book The Killing Age. ECDS collaborated with him to create an interactive companion website featuring maps, datasets, images, and expanded resources. Explore: thekillingage.com Check out our blog: scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/the-kil...

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month by revisiting our Southern Spaces interview with Professor Malinda Maynor Lowery on the making of Lumbeeland. A powerful conversation on Indigenous storytelling, collaboration, and Lumbee experiences today. 🔗 scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/souther...

November is Native American Heritage Month👏 Explore the Native American Studies collection on Southern Spaces—featuring articles, interviews, and multimedia works on Indigenous histories and stories across the US South. southernspaces.org/tag/native-a...

✨ The Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation has a brand-new website! ECDS collaborated with JHR to redesign the site, update 350+ articles, and enhance accessibility and multimedia features. 🔗 Learn more: jhrehab.org and scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/jhr-deb...

Discover A History of Gambyong, a digital edition blending text, video, and sound to celebrate Indonesian dance. Now out from Emory ECDS on Manifold! 💃✨ Explore the whole story of multimedia publishing here: scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/ishigur...

💡 Join Our Digital Scholarship Community! Looking for a supportive space to share your work-in-progress projects, article drafts, or digital prototypes? 🌐 Come to our monthly workshop to exchange ideas and get feedback on digital scholarship projects! 👉 Sign up here: forms.gle/G1w61s2PDy2K...

Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.

👏New Blog: ECDS Celebrates Open Access Week! At the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS), we’re celebrating Emory’s long-standing commitment to open, scholar-led publishing. 🔗 Read the full story on our blog: scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/ecds-celebrates-open-access-week

📚 Open Access Week 2025: Who Owns Our Knowledge? At Emory, we continue to champion community-owned, open, and inclusive scholarship, building on our long-standing commitment to Open Access. 🔗 Explore Emory's OA projects, journals, and publications through: scholarblogs.emory.edu/openaccess

We are now accepting submissions for Volume Three of Intarsia: Undergraduate Journal of Queer and Feminist Inquiry. Please encourage your undergraduate students to submit! Intarsia is peer-reviewed, open-access, and student-led. It is sponsored by @emorywgss.bsky.social and @ecds-emory.bsky.social

It’s #openaccess week and I’m very proud that my new book will be published OA on @manifoldscholar.bsky.social thanks to a Mellon grant and the wonderful people at @foxcenteremory.bsky.social and @ecds-emory.bsky.social You can preview here: jimcrowintheasylum.com

🎬 New on Southern Spaces! Explore our interview with Professor Malinda Maynor Lowery on Lumbeeland, a short fiction film about intergenerational Lumbee experiences in North Carolina. Stream it for free at First Nations Experience. 🔗 Link to read the blog: scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/souther...

If anyone needs video content about coastal Georgia (USA) about its intertwined environmental & human histories, check out the Georgia Coast Atlas project by the @ecds-emory.bsky.social. Includes drone footage, in-the-field observations, & interviews. www.georgiacoastatlas.org/collections/...

What would the world look like if all computer scientists knew how to think critically about, with, and through code? Join the AIAI Network hosted event with Dr. Ari Schlesinger (in-person or via Zoom) to find out.

The digital humanities is today overwhelmingly visual. Learn more about the question of how information can be translated between different senses in Dr. Sari Altschuler's talk on "Touch, Access, and the Digital Archive." bit.ly/dph-equity

Find out more about the ECDS project Envisioning Baroque Rome (www.baroquerome.org) through the recent article published as a part of the Digital Heritage 2025 conference (diglib.eg.org/items/8ceb84...).

Proud to announce the 10-year anniversary of the Georgia Coast Atlas (GCA) this month, a project developed at @ecds-emory.bsky.social. The GCA serves as online & open-access public scholarship documenting the environmental & human histories of the Georgia coast. www.georgiacoastatlas.org 🧪🌊🎓

Learn with us! Registration is open for the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship’s Fall 2025 workshops, which start September 3rd! scholarblogs.emory.edu/ecds/join-us...

Come work with us! Emory Graduate Students - apply by September 9th: tinyurl.com/cfa-dstp2025

Happy #YouthDay! 🌎 We're celebrating the Spanish edition of @emorycollege.bsky.social Prof. Rachel Hall-Clifford's “Underbelly” (via DPH & @ecds-emory.bsky.social) that helps policymakers advance youth health in Guatemala. Learn more at "Health Cultures in Local Context” (10/29): bit.ly/3UXTwUc