This project explores the theory and topic of Auteurism and some of the filmmakers who best represent it. Instead of just reading about film theory, you can watch and listen to the examples right alongside the analysis. Check out our website to see the full project! jackdevry.github.io/Auteurism/

Meet Darinelle Merced-Calderon, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project examines how communities in Vieques & St. Croix express solidarity and resistance, tracing the intertwined legacies of colonialism and cultural connection across U.S. territories.

Meet Fernanda Aguero, a research fellow from the School of Information, whose AVAnnotate project examines Net Art and Postinternet art, with particular focus on Latin America through the work of Amalia Ulman, analyzing how her audience engagements complicate her position within Postinternet art.

Meet Gabriel Noreiga, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project examines Latin American political and indigenista cinema, with a particular emphasis on Ecuador through an annotated online exhibit of El cielo para la cunshi, carajo! (1975).

Alex Pearlman (Pearlmania500) is on the ground talking with workers who are escalating our ULP strike at Starbucks' largest regional distribution center! #NoContractNoCoffee

Meet Grace Nwoke, a research fellow from the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, whose AVAnnotate project annotates materials from the AfroGreeks archive, examining Black identity formation in Greece with a particular focus on the cultural presence of Afro descendants in Greece.

Meet Eduardo Gorobets, a teaching fellow from the Department of Spanish/Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project brings digital humanities into language classrooms through interactive Spanish and Portuguese lessons that connect linguistic learning with Indigenous cultures across Latin America.

Meet Kara Culp, a research fellow from the Department of History, whose AVAnnotate project explores the experiences of Latino immigrants and Mexican Americans in Texas public schools after the 1960s, examining how federal, state, and local education policies shaped bilingual education.

Meet Yenibel Ruiz Mirabal, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project examines Afro-Venezuelan women’s experiences of migration and displacement by foregrounding women’s strategies of resistance and challenges the silences embedded in official records.

Meet Fidel García Reyes, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project explores Arturo Ripstein’s 1978 film El lugar sin límites, examining how the lives & representations of transfeminine individuals were shaped by Mexico’s post-1968 sociopolitical climate.

The Initiative for Digital Humanities at UT Austin announced the inaugural AVAnnotate Teaching and Research Fellowships for Fall 2025. Meet the Fellows who have been selected and awarded funding to design and complete an AVAnnotate project over the semester!

For nearly a decade, the Journal of Cultural Analytics has pushed the boundaries between the humanities, social sciences, and computer science--becoming a cornerstone of the cultural analytics movement. They are now looking for a Graduate Student Technician to join their team! bit.ly/4pvQZie

So well-deserved. Congrats Jeff!

Excited to share that UT Libraries is hosting an online Digital Humanities Workshop on AVAnnotate this Friday, September 12, 12-1 PM (CT)! Join virtually to explore AVAnnotate—the free, open-source platform for crafting digital exhibits and scholarly editions with AV materials. Register today!

📘 New JCA article by Matt Erlin et al. culturalanalytics.org/article/1429...

📢 CFP: JCA Ten-Year Anniversary Issue The Journal of Cultural Analytics turns 10! We're marking the moment with a special issue reflecting on a decade of studying culture at scale—and imagining what comes next. 📅 Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2025 culturalanalytics.org/post/3316-cf...

"Tanya Clement Appointed Next Director of the Humanities Institute [UT Austin]" @tanyaclement.bsky.social liberalarts.utexas.edu/news/tanya-c...

images.app.goo.gl/xkfQN6FhyjqF... I worked at Oxford Books in Atlanta in 1994-1995 and had this mug in the middle. *someone * in my house broke it. Can I replace it?? God, I loved Oxford Books on Pharr Road.

Come to talk to me about creating assignments with AV in the classroom. Tuesday 1.21 at 2pm CT. Details attached. And follow @avannotate.bsky.social for more information.

Reminder that the Committee on Information Technology has two CfPs for #MLA2025 responding to the presidential theme of Visibility. Please share and submit! Session 1: Alt-Text, Alt-Image: Multimodal Scholarship Session 2: Multilingualism and Visibility in Digital Humanities and Digital Scholarship