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Jeff Gima · 20 October 2017

AMICAL 2018: 4-7 May at the American University of Central Asia

AMICAL 2018 · American University of Central Asia · 4–7 May

Mark your calendars for 4-7 May 2018! The American University of Central Asia has graciously agreed to host our next AMICAL Conference, and we hope to have as many AMICAL colleagues as possible join us for the event, whether in person or online. What’s in the future for…

Jeff Gima · 11 October 2017

AMICAL is sending a cohort to the Digital Humanities Summer Institute

The University of Victoria's MacLaurin Building

In a recent AMICAL survey, Chief Academic Officers told us that developing capacity for the digital humanities at member institutions was, on average, one of the “High importance” areas of our consortial work. Our current A.W. Mellon Foundation grant is enabling us to get…

25 September 2017

Small Grants – September 2017 update

Responses were recently sent out for the latest group of applications for AMICAL’s Small Grant Program. Of the 8 applications received, the Grant Review Committee accepted the following 6: Exchange experience: Digitization of university materials and ingesting of…

Alex Armstrong & Jeff Gima · 21 July 2017

Year in review: 2016–2017

Group photo from AMICAL 2017.

Now that the summer is finally upon us, we’d like to take a look back over the previous year to highlight just some of the recent events and projects supported by AMICAL. Their success reflects the increasing breadth and enthusiasm of participation across the faculty,…

Jeff Gima · 18 July 2017

Candidate list & opening of Coordinating Committee elections

Representatives from Full (voting) Member institutions should have received today an email with the link they must use to cast one ballot on behalf of their institution. It’s a unique URL, which can only be used to submit one ballot, so it’s important not to forward that…

Alex Armstrong · 22 June 2017

Help shape AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee

Colorful hands raised up.

As announced at the AMICAL 2017 Members Council, this summer we’re electing officers for AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee. What exactly is the Coordinating Committee? The role of the Coordinating Committee is to provide financial and operational oversight, approving…

Jeff Gima · 9 June 2017

Small Grants – June 2017 update

Responses were recently sent out for the latest group of applications for AMICAL’s Small Grant Program. Of the 7 applications received, the Grant Review Committee accepted the following 5: Name Job title AMICAL institution Small Grant title …

Alex Armstrong · 15 May 2017

Participate in AMICAL 2017 online

A laptop in a cafe showing the AMICAL 2017 banner.

AMICAL members, invited speakers and other guests are converging in Thessaloniki this week for AMICAL 2017, our consortium’s annual Conference. We’ve been planning this event for months, and we’re proud of the program we’ve put together. But what if you aren’t able to…

9 March 2017

Watch the DHI-B 2017 keynotes live

DHI-B: Digital Humanities Institute – Beirut 2017, 10–12 March 2017

The Digital Humanities Institute – Beirut (DHI-B) 2017 is starting tomorrow. There is a large cohort of AMICAL members participating in this event, but if you aren’t able to attend in person, you can still watch the two keynotes live. Friday, 10 March, 9:30–11:00…

Jeff Gima · 2 March 2017

AMICAL 2017 Registration is open!

AMICAL 2017, at the American College of Thessaloniki of Thessaloniki

Centering on learning: Partnerships and professional development among librarians, faculty and technologists Student learning, and students’ critical engagement with their objects of study and research, are a core part of AMICAL member institutions’ educational missions.…