I also had the amazing good fortune - a scholarship kid from the sticks, a double major in English and Archaeology - to study with two of IATH’s first faculty fellows: Jerry McGann and John Dobbins. I’m not sure how many of you know that I was a 19-year-old undergrad at the founding of IATH and EText - and a work-study student in Special Collections, when we created Virginia’s first online finding aids. ![]() ![]() I sat down to write this at a loss: how could I put three whole decades of gratitude and indebtedness into a 5-minute opening statement? - and I decided I’d do best in pay-it-forward mode - by spending some of my time on hopes for the future.īut one thing I’m grateful for, as I reflect on the past - sitting among so many friends and mentors, fellow-travelers, students of my own - is the privilege to have witnessed the full sweep of the 30 years of DH at UVa that we’re celebrating today. My heart goes out to the families and friends of the victims, to students, faculty, and staff at UVa, and to all those impacted by the scourge of gun violence in a country that seems to know no other way.] ![]() [Last week, it was my privilege to participate in an event celebrating the anniversary of centers and institutes that have - for 30 years - supported digital humanities research, scholarship, teaching, and organizing at my alma mater and first professional employer, the University of Virginia - which is to say, the people and organizations that educated me, sustained and supported my growth, and gave me so many unexpected opportunities and gifts.Ī joyous reunion weekend on the Lawn was quickly followed by campus tragedy.
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