The University of Southern California’s Institute for Multimedia Literacy and the electronic journal Vectors are pleased to announce a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Program for summer 2009 designed to foster innovative multimedia research. Titled “Broadening the Digital Humanities,” the Institute will offer scholars the opportunity to explore the benefits of interactive media for scholarly analysis and authorship, illustrating the possibilities of multimodal media for humanities investigation. Fellows participating in the program will learn both by engaging with a variety of existing projects as well as through the production of their own project in collaboration with the Vectors-IML team. The projects fellows create will at once enrich their own understanding of the digital humanities and model the field for other scholars. Select projects will be published in Vectors.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL MARCH 29th.
For more information, please visit our submissions page at

http://vectors.usc.edu/pdf/NEH_CFP_Summer_2009.pdf and http://vectorsjournal.org/journal/index.php?page=Submissions

CFP: “Traversing Digital Boundaries”

The third annual HASTAC conference will be held April 19-21, 2009, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the theme “Traversing Digital Boundaries.”

As the theme suggests, the gathering will focus on the exploration of new territory and in work that crosses, manipulates, or simply ignores traditional boundaries. The conference program will include presentations of research, performances, technology demonstrations, posters, panel discussions, and “virtual” participation via telepresence technology.

Key dates:
Abstract submissions due: Dec. 17, 2008
Notification of participants: Jan. 21, 2009
Conference: April 19-21, 2009

Apply now: UCSC Graduate program in Digital Arts and New Media

The UCSC Digital Arts and New Media Program is now accepting applications for its Fall 2009 MFA program. All those interested in furthering their work in these areas are encouraged to apply by February 15, 2009.

This two-year MFA program brings together faculty and students from across the academic spectrum to pursue interdisciplinary artistic and scholarly research and practice. The program includes core courses, collaborative research project groups and an individual thesis project culminating in publication of artistic and theoretical research and the opportunity to exhibit in the program’s annual MFA Exhibition.

Project groups are small clusters of students collaborating with professors and engaging in artistic, technical and theoretical research in one of three focused areas: Participatory Culture, Performative Technologies, Mechatronics, and Playable Media.

For more information on the program and application process, visit  http://digitalarts.ucsc.edu or contact Felicia Rice, Program Manager, fsrice@ucsc.edu.

Invitation to November Open House
Please join us for an Open House on Thursday, November 6, 2008 (2-5:30). Attendees will have a chance to learn about the program and get tips on the application process, view the work of current students and alumni, and see a showcase of our project groups’ work in progress.  To RSVP or get more information, email danm@ucsc.edu or call
831-459-1554.