fyi ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Von: "Donelle McKinley" <donellemckinley(a)gmail.com> Datum: 15.08.2014 03:35 Betreff: [OpenGLAM] RBSS2015 Scholarships: GIS for Digital Humanities and History of Cartography/Maps An: <open-glam(a)lists.okfn.org> Are you keen to learn more about geographic information systems for digital humanities, or delve into the history of cartography and maps? Would you like to explore innovative techniques in contemporary printmaking as well as look back to the nineteenth-century artistic printing movement? These are the three exciting courses are on offer at the Australasian Rare Books Summer School to be held 26-30 January 2015 in Wellington, New Zealand. *RBSS Scholarships * We are pleased to announce that there are two scholarships available for postgraduate students or early career researchers. *aaDH scholarship for Geographic Information Systems for Digital Humanities* Sponsored by Australasian Association for Digital Humanities (aaDH) aaDH is a member of the international Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations, and acts to support and extend links between digital humanities researchers, improve professional development opportunities and provide international leverage for local projects and initiatives. This scholarship covers tuition fees for the GIS for Digital Humanities course. *SHARP scholarship for History of Cartography/Maps* Sponsored by the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) SHARP was founded to create a global network for book historians working in a broad range of scholarly disciplines. With more than 1000 members in over twenty countries, SHARP works in concert with affiliated academic organizations around the world to support the study of book history and print culture. This scholarship covers tuition fees for the History of Cartography/Maps course. *To apply for a scholarship you must:* - Be a postgraduate student or early career researcher - Be an existing/new members of aaDH or SHARP - Complete the expression of interest form, stating why you are applying for a scholarship and how the course will benefit you in your current and future endeavours. *Courses* History of Cartography/Maps Tutor: Julie-Sweetkind Singer, Stanford University, USA Geographic Information Systems for Digital Humanities Tutor: Ian Gregory, Lancaster University, UK Artistic Printing Tutors: Marty Vreede, Quay School of the Arts, Whanganui Sydney Shep, Wai-te-ata Press, Victoria University of Wellington To find out more visit http://wtap.vuw.ac.nz/wordpress/digital-history/ *Event update: RBSS Orientation* Please note that courses run for five full days 26-30 January 2015. There will also be a student orientation event from 6pm Sunday 25 January, which students are strongly encouraged to attend. *What do I do next?* Places are strictly limited, so please register your interest in attending now at http://bit.ly/rbss2015 and a member of the RBSS team will contact you with more information. Expressions of interest and scholarship applications close 1 October 2014. Kind regards, Donelle McKinley on behalf of the RBSS2015 team Follow @rbss2015 for updates -- *Donelle McKinley* School of Information Management Victoria University of Wellington Tel. (+64) 4 463 6597 @donellemckinley www.digitalglam.org _______________________________________________ open-glam mailing list open-glam(a)lists.okfn.org https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-glam Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/open-glam