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Digital humanities tools such as databases and digitization have offered new insights into the histories of enslaved people. These digital archives raise crucial questions about the use and access of data, the representation of race and lived experiences in databases, and the power of these tools in humanizing and dehumanizing historical narratives. This talk will explore how digital humanities can increase access to stories forgotten in the archive and the issues in replicating violent and exclusionary documents in digital form.

Optimizing spirits distribution in Bangkok with data-driven marketing analytics
Spirits, or “hard liquor”, is a 500 billion USD industry globally and a 20 billion USD industry in Thailand, comprising almost 4% of total GDP there. The premium spirits market is a global oligopoly dominated by 3 major brand owners: Diageo (Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, others), Pernod Ricard (Chivas, Absolut, others), and Bacardi (Bacardi rum, Dewars, Grey Goose, others) which together command 50% global market share.

Join Rebekah Irwin, Curator and Director of Special Collections & Archives, for an exhibit tour featuring the tiniest of books, ranging from handwritten religious texts to cookbooks, children’s books, and Shakespeare, ranging in size between 1.8 and 10 cm tall. Souvenir postcards and lapel buttons while they last! Meet in the atrium of the Davis Family Library.

This event repeats at 4:00pm, same day.

Join Rebekah Irwin, Curator and Director of Special Collections & Archives, for an exhibit tour featuring the tiniest of books, ranging from handwritten religious texts to cookbooks, children’s books, and Shakespeare, ranging in size between 1.8 and 10 cm tall. Souvenir postcards and lapel buttons while they last! Meet in the atrium of the Davis Family Library.

midd.data lighting talk: Open-Source Intelligence and Operational Security for Researching the Far Right
Alex Newhouse, Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury Insittute

Our September MiddLab Coffee Break will be focused on the topic of Information Security. The discussion will be facilitated by Chris Norris (ITS) and Pete Johnson (Computer Science). Our facilitators have experience in the area of information security and the considerations that surround computer systems security, but we want this to be a community discussion, so please bring your projects, questions, and concerns.

This exhibit is on display for the duration of the 2021-2022 academic year.

Special Collections’ newest exhibit features our tiniest books, ranging from handwritten religious texts to cookbooks, children’s books, and Shakespeare. The exhibit is installed in Davis Family Library on the Main Level, on the Lower Level in the Periodical Reading Area, and in the entry of Special Collections. View library hours here. Visit go/tinybooks for a virtual exhibit experience.

This exhibit is on display for the duration of the 2021-2022 academic year.

Special Collections’ newest exhibit features our tiniest books, ranging from handwritten religious texts to cookbooks, children’s books, and Shakespeare. The exhibit is installed in Davis Family Library on the Main Level, on the Lower Level in the Periodical Reading Area, and in the entry of Special Collections. View library hours here. Visit go/tinybooks for a virtual exhibit experience.

This exhibit is on display for the duration of the 2021-2022 academic year.

Special Collections’ newest exhibit features our tiniest books, ranging from handwritten religious texts to cookbooks, children’s books, and Shakespeare. The exhibit is installed in Davis Family Library on the Main Level, on the Lower Level in the Periodical Reading Area, and in the entry of Special Collections. View library hours here. Visit go/tinybooks for a virtual exhibit experience.

This exhibit is on display for the duration of the 2021-2022 academic year.

Special Collections’ newest exhibit features our tiniest books, ranging from handwritten religious texts to cookbooks, children’s books, and Shakespeare. The exhibit is installed in Davis Family Library on the Main Level, on the Lower Level in the Periodical Reading Area, and in the entry of Special Collections. View library hours here. Visit go/tinybooks for a virtual exhibit experience.