HCID Research Seminar: Making Parables of Care

Dr Simon Grennan (University of Chester) will present at the HCID Research Seminar series at City, University of London (College Building, Room A214) tomorrow Friday 17 November at 1pm.

Pint of Science: Comics, Humans and Technology in the Pub! 16 May 2017

I will talk about online Graphic Medicine at the Pint of Science event: Humans and technology: in life and in death. Tuesday 16 May 2017- Doors open 6.30 PM, Event 7.00 PM – 9.30 PM.

Digital Humanities/Humanidades Digitales/Informatica Umanistica, Rome, 20 April 2017

I am looking forward to participating in the round table titled “Digital Humanities/Humanidades Digitales/Informatica Umanistica” that will take place on Thursday 20 April 2017 in Rome, at the Political Science Department of the Università degli Studi Roma Tre.

Mexican Comics at TORCH Oxford

Comics and Graphic Novels: The Politics of Form is a new interdisciplinary network and seminar series promoting the academic study of comics at Oxford. On Thursday 17 February 2017 they will host an event on Mexican Comics.

HCID Friday Seminar: Graphic Medicine – Using Comics Within the Mental Health Domain

On Friday 20th January 2017, I will present within the Seminar Series at the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design at City, University of London. The title of my talk is "Graphic Medicine: Using Comics as a Mental Health Information Resource". The seminar will be held in AG08, College Building, from 1pm - 2pm.

#citymash: Library and Information Science as Fluid Practice

Where I write for the #citylis blog on #citymash, the libraries and technology unconference taking place on Saturday 13 June 2015.

A #comicsunconf15 Twitter Activity Summary and Archive

The Scottish Comics Unconference Meet-Up was a success. Find out how many #comicsunconf15 Tweets there were and how many of us tweeted using the hashtag.

An #altmetrics14 Twitter Archive

"Altmetrics14: expanding impacts and metrics" (#altmetrics 14) was an ACM Web Science Conference 2014 Workshop that took place on June 23, 2014 in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, between 10:00AM and 17:50 local time. I have uploaded to figshare a datset of 1758 Tweets tagged with #altmetrics14 (case not sensitive).

Today! ACLAIIR Seminar: Open Access: the future of academic publication?

Today I participate in the Advisory Council on Latin American & Iberian Information Resources seminar on open access at the Cambridge University Library. I share some info.

ACLAIIR AGM & Seminar 2014 – OPEN ACCESS: The future of academic publication?

Looking forward to participating in the ACLAIIR AGM & Seminar 2014 in Cambridge on Open Access: “The future of academic publication?” (17 June 2014).

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AGM 2014 wordle picJoin us in Cambridge for the ACLAIIR AGM & Seminar 2014, the topic of which is Open Access. We are pleased to welcome speakers from a variety of areas to give their perspectives on OA and its impact on the world of research, teaching and publishing.

Speakers: Ellen Collins (OAPEN UK); Daniel Pearce (CUP); Dr. Rupert Gatti (Open Book Publishers); Dr. Martin Eve (University of Lincoln); Dr. Ernesto Priego (City University, London); Dr. Jenny Bunn (University College, London)

Open Access is curently a hot topic across the globe due to its wide-ranging effects. Many policies and practices are in a state of rapid change, so we hope you will join us to keep up to date with this important subject and contribute to the debate.

The full programme including speaker profiles and registration form are available on our Events page. Please register by Monday 9 June to secure your place!

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Deadline extended for the 2nd Digital Humanities Meeting, Mexico City

As a member of the organising committee of the Digital Humanities in a Global Context meeting in Mexico City, I share the extended deadline for our CFP.

SpotOn London 2013: Interdisciplinary research: what can scientists, humanists and social scientists learn from each other?

This year’s SpotOn London conference will take place at the British Library. I'll be participating in a workshop on science and HSS collaboration on Friday 8 November 2013.