CAMDEN As academics, like other professionals, figure out how to incorporate technological advances into their discipline, new fields such as "digital humanities" are emerging.
At Sept. 30, Joan Neuberger, a professor of Russian history at the University of Texas at Austin, will discuss how emergent technologies relate to public history in a lecture titled "Not Even Past: Public History in the Digital Age."
Neuberger will draw on her experience serving as editor of notevenpast.org, a website designed to reach people who love history, to make professional historical research available to the public, and to promote faculty and graduate students at her university.
In her lecture, she will discuss her work in the context of other online history sites, from the academic History News Network to the popular history subreddits on Reddit.
"Dr. Neuberger will address the themes that are central to what all scholars in the humanities face while conducting their work in the digital age," says Laurie Bernstein, chair of the department of history at Rutgers-Camden.
The event, which begins at 7 p.m., is free and open to the public. It will be held in the multipurpose room on the main level of the Campus Center on the Rutgers-Camden campus. A reception will follow. - Inquirer staff
Exploring living with disabilities
GLOUCESTER TWP. A workshop at Camden County College on Thursday will offer participants the opportunity to experience life through the lens of those with physical disabilities, an effort to raise awareness and change the conversations surrounding issues of physical access and disability.
Arthur Aston, who was born with spina bifida and defied prognoses to learn to drive his own car and receive bachelor's and master's degrees, will present his "Our View" program.
During the program, Aston will discuss the Americans With Disabilities Act with a focus on public accommodations and commercial facilities. The program also will include a hands-on exercise in which participants use leg braces, forearm crutches, wheelchairs, or goggles simulating visual impairment while attempting day-to-day activities.
The program will be in the school's Civic Hall, inside the Connector Building on the main campus in Blackwood, at College Drive and Peter Cheeseman Road. For further information or to reserve a seat, contact Sandra Turner-Barnes at 856-227-7200, Ext. 4063, or stbarnes@camdencc.edu. - Jonathan Lai