News & Updates

Dickinson College Commentaries Partners with Anvil

Posted on January 28, 2013

We’re happy to announce that Dickinson College Commentaries, a new digital collection developed to contribute to classical studies pedagogy, has teamed up with Anvil’s Built Upon initiative. DCC’s overall aims are to create “scholarly commentaries on classical texts intended to provide an effective reading and learning experience for classicists at all levels of experience.” We…

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CHNM Collections Join Built Upon

Posted on January 16, 2013

        We’re excited to announce that the digital collections of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University have partnered with Anvil’s Built Upon initiative. RRCHNM archives include: The September 11 Digital Archive Hurricane Digital Memory Bank Bracero History Archive Papers of the War Department 1784-1800 CHNM…

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Built Upon Deadline Extended

Posted on January 15, 2013

(cc) Leo Reynolds Just a quick update to mention that the deadline for Built Upon proposals has been extended until January 31, 2013. If you’ve already started drafting your proposal this should give some welcome breathing room. And, if not…well…get started! And a reminder that if you have any questions about the CFP or Built…

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Beyond the Dark: Evaluating Digital Scholarship @ MLA

Posted on January 14, 2013

Last year at this time I wrote that the MLA seemed to be undergoing a sea change, a shift away from the beleaguered and the drab and the sparsely attended 8:30am session on Walter Pater and the Posthuman Sublime and toward a more fully networked field of true collegiality. And the prime mover behind all…

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Upcoming chats with Anvil staff

Posted on January 14, 2013

Curious about Anvil’s Built Upon initiative or about our approach to publishing? Join us this week for two informal conversations. Anvil staff will host a Google Hangout on Tuesday, January 15 at 3:30 p.m. EST as well as a Twitter chat on Wednesday, January 16 at 11 a.m. EST. To participate in the Hangout, follow…

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