The Home Office and H-Net Council are soliciting dialogue, statements, and comments related to issues of copyright concerning the emergence of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning. The Home Office and H-Net Council are specifically requesting opinions or statements as the United States Copyright Office is currently requesting declarations from organizations concerning the issue of data mining related to Artificial Intelligence and copyrights existing under Creative Commons.
The purpose of H-Eugenics is to provide a forum for the history of eugenics. This includes discussion of primary and secondary sources related to the history of eugenics; discussion or debate on specific aspects of the history of eugenics as they occur to list participants; ideas for books, articles, courses, or other scholarly projects on the history of eugenics; reviews of books and other scholarly literature related to the history of eugenics; and discussion of the relationship of 21st century biomedical procedures and genetic modification to eugenics ( i.e., "neo-eugenics").
H-Teach is hosting a virtual program on Monday, January 16 at 7pm. Leah Wolfson, Mark Alexander, and Luke Ryder from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum will be introducing the Experiencing History database. You can find more information and register for the Zoom program here.
Experiencing History | Holocaust Sources in Context is an online primary source tool for college students and their instructors. This platform offers thematic source collections that explore complex topics through the Holocaust and the history that surrounds it.
Pairing firsthand accounts, documents, films, and other media with contextual descriptions that provide analysis and discussion, these sources link students to relevant secondary resources and prompt them to consider new questions and interpretative challenges.
The School of Disability Studies is pleased to invite applications for two postdoctoral fellowships beginning in September 2024. The deadline for applications is February 1st, 2024. Please share with your networks!