Hadassah St. Hubert

Time for our weekly reminder that there is only one ed tech investment that is proven to work, and it's hiring more teachers and paying them better.

Join dLOC partner ISPAN tomorrow for this great event! 🇭🇹 Register here: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join @dlocaribbean.bsky.social for "Legal & Ethical Oral Histories" on Thurs, Feb. 12 11 - noon. Featuring Arnetta Giradeau, UNC Charlotte, & Christina Boyles, UI Bloomington, facilitated by @perrycollins.bsky.social, UF. Register dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/workshops/. Bring your questions!

Hi! Our flow chart for deciding if and when to use AI takes this into account. Oops!

sidracollaborative.com/2026/01/29/i...

THIRD PRINTING ALERT: This is my first book and @wehere.bsky.social's first book. The response has been overwhelming (two small printing selling out in a matter of days), but also has meant a bit of lead time in-between. If you've read and enjoyed, please share this out so more folks can explore!

I had so much fun working on this project (and thinking with the team about our relationship with AI).

@sidracollaborative.bsky.social decision tree on using AI for Cultural work.

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But I need my Caribbean newspaper access!

Please join @dlocaribbean.bsky.social for a series of workshops focused on Copyright and Ethical Reuse facilitated by copyright expert @perrycollins.bsky.social. Register here, dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/workshops/, to receive the Zoom links.

✨Happy 2026 from Sidra Collaborative!✨

Read our first newsletter here:

bit.ly/SidraNewsJan...

Archives can't digitize everything because

understaffed
underfunded
undervalued
overworked
volumes of materials
pre-/post-processing costs
copyright
ethical concerns
digital preservation issues
environmental impact
[...]

Most importantly: information is not in the content but in the context!

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Congrats Amalia!! Can’t wait to read.

Martin, a dapper man in a cross-hatched maroon jacket stands with his hands behind his back. He is gazing at Omi Obini, an abstract Wilfredo Lam painting of brightly lit figures in a lush jungle highlighted in pink and green. A black owl perches at the top.

Congrats to our amazing Sidra Collaborator co-founder Martin Tsang, who recently contributed to the catalog and audio tour for MoMA’s retrospective exhibition of the Cuban Chinese artist Wifredo Lam, “When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream” open now through April 11, 2026.

If you're in NYC, check it out!

Alt-Ac Support network

Today I remembered that there is a resource that is just a list of almost one hundred humanities PhDs who have transitioned to other careers and are available to talk about it.

You can schedule an informational interview or invite them to talk to your department!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

"[...] people can suffer from historical overdose, complaisant hostages of the pasts they create."

- Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past [1997] 2015, xxii

Become a Fellow | Humanities Institute UConn Humanities Fellowships are opportunities for individuals to pursue advanced work in the humanities. Visiting Humanities Scholars, UConn Humanities Scholars, and UConn Graduate Humanities Fellows...

Come spend an academic year with us at UConn as a visiting Humanities Institute fellow! humanities.uconn.edu/fellowships/...

YouTube video by Nomadic Archivists Project (NAP) NAP Kickback: Deborah Willis: Pioneering Black Photography

There was no field of Black photography before Deborah Willis. Enjoyed this clip from Nomadic Archivists Project.

youtube.com/shorts/SlEhs...

Co-signing and would like to add Podcast to the list

Check out this interview about navigating careers as a humanities PhD with Sidra Collaborative co-founder @halperta.bsky.social ✨

Job Hacks for Humanists: Dr. Hannah Alpert-Abrams Dr. Alpert-Abrams shares the wisdom about building a values-aligned career from working in the humanities funding landscape.

A few weeks ago I was interviewed for the "Career Hacks for Humanists" podcast.

Check out our conversation about my weird career trajectory and caring about values while needing a job.

popphd.substack.com/p/job-hacks-...

'Reflections in Black' celebrates history of Black photography with expanded issue "Where are the Black photographers?" Deborah Willis on how she turned that question into an artistic mission.

"Where are the Black photographers?" Deborah Willis on how she turned that question into an artistic mission. n.pr/4pqMJQ5

this article is incredible and was MADE for dh students with a complit background.

Support Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Inc. on Give Miami Day DVCAI provides guidance, resources, and opportunities for artists who have put themselves in the fight for cultural capital, struggling to break through into the established arts community in the Sout...

Donate to Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator at mtyc.co/nqkc6f

Donate to Sant La mtyc.co/5grgwe

Today is #GiveMiamiDay. I just donated to Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubators and Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center. Let’s support the organizations that do great work uplifting and provide resources to the community.

www.diasporavibe.org

Tribal colleges are a unique resource — and they're under threat : Code Switch Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College has classes on everything from Native American studies to gardening to equine sciences to the Hidatsa language. Like other tribal colleges and universities (aka TCUs), it...

A recent episode of NPR’s CodeSwitch mentioned an NEH award to Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College and the University of North Dakota which preserved archival material and oral histories related to the history of North Dakota’s Indigenous population.

www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...

#TCDXII Our twelfth conference dedicated to Caribbean digital studies. Jamaica, 2025.

And we're back! Join us December 4–5, 2025 at Northeastern University in Boston for our 12th annual The Caribbean Digital Conference. Our schedule is packed with wonders and amazing colleagues. Check it out! As always, attendance is free, whether zoom or live. Hope to see you there!

ACLS Welcomes the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora to Federation of Member Societies ACLS welcomes the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD) to its century-old federation of academic societies.

ACLS welcomes the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD) to our federation of member societies. ASWAD brings together hundreds of scholars from around the world to advance understanding of Africa & the African Diaspora: https://bit.ly/4qR6q5f

Postdoctoral Laborers Bill of Rights The Postdoctoral Laborers Bill of Rights offers guidelines for those developing or applying for postdoctoral positions in the humanities. This document is designed for those who are creating postdocto...

Apropos of .... nothing at all.....

The postdoctoral laborers bill of rights is a project I collaborated on way back in 2019. It aims to clarify some of the purposes of postdoctoral positions and offers guidelines for designing successful positions.

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