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9 January 2018

Important January 2018 dates for major AMICAL programs and initiatives

There’s a lot going on with AMICAL this month! To help you keep track of deadlines and other key dates in January, we’ve compiled this list: Date Program / initiative Activity / milestone 10 January …

15 December 2017

Small Grants – December 2017 update

Responses were recently sent out for the latest group of applications for AMICAL’s Small Grant Program. Of the 5 applications received, the Grant Review Committee accepted the following 4: Title Applicant Institution Category Skills for…

Jeff Gima · 1 December 2017

Small Grants reopened with new guidelines – next deadline 10 December

Dandelions in the sunset

I’m pleased to announce that we’ve just reopened AMICAL’s Small Grants program for new applications. The program was closed briefly while we revised the guidelines based on feedback from the Grant Review Committee and AMICAL Administration’s observations of previous…

Elisabetta Morani · 8 November 2017

ICOLC Europe and Knowledge Unlatched

A large, yellow moon.

In theory, I fully support the idea of struggling against the unbelievable, unaffordable prices that I see every day, and, even better, making knowledge available to all. But being in a small, teaching institution where faculty face the “publish or perish” alternative in a…

Jeff Gima · 20 October 2017

AMICAL 2018: 4-7 May at the American University of Central Asia

AMICAL 2018 · American University of Central Asia · 4–7 May

Mark your calendars for 4-7 May 2018! The American University of Central Asia has graciously agreed to host our next AMICAL Conference, and we hope to have as many AMICAL colleagues as possible join us for the event, whether in person or online. What’s in the future for…

Jeff Gima · 11 October 2017

AMICAL is sending a cohort to the Digital Humanities Summer Institute

The University of Victoria's MacLaurin Building

In a recent AMICAL survey, Chief Academic Officers told us that developing capacity for the digital humanities at member institutions was, on average, one of the “High importance” areas of our consortial work. Our current A.W. Mellon Foundation grant is enabling us to get…

25 September 2017

Small Grants – September 2017 update

Responses were recently sent out for the latest group of applications for AMICAL’s Small Grant Program. Of the 8 applications received, the Grant Review Committee accepted the following 6: Exchange experience: Digitization of university materials and ingesting of…

Alex Armstrong & Jeff Gima · 21 July 2017

Year in review: 2016–2017

Group photo from AMICAL 2017.

Now that the summer is finally upon us, we’d like to take a look back over the previous year to highlight just some of the recent events and projects supported by AMICAL. Their success reflects the increasing breadth and enthusiasm of participation across the faculty,…

Jeff Gima · 18 July 2017

Candidate list & opening of Coordinating Committee elections

Representatives from Full (voting) Member institutions should have received today an email with the link they must use to cast one ballot on behalf of their institution. It’s a unique URL, which can only be used to submit one ballot, so it’s important not to forward that…

Alex Armstrong · 22 June 2017

Help shape AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee

Raise hands

As announced at the AMICAL 2017 Members Council, this summer we’re electing officers for AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee. What exactly is the Coordinating Committee? The role of the Coordinating Committee is to provide financial and operational oversight, approving…