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Alex Armstrong, Jeff Gima, Najla Jarkas · 13 February 2019

AMICAL cohort to the Digital Humanities Institute - Beirut (3-5 May 2019)

The Raouché rocks in Beirut, Lebanon.

As part of AMICAL’s 2018-2021 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for “Building Leadership and Capacity for Digital Liberal Arts across AMICAL”, a cohort of approximately 15 colleagues from member institutions will be given project support over a period of months…

Alex Armstrong · 21 January 2019

Registration for AMICAL 2019 is open

Openness in teaching and research: Broadeing our horizons for the digital future Registration for AMICAL 2019, the consortium’s 16th annual meeting and conference, has officially opened. The Conference will take place 29 March – 1 April at the beautiful campus…

Nadine Aboulmagd & Jeff Gima · 17 December 2018

Survey of AMICAL members’ institutional approaches to digital literacies

What do “digital literacies” mean in your institution-level conversations about student learning outcomes? What kind of human resources are in place at your institution to work toward digital literacy-related outcomes? AMICAL invites member institutions to participate…

Jeff Gima · 23 October 2018

Small Grants for training: consortially strategic professional development

Dandelions in the sunset.

New Small Grants program guidelines have now been posted, launching the training-focused piece of this program. Applications are now open for these Small Grants for Professional Development (externally organized / staff exchanges / peer training) . The last day to…

Jeff Gima · 15 October 2018

AMICAL Consortium year in review: 2017–2018

AMICAL 2019 group photo.

July brought to a close the third and final year of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s $800,000 2015-2018 grant to the American University of Paris on behalf of AMICAL: “Promoting AMICAL Library Leadership, Faculty Collaboration and Digital Initiatives to Strengthen Liberal…

Gina Siesing · 21 June 2018

I am not the same: Reflections on AMICAL 2018

Gina Siesing delivering her AMICAL 2018 keynote

It might sound trite to declare it, but it’s absolutely true that my world has expanded through participating in AMICAL 2018. Kyrgyzstan and all the places between Philadelphia and Bishkek are now on my enhanced mental map, and I’m now happily aware of this phenomenal…

Jeff Gima · 3 June 2018

Connect with AMICAL at DHSI 2018

The University of Victoria's MacLaurin Building

Attending the Digital Humanities Summer Institute this month? The AMICAL Consortium will be there too, and we may be interested in talking with you as a potential partner for our future initiatives related to the digital humanities. We’re looking for colleagues who might…

Alex Armstrong · 4 May 2018

Participate in AMICAL 2018 online

A laptop showing the AMICAL 2018 banner.

Attendees have begun gathering in Bishkek for AMICAL 2018, the Consortium’s 15th Conference, hosted by the American University of Central Asia (AUCA). The Program Committee has assembled a terrific program tied to the theme of “International liberal arts in a digital era:…

8 February 2018

Small Grants – January 2018 update

Responses were recently sent out for the latest group of applications for AMICAL’s Small Grant Program. Of the 7 applications received, 1 was ineligible, and the rest were reviewed by the Grant Review Committee. 2 applications were declined, revisions were requested of 3…

Jeff Gima · 29 January 2018

Mellon Foundation grants $1.1M for international digital liberal arts across the AMICAL Consortium

We’re proud to share this news just released from The American University of Paris, the founder and host of the AMICAL Consortium: Mellon Foundation grants 1.1 Million USD to The American University of Paris for International Digital Liberal Arts across the AMICAL…