A little bit from what I’m reading before the school year ramps up. “Computational cultural critics are incorporating rapidly developing methods of prompt-based and multimodal modeling while increasing their attentions to imagistic, videographic, and sonic analysis. Meanwhile, concepts of form and formalism continue to evolve across the broader humanities.” Tess McNulty and Laura Alice Chapot,“Computation … Continue reading Computational Cultural Critics
Off-Script Fall ‘26—Save the Date
Off-Script back with Fall ‘26 gatherings. Grab your calendars and save the date!
From the Footnotes
Reading around about “scriptures,” “ritual,” and why the twain meet less in scholarship than one would think.
Job Opening– The Computational Study of Religion
I am pleased to annouce that the Department of Religious Studies at the Unviersity of Alabama is hiring, and that I am chairing the search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Computational Study of Religion.
20 Years On… Theorizing Scripture: New Critical Orientations to a Cultural Phenomenon
On April 11-13, 2024, the Institute for Signifying Scriptures will be hosting a special annual meeting to commemorate two momentous occasions: The 20th Anniversary of the Institute for Signifying Scriptures and the 25th Anniversary of the African Americans and the Bible Project. Over the next few weeks, I'm going to be highlighting some media to … Continue reading 20 Years On… Theorizing Scripture: New Critical Orientations to a Cultural Phenomenon