The winter snow and bitter cold are slowly receding in central Pennsylvania and giving us hope for the early arrival of spring. Our semester at Messiah University is rolling along in the sixth week. Our annual Humanities Symposium is upon us and the Center for Public Humanities student fellows are engaged in a range of … Continue reading Digital Harrisburg: A Winter 2026 Update
Fall semester 2025 at Messiah University began six weeks ago and our students have been busy working on a number of projects related to the history of Harrisburg. As the coordinator for digital humanities with Messiah University's Center for Public Humanities (CPH), I'm excited about what our students will accomplish this term in collaboration with … Continue reading The Digital Harrisburg Initiative in Fall 2025
When I reflected on what I learned this semester as part of my final for my Digital History course, I realized how much this class had contributed to my digital skills. Looking back, my main motivation for taking this course was to fulfill my requirements for my Public History major here at Messiah University. I … Continue reading Processing Digital History: My Work with Genevieve Blatt, the ‘First Lady of Pennsylvania Politics’
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