Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

OHL Director joins a working group at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin

EnglishEspañolEnglish OHL Director Ricia Anne Chansky will join the “Living Knowledge: Ethics, Practice, and Community in Multimodal History” working group at the Department of Knowledge Systems and Collective Life research hub of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. As part of this group of international researchers, Ricia will theorize ethical post-disaster climate…

OHL Faculty Researcher awarded Oral History Association scholarship

EnglishEspañolEnglish OHL Faculty Researcher Marci Denesiuk was awarded an Oral History Association (OHA) Presenter Scholarship for their upcoming 2025 Annual Meeting in October. Denesiuk will be presenting a roundtable with OHL Director, Ricia Chansky, entitled “The Kids Are Alright: Youth Agency and Oral History.” Chansky and Denesiuk will share some of their work done with…

The Water Protectors selected for Puerto Rico Film Festival 2025

EnglishEspañolEnglish The Water Protectors was selected for the 1st edition of CineNext, which will be a part of the Puerto Rico Film Festival’s program this year! Tickets are now available for two different screening dates and locations: September 19th, 9:00 a.m., Mayagüez Town Center, sala #1 September 20th at 2:30 p.m., Teatro Balboa The Water Protectors…

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Bibliotecaria del OHL publica reseña sobre la “Guía técnica para la digitalización de materiales de herencia cultural”

EnglishEspañolEnglish OHL Librarian Natalia Hernández Mejías has recently published a review in the journal Acceso about the third edition of the of Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials published by the Federal Agency Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI). In her review, Hernández Mejías highlights key points from this 129-page document that provides information on digitizing a wide range of materials. It is…