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![A new UMD lab, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will study race and the experience of African Americans through the lens of technology. (Illustration by iStock)](http://arhusynergy.umd.edu/sites/arhusynergy.umd.edu/files/styles/news_feature_thumbnail/public/styles/node_photo/public/arhu/news/image/umd_mellon_lab.png?itok=balTM0F1)
Mellon Foundation to Support 6 Institutions’ Focus on Technology and Inequality
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AADHum welcomes applications from students, faculty, archivists, librarians, museum professionals, and publicly engaged scholars—working inside and outside institutions–interested in advancing Black DH within a vibrant community of practice.
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Grants to Expand Programs in Black Digital Humanities, Persian and Arabic Digitization
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Grant will expand research and mentor-training programs.
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The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) and the Andrew W. Mellon-funded African American Digital Humanities Initiative (AADHum) invite your participation in “Textual Embodiments,” the Society for Textual Scholarship’s International Interdisciplinary Conference for 2017.
![Kick Off: Digital Humanities African American History Culture Project_ Session 1](http://arhusynergy.umd.edu/sites/arhusynergy.umd.edu/files/styles/news_thumbnail/public/media-vimeo/168207680.jpg?itok=dkKwK2uA)
Bonnie Thornton Dill, Mariët Westermann, Neil Fraistat and President Loh offer an introduction to the AADHum initiative at Maryland.
![Kick Off: Digital Humanities African American History Culture Project_session 2](http://arhusynergy.umd.edu/sites/arhusynergy.umd.edu/files/styles/news_thumbnail/public/media-vimeo/168207179.jpg?itok=14Nz9vda)
Working groups provide a summary of their work and discuss possible next steps.
![Kick Off: Digital Humanities African American History Culture Project_ Session 3](http://arhusynergy.umd.edu/sites/arhusynergy.umd.edu/files/styles/news_thumbnail/public/media-vimeo/168216743.jpg?itok=LDIAXfx7)
A group discussion on possible research questions related to themes of migration, labor and visual culture.
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See photos from the launch event for the AADHum initiative.
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Learn more about AADHum and the exciting work happening at the intersection of African American history, culture and digital humanities.