Research Seminar: Virtual Harlem/Virtual Montmartre
Dr. Bryan Carter, Associate Professor of English at Central Missouri State University, is one of the forerunners in the use of technology in the digital humanities classroom, incorporating podcasting, desktop videoconferencing, blogging and Second Life into each of his courses. Dr. Carter specializes in African American literature of the 20th Century with a primary focus on the Harlem Renaissance and a secondary emphasis on visual culture. Dr. Carter has recently been awarded a second Sorbonne Professeur Invite award to enhance Virtual Montmartre.
Carter’s Virtual Harlem and Virtual Montmartre are virtual reality reconstructions of Harlem and Paris during the 1920s and 1930s. These locations are also learning environments designed to directly immerse students in the historical context of the literature of the period so that students experience the Harlem Renaissance and Paris Noir as cultural field trips. This virtual reality experience is designed to augment the books, music, photographs, and documentaries typically used in Harlem Renaissance courses with an environment that encourages active learning. Dr. Carter’s Virtual Harlem and Virtual Montmartre have been presented around the world and he actively connects his classes with those of colleagues in Sweden and France as well as universities in the United States.
Please join us for:
VIRTUAL HARLEM and VIRTUAL MONTMARTRE: BRINGING THE JAZZ AGE TO LIFE
A Texas Learning and Computation Center (TLC
2) Research Seminar
Friday October
3rd, 2008 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
University of Houston’s Phillip Hoffman Hall Room 232
Please RSVP to:
Sarah Sweaney Phone: 713-743-4019 Email:sarah@tlc2.uh.edu or
Carroll Parrott Blue Phone: 713-743-0964 Email:cpblue@uh.edu
