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Format
hybrid
Location and Room
Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts, Room Seminar Room C114A/B
Address
2230 Sutherland Avenue, Suite 223, Knoxville, TN 37919
Thirty years ago, digital history shared in the hopeful vision of the early internet. Today, that vision is clouded as the possibilities of history broaden but curricula narrow, as artificial intelligence offers new tools that hold out new insights but also threaten to engulf scholarship and teaching. In this talk, Prof. Edward Ayers will grapple with these challenges and suggest that digital history still holds promise.
This event is part of the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts' 2025-26 Distinguished Lecture Series.
Edward Ayers (BA, 1974) received the National Humanities Medal at the White House for making our nation’s history available in new ways. He has won major prizes for his books, been named National Professor of the Year, and served as the president of the Organization of American Hi...
Format
hybrid
Location and Room
Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts, Room Seminar Room C114A/B
Address
2230 Sutherland Avenue, Suite 223, Knoxville, TN 37919
Thirty years ago, digital history shared in the hopeful vision of the early internet. Today, that vision is clouded as the possibilities of history broaden but curricula narrow, as artificial intelligence offers new tools that hold out new insights but also threaten to engulf scholarship and teaching. In this talk, Prof. Edward Ayers will grapple with these challenges and suggest that digital history still holds promise.
This event is part of the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts' 2025-26 Distinguished Lecture Series.
Edward Ayers (BA, 1974) received the National Humanities Medal at the White House for making our nation’s history available in new ways. He has won major prizes for his books, been named National Professor of the Year, and served as the president of the Organization of American Hi...