Centre for 21st Century Humanities No Images? Click here Connecting industry with humanities Pitchfest 2018 $28,000 in financial support was gained at the first ever Pitchfest event held by the Centre for 21st Century Humanities. An app that connects consumers with ethically made goods, a symposium on the risks to humanity and a linguistics project that will preserve an endangered Torres Straits language were some of the projects that attracted funding and support at the first ever humanities Pitchfest. Pitchfest was held on August 23 2018 at NeW Space and was attended by 60 Newcastle industry representatives who gathered to hear about opportunities to partner with six humanities researchers and entrepreneurs. New Ideas: Startup competition Got a great idea that will help humanity? Need funding to get it off the ground?The Centre is running a competition open to anyone with an idea for a startup business that will in some way help improve humanity. Enter now by sending us a video pitch and you could be awarded a $1000 grant to get your startup going! Forward this email to someone you think might be interested. How to enter:
Best Digital Map 2018
Massacres map wins GeoCart award The Colonial Frontiers Massacres Map has won the best digital map award at the 2018 New Zealand Cartographic Society GeoCart Conference. The map was submitted to the National Map Exhibition at the conference and a panel of judges decided on how successfully the map delivered on its stated purpose, taking into account its design, execution and presentation. The cutting edge online tool took out the digital category with map software developers Dr Bill Pascoe and Dr Mark Brown at the conference to accept the award. Hunter Wine: A History Book launch 2pm 22nd September Join Centre for 21st Century Humanities member, Dr Julie McIntyre and Wine Studies Network Director Professor John Germov as they launch their latest book Hunter Wine: A History. The book launch is on at 2pm 22nd September at the Newcastle Museum. While there browse the Vines, Wines and Identity exhibition that accompanies the book. Both the book and exhibition stem from a four-year research project Vines, Wine and Identity: Hunter Valley NSW and Changing Australian Taste. C21CH in the media 'Hunter Wine: A History' chronicles rich story of Australia's oldest wine region, Australian Financial Review Breaking Bread: Julie McIntyre, wine historian and author, Newcastle Herald Read more media stories featuring Centre for 21st Century Humanities researchers. |