DHI Postdoc Presents at University of Iceland Symposium
Hannah Huber discusses new directions for scholarship in U.S. literary naturalism at symposium hosted by the University of Iceland's School of Humanities (November 14-15, 2019)
Hannah Huber, the Initiative's Postdoctoral Research Associate, served as a roundtable participant and contributing moderator at a two-day symposium held in Reykjavík, Iceland. The event was co-sponsored the University of Iceland's School of Humanities and the journal Studies in American Naturalism (edited by University of North Carolina Wilmington Professor Keith Newlin and published by the University of Nebraska Press).
The aim of the symposium was to survey recent scholarly projects, endeavors, and accomplishments related to the study of U.S. literary naturalism. A particular focus was paid to new directions for academic inquiry, a discussion which Hannah helped to facilitate through her work in digital humanities scholarship and methods. Her project Digitizing U.S. Sleep Cultures--which incorporates the work of naturalist authors including Henry James, Edith Wharton, Charles Chesnutt, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman--was among the projects highlighted during a roundtable discussion focused on new developments in, and digital approaches to, naturalist scholarship.