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*Director's Desk*
As of April 2020, our new name (or rather revised full name) is the Charles
Babbage Institute for Computing, Information, and Culture. “What is in a
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*Launching Interfaces eJournal*
CBI just launched a new electronic journal entitled *Interfaces: Essays and
Reviews in Computing* and Culture
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Jeffrey Yost and Amanda Wick are the co-editors. *Interfaces* publishes
short essays and essay reviews in history of computing/IT studies that
connect in whole or part to contemporary societal issues—cultural,
political, social, economic, environmental. Read more
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* Interfaces: General Call for Submissions*
CBI is excited to announce it is seeking submissions for its new
eJournal, Interfaces: Essays and Reviews in Computing and Culture. This
eJournal will have a continuous publication model with publication date for
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*Just Code Awarded Sloan Grant*
With the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, CBI’s Symposium: “Just
Code Power, Inequality and the Global Political Economy of IT,” has been
rescheduled. It will be held, Friday and Saturday, October 23 and 24,
2020. Read
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*Plasek Awarded Tomash Fellowship*
Columbia University History Department ABD Aaron Plasek is the 2020-2021
Adelle and Erwin Tomash Fellow at CBI. At Drake University, Plasek earned a
BS in Physics and Astronomy, prior to completing a Master’s of Fine Arts at
the Art Institute of Chicago and a MA in Humanities and Social Thought at
New York University.  Read more
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*Schlombs and Coon are 2020 Norberg Travel Grant Recipients*
We are pleased to announce that the 2020 awardees of CBI Norberg Travel
Grants are Associate Professor of History, Rochester Institute of
Technology Corinna Schlombs and Columbia University Department of History
graduate student Ella Coon. Read more
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