“Computing and the Practice of History” is an effort to elucidate some of the opportunities, advantages, and pitfalls that accompany the “digital turn” in historical research. Our guest is Peter Bol, the Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the Director of the Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard.

He will give this public lecture Computing and the Practice of History on April 12, 4:30pm, in 370 Dwinelle. The following day Professor Bol will lead a

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The lecture is free and open to the public. To reserve a seat for the workshop, please contact Scott Paul McGinnis at spmcginnis@berkeley.edu.