The Edge is on board
The Edge has officially pledged their space for our event! We are excited to have them as collaborators, and hope that undergraduates will be able to use the space’s fantastic technical capabilities to...
View ArticleNew Sponsor: Undergraduate Research Support Office
Many thanks to Ron Grunwald and Deborah Wahl at the Duke Undergraduate Research Support Office for signing on as a co-sponsor of our event. Their contribution will be put toward material support of our...
View Article2015 Schedule
Location: The Edge, Room 121 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 10:00am – 10:00pm 10:00am – The HistoryHackathon officially begins; teams meet in the Digital Workshop Room in The Edge to sign in, discuss their...
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Friday Photos
Steering Committee Member Bill Sharman and the Poster in The Edge 121 History Hackers Kay Zhang and Sonny Byun taking part in our orientation on Friday. The Heretics team members contemplate their...
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Saturday Action Shots
Our teams are hard at work planning and researching! Madeleine Roberts and Ofir Golan looking at post cards from the Rubenstein Special Collections. Team Heretics Member examining North Carolina state...
View ArticleProject Submission Form
Hackathoners, your projects are now available for submission! Please submit your project via our Project Submission Form. Please follow all of the directions! You must: Fully complete the project...
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Food!
During the 2015 event we had a host of food options, from boxed lunches, to fruits and nuts, to pizza and lasagna! We did our best to make sure our History Hackers did not go hungry while researching...
View ArticleFront Page Sticky
Duke’s HistoryHackathon adds a historical twist to the hackathon concept. It’s a contest for undergraduate student teams researching historical documents and creating imaginative projects over a...
View ArticleThe Duke Chronicle Covers the HistoryHackathon
Many thanks to Rob Palmisano and the Duke Chronicle for their coverage of our event in today’s Chronicle. At Duke’s first-ever HistoryHackathon—which occurred during a 72-hour period last...
View ArticleTestimonials from the 2015 HistoryHackathon
We had heard of a hackathon but never in the context of historical research. We wanted to participate so we could enrich our understanding of subject matter we found interesting, and the event was a...
View ArticleHistorical Faction: Yellow Fever Through the Ages
We are pleased to announce that the team Historical Faction has won the 2015 HistoryHackathon’s Award for Originality. Their project is a series of public service announcement-style posters showing the...
View ArticleLOMA: The Many Facets of Israel through Postcards
We are pleased to announce that the team LOMA has won the 2015 HistoryHackathon’s Award for Visual History. Their project is an exploration of Israel over time based on postcards and photographs from...
View ArticleTeam Kay: Allen Building Takeover: Inherently Violent or Necessary Reaction?
We are pleased to announce that our third place winner and HistoryHackathon award winner for Public History and Archival Creativity is Team Kay. Her project is an exploration of the campus climate...
View ArticleAmerican Development of Police Militarization
We are pleased to announce that our second place winner and HistoryHackathon award winner for Contemporary History is the project, American Development of Police Militarization. Their project is a...
View ArticleThe Heretics: Behind Closed Doors: A Look Inside Insane Asylums of the 19th...
We are pleased to announce that our first place winner and HistoryHackathon award winner for Pedagogy and Digital History is The Heretics. Their project is a short documentary about insane asylums in...
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