Rob Nelson presented “Of Monsters and Men: Visualizing Sectionalism and Patriotism in the Civil War News” at the “Networks and Network Analysis for the Humanities: Reunion Conference” at UCLA.

The James River 3D visualization, created by Nate Ayers, will be playing at the Community Projects section at InLight.

Rob Nelson presented his work using topic modeling to explore the contours and function of nationalism and patriotism in the Daily Dispatch and New York Times during the Civil War at MITH’s Digital Dialogues series. A recording of his presentation will be posted on the MITH site soon.