It’s NEW BOOK DAY at the Digital Press at the University of North Dakota. I am very excited to announce the publication of Shawn Graham’s Practical Necromancy for Beginners:A Short Incomplete Opinionated Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Archaeology and History Students. The buzz surrounding AI these days is nearly deafening and hardly a week goes by without some breathless utterance about the future of AI. One day AI is eliminating the need for teachers, the next it is streamlining our entire consumer economy, revolutionizing warfare, and turning us all into mindless drones.  Shawn Graham’s new book will not help us…

It’s new book day at The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota and it’s my please to announce the publication of Context and Content: The Art of WD edited by Kostis Kourelis and in collaboration with the artist, WD (Wild Drawing). Wild Drawing (WD) is the leading figure in Athens’ street art scene that blossomed in the 2010s. His distinctive style of realism, anamorphic perspective, and classical aesthetics has won him international recognition and commissions throughout the world. This volume features over 100 images of WD’s major works accompanied by interpretive essays by historians, urbanists, curators, artists, and…