Please go to dh.rutgers.edu/calendar or to libcal.rutgers.edu/calendar/nblworkshops to explore the full range of offerings from the Libraries, including data science and qualitative data streams. Reserve your spot to receive Zoom links and do-ahead software downloads and workshop materials. NB: Updated with additional workshops on 2024-02-08. Digital Humanities and Narrative Tuesday, February 6, 1:00-2:30 p.m. (registration link | instructor: Francesca Giannetti) Wednesday, February 7, 10:00-11:30 a.m. (registration link | instructor: Francesca Giannetti) The collection and presentation of evidence in the humanities advances new perspectives more so than proof of a given argument. This workshop explores how humanities scholars use digital tools in the service of narrative.Read More →

Submission deadline: February 16, 2024 DH Showcase: March 19, 2024, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET (Register) The interdisciplinary field of digital humanities (DH) aims to bring together humanistic inquiry and digital technologies, organizing new modes of archival research, developing computer-aided methodologies for answering humanistic questions, curating digitized collections of all kinds, bringing digital platforms into the classroom in creative ways, and engaging critically with the culture of digital media. In order to encourage collaboration and community at Rutgers, and regionally in the state of New Jersey, the Rutgers Digital Humanities Initiative invites contributions to a Digital Humanities Showcase, to be held at Alexander LibraryRead More →

Welcome to our Fall 2023 roster of digital humanities workshops and events. Details and registration links are posted below. Alternatively, please go to dh.rutgers.edu/calendar or to libcal.rutgers.edu/calendar/nblworkshops to explore a wider range of offerings from the Libraries, including data science and qualitative data streams. Reserve your spot to receive Zoom links and do-ahead software downloads and workshop materials. Workshops #BlkDH: Into to Timeline JS Tuesday, October 17, 12:00-1:30 p.m., online (Instructor: Tajah Ebram) Register TimelineJS is an open-source tool for building visually rich, interactive timelines. This workshop will offer an overview of how to generate a timeline using Timeline JS and how to embed theRead More →

On March 23, 2023, we held our third or fourth Digital Humanities Showcase (depending on how you count), resurrecting an old tradition of gathering the Rutgers DH community, plus friends, to share their findings on a range of topics under the “big tent.”1 In the interest of keeping the conversation going, I am sharing this year’s program, with slides linked where I have the authors’ permission. For the institutional historians among you, be sure to compare it to the 2014 program, and to those of the intervening years, represented by the gallery below. Enjoy! 2023 Program Lightning Round “Expanding Family Ties: Digital Storytelling Tools &Read More →

Greetings! We invite you to explore our list of Spring 2023 digital humanities events and workshops. Details and registration links are posted below. Alternatively, please go to dh.rutgers.edu/calendar or to libcal.rutgers.edu/calendar/nblworkshops to reserve your spot (the information is the same in both places). Here you will also find information about the return of the Digital Humanities Showcase and the Graduate Seed Grants. The workshops will be taught by Suny Cardenas-Gomez, Digital Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Specialist. Additional events may be added over the course of the next month. Build Digital Exhibitions with Omeka Monday, January 30, 4:00-5:30 pm, online (registration link | instructor: SunyRead More →