Introducing Digital Humanities
Seminar and Workshop Framing
What is DH? How do we define fields and practices? How will this course operate and introduce you to DH?
Contextual Materials
- Gold, Matthew K. “Introduction: The Digital Humanities Moment.” In Debates in the Digital Humanities, edited by Matthew K. Gold, NED-New edition., ix–xvi. University of Minnesota Press, 2012. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttv8hq.3 or access from Manifold platform “The Digital Humanities Moment”
- Klein, Lauren F., and Matthew K. Gold. “Introduction: Digital Humanities: The Expanded Field.” In Debates in the Digital Humanities 2016, edited by Matthew K. Gold and Lauren F. Klein, ix–xvi. University of Minnesota Press, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5749/j.ctt1cn6thb.3 or on Manifold “Digital Humanities: The Expanded Field”
- Gold, Matthew K., and Lauren F. Klein. “A DH That Matters.” In Debates in the Digital Humanities 2019, edited by Matthew K. Gold and Lauren F. Klein, ix–xiv. University of Minnesota Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.5749/j.ctvg251hk.3 or on Manifold “A DH That Matters” (2019)
- Gold, Matthew K., and Lauren F. Klein. “Introduction: The Digital Humanities, Moment to Moment” In Debates in the Digital Humanities 2023 (Available on Canvas)
Applied Materials
- Briefly explore Heppler, Jason A. “What Is Digital Humanities?” https://whatisdigitalhumanities.com/
Curated Additional Materials (optional but recommended if familiar with assigned materials)
- Cecire, Natalia. “When Digital Humanities Was in Vogue Journal of Digital Humanities.” Journal of Digital Humanities 1, no. 1 (2011). https://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-1/when-digital-humanities-was-in-vogue-by-natalia-cecire/.
Assignments Prior to the Workshop
- Sign up for Slack account in the
DH@UIUCworkspace. Invitation is available on Canvas and in the syllabus