Digital Humanities “Jam”: A Workshop Seminar

Friday, April 15th, 10-2
CDH “Laptop Room,” Room B01
LuValle Café (enter down stairs from south side)

Light refreshments will be provided; please RSVP.

Introduction

The goal of this seminar is to consider ways in which graduate students in English and other departments of the humanities can integrate Digital Humanities into their research and scholarship. The structure of the seminar is as follows: early in the semester we will meet for a “jam session” on the digital humanities, during which students will be introduced to the concepts, technologies, and projects that are associated with the field. Students will be given an overview of work specific to UCLA, both by faculty and students, as well as in other universities when they speak of “digital humanities.” Students will then begin to consider how they can create projects that are integrated into their present research while taking advantage of digital technology, or at least the insight provided by theorists in the field.

Some Useful Links

UCLA Center for Digital Humanities
Where you can find all information about related faculty, the Graduate Certificate, research projects, etc.
http://www.cdh.ucla.edu

UCLA Digital Humanities Reading Group (sign up)
Listserv for DH lectures, workshops, job opportunities, etc.
http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/digitalhumanities

United States Digital Humanities Academic Programs
Set of links to other major DH programs
http://www.cdh.ucla.edu/resources/us-dh-academic-programs.html

UCLA HyperCities
One of the several major UCLA DH projects, especially valuable to literary studies
http://hypercities.com

UCLA The Institute for Digital Research and Education (research projects)
Overview of IDRE-HASIS research projects at UCLA
http://idre.ucla.edu/hasis/research

UCLA Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts
Mathew Fisher’s huge online links archive of medieval manuscripts from around the world
http://manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu

UCLA Game Lab
Exciting new research and design/programming lab at Design/Media Arts with fab website
http://games.ucla.edu

Electronic Literature Collection, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Collections of Electronic Literature, the first co-edited by N. Katherine Hayles, the co-edited second by myself
http://collection.eliterature.org/1/
http://collection.eliterature.org/2/