The workshop (April 20 – April 21) is organised as part of the LUSTRE/GLOW initiative, led by Professor Lise Jaillant and supported by Loughborough University, in collaboration with The National Archives and the UK Cabinet Office. Building on the earlier LUSTRE project, GLOW brings together researchers, government professionals, colleagues from across the GLAM sectors, and […]
Editor’s Summary: This post provides a detailed explanation of how transformers work. Transformers in this context refers to a tool for sequence transduction (converting one sequence of symbols to another) an essential tool for natural language processing. The author provides a step by step discussion of how transformers work in terms of language, including many […]
Editors’ Summary: This post considers how generative AI has broken down the barrier to entry for doing digital history. The author argues that while AI is bad at doing history, it can enable historians to do good digital history. He acknowledges that in some instances code generated by AI immediately becomes technical debt, especially for […]
The Electronic Literature Organization invites expressions of interest from individuals and institutions interested in hosting the ELO Conference & Media Arts Show in 2027 and/or 2028. The ELO Conference is the centerpiece of our organization’s annual activities, bringing together scholars, artists, and practitioners of electronic literature from around the world. The conference encompasses an academic […]
Editors’ Summary: This article re-emphasizes a sense of Humanities criticality in DH from the perspective of Oral History and how that becomes even more crucial in the Global South. The author highlights the construction of an oral history archive on Partition. This position leans heavily on the works of Sumallya Mukhopadhyay, who redirects focus from […]
This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow Project Manager and Abirami Muthukumar, DHNow Guest Editor. Our first Editors’ Choice argues that the code that powers digital humanities research should be considered as an integral part of the scholarly output. The second selection highlights a project that combines interviews with geospatial data to assess […]
Editors’ Summary: This project combines oral history interviews, digital storytelling, and GIS to map Sapphic areas of New York City. The author begins by visualizing all of the bars in NYC, and identifying the four bars that are explicitly lesbian bars. The author encourages the reader to move beyond the idea of bars as the […]
The Library of Virginia seeks a Born-Digital Collections Coordinator to lead agency-wide planning and technical management of its born-digital government and manuscript records. As part of the Digital Initiatives & Web Services division, the ideal candidate will bring a collaborative and intellectually curious spirit to the development of the proper policies, procedures, technologies, and documentation […]
Connecting Codes brings together scholars, librarians, heritage professionals, technologists, and students to explore the evolving relationships between artificial intelligence, digital humanities, and information institutions, with a particular emphasis on African contexts and perspectives. The conference title reflects the work of connecting multiple kinds of “codes”: technical systems such as software, data, and AI models; cultural […]
A worsening problem I am having is an overall decline in basic digital literacy in my students. Since many of my classes turn on interrogating humanities materials with digital tools, or interrogating the digital from a humanities perspective (ie, DH!) this means I am spending ever more frustrating amounts of time just trying to get […]
