In the last few years, we have seen a resurgence of minority activisms, ranging from Black Lives Matter to the Me Too movement, from Standing Rock to Puerto Rico, [...]
Anne Cong-Huyen
Dhanashree Thorat
Spatial Analysis: Theory, Methods, and Applications
Christy Hyman
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
This course asks how can we use maps to reveal spaces of possibility for human potential? How can spatial analysis interrogate geographies in ways that highlight the human elements [...]
Critical Digital Curation: Taking Care of Black Women’s Material Culture
Aleia Brown
University of Maryland
This course will teach participants an approach to theory and practice of critical curation and web publishing for material culture that is grounded in historical inquiry and context. Participants [...]
Introduction to Web Development and Design Principles
Karin Dalziel
University of Nebraska Lincoln
This course will provide an overview of web development and design principles for beginners. You'll receive an introduction to the skills and tools to publish a project online that [...]
Introduction to Text Encoding
Laura Weakly
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Introduction to Text Encoding is a beginning level class designed to familiarize humanities scholars with encoding textual materials according to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Guidelines. The TEI Guidelines [...]
Latinx Digital Praxis: From the Archive to the Digital
Carolina Villarroel
University of Houston
Gabriela Baeza Ventura
University of Houston
Latinx Digital Praxis: From the Archive to the Digital explores analog and digital methodologies to create scholarship and knowledge around the experiences of US Latinx peoples. Participants will be [...]
Getting Started with Data, Tools, and Platforms
Brandon Locke
Educopia Institute
Catherine DeRose
Yale University
Starting a digital humanities research project can be quite intimidating. This course is designed to make that process less so by exploring tools and platforms that support digital humanities [...]
Teaching DH: Assignment, Syllabi, Curricula
Brandon Walsh
University of Virginia
Kristen Mapes
Michigan State University
From individual course assignments to full syllabi, informal training to structuring of degree programs, digital humanists are frequently asked to teach their students and collaborators new methods for digital [...]
Text Analysis Methods & Practice
Katie Rawson
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
This class will examine methods and practices for text analysis. Freely available tools and excellent tutorials have made it easier to apply computational text analysis techniques; however, researchers may [...]
Digital Humanities + Latinx Studies: Doing Work that Matters
Carolina Villarroel
University of Houston
Gabriela Baeza Ventura
University of Houston
Digital Humanities + Latinx Studies: Doing Work that Matters explores analog and digital methodologies to create scholarship and knowledge around the experiences of US Latinx peoples. Participants will be [...]
Image Analysis with Deep Learning
Lauren Tilton
University of Richmond
Taylor Arnold
Yale University
Image Analysis with Deep Learning will examine methods for image analysis at scale. Tasks covered include color analysis, object detection, facial recognition, image similarity, and image clustering. The course [...]
Collections as Data
Thomas Padilla
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Mia Ridge
British Library
A growing amount of interest has been dedicated to an emerging orientation to collections referred to as “collections as data”(ex. 1, ex. 2, ex. 3). Generally speaking, work in [...]
Text Analysis with Machine Learning and NLP
Katie Rawson
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
This course will take up two methods of text analysis for deeper study and exploration: machine learning and natural language processing (NLP). We will delve into two case studies, [...]
Black Spatial Humanities
Kim Gallon
Purdue University
From its inception, Africana/Black Studies have undertaken the question of space and African people’s ability to traverse and negotiate their right to occupy spaces in Western societies. Historically, Black [...]
Introduction to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) for Black Digital Humanities
Jessica H. Lu
University of Maryland
Caitlin Pollock
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Black digital humanities, in the past five years, has become a pivotal field in Digital Humanities for discussing the (digital) lives and experiences of Black people. The Text Encoding [...]
Help! I’m a Humanist! — Humanities Programming with Python
Brandon Walsh
University of Virginia
Ethan Reed
University of Virginia
This course introduces participants to humanities programming through the use of Python for data acquisition, cleaning, and analysis. The course assumes no prior technical knowledge and will focus on [...]
Getting Started with Data, Tools, and Platforms
Brandon Locke
Educopia Institute
Catherine DeRose
Yale University
Starting a digital humanities research project can be quite intimidating. This course is designed to make that process less so by exploring tools and platforms that support digital humanities [...]
Developing Black Digital Humanities Initiatives
Catherine Knight Steele
University of Maryland
Trevor Muñoz
University of Maryland
The intersection of black studies and digital humanities combines two complex interdisciplinary areas that bridge scholarship and practice. Neither black studies nor digital humanities has a singular disciplinary home [...]
Collections as Data
Thomas Padilla
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Mia Ridge
British Library
A growing amount of interest has been dedicated to an emerging orientation to collections referred to as “collections as data”(ex. 1, ex. 2, ex. 3). Generally speaking, work in [...]
Advocacy by Design
Purdom Lindblad
University of Maryland
Jeremy Boggs
University of Virginia
This course helps participants consider how their own priorities and values shape the research and design of digital work. For us, a digital humanities that practices critical engagement means [...]
Digital Methods for Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies
Brandon Locke
Educopia Institute
Lauren Tilton
University of Richmond
Note: This course is at capacity and is no longer accepting additional registrations. How can we transform cultural artifacts, including texts, images, film, and objects into data in productive [...]
Help! I’m a Humanist! — Humanities Programming with Python
Brandon Walsh
University of Virginia
Ethan Reed
University of Virginia
This course introduces participants to humanities programming through the use of Python for data acquisition, cleaning, and analysis. The course assumes no prior technical knowledge and will focus on [...]
Text Analysis
Katie Rawson
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Scott Enderle
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
This class will examine methods and practices for text analysis. Freely available tools and excellent tutorials have made it easier to apply computational text analysis techniques; however, researchers may [...]
Spaces and Stories in the Black Public Humanities
Jim Casey
Princeton University
Sarah Patterson
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
In this course, we will discuss the projects, questions, and theories circulating in the growing community of Black Digital Humanities. These ideas include conversations around race, space, and the [...]
Digital Surrogates: Representation, Engagement, and Meaning
Dot Porter
University of Pennsylvania
Bridget Whearty
SUNY Binghamton
This course asks participants to learn about the process of creating digital surrogates with attention to issues of representation, engagement, and meaning. Beginning with the question “What does it [...]
Connecting Digital Humanities to Public Audiences [CANCELED]
Modupe Labode
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Elizabeth “Elee” Wood
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Note: This course has been canceled and will not be offered at HILT 2018. Connecting publics to the digital humanities requires skill, persistence, and intentionality at all phases of a [...]
Getting Started with Data, Tools, and Platforms
Brandon Locke
Educopia Institute
Starting a digital humanities research project can be quite intimidating. This course is designed to make that process less so by exploring tools and platforms that support digital humanities [...]
Collaboration for Complex Research: Crowdsourcing in the Humanities
Meghan Ferriter
Smithsonian Transcription Center
Crowdsourcing can catalyze discovery and assist humanities research by mobilizing people to undertake tasks involving in-depth, large-scale, and cost-effective information gathering. When well-designed and managed effectively, crowdsourcing projects can [...]
Black Publics in the Humanities: Critical and Collaborative DH Projects
Sarah Patterson
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Jim Casey
Princeton University
Forming reciprocal partnerships between academia and publics realizes a primary goal of calls for social justice in Digital Humanities practices and projects. In this discussion-centric course, we will explore [...]
Humanities Research with Sound: Introduction to Audio Machine Learning
Stephen McLaughlin
University of Texas at Austin
Libraries and archives have digitized thousands of hours of historical audio in recent years, including literary performances, radio programs, and oral histories. In the rush to preserve these recordings [...]
Introduction to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) for Historical Documents
Caitlin Pollock
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Guidelines are a standard defining an XML vocabulary for representing textual materials in digital form. This course will focus on encoding historical primary sources [...]
Text Analysis
Katie Rawson
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
While a range of freely available tools and excellent tutorials have made it easier to apply computational text analysis techniques, researchers may still find themselves struggling with questions about [...]
Working with Scalar
Curtis Fletcher
University of Southern California Libraries
This 4-day workshop is intended for scholars, students and others who wish to compose a project or publication in Scalar and seek comprehensive training in the platform and in-depth [...]
Help! I’m a Humanist! — Humanities Programming with Python
Brandon Walsh
University of Virginia
Ethan Reed
University of Virginia
This course introduces participants to humanities programming through the use of Python for data acquisition, cleaning, and analysis. The course assumes no prior technical knowledge and will focus on [...]
Exploring Humanities Textual Data with R
Lauren Tilton
University of Richmond
Taylor Arnold
Yale University
*Please note this course has been cancelled for 2016* The application of computational tools to textual data is a growing area of inquiry in the humanities. Much of this [...]
Humanities Programming
Brandon Walsh
University of Virginia
Ethan Reed
University of Virginia
This course focuses on introducing participants to humanities programming through the creation and use of the Ruby on Rails web application framework. This course will introduce programming and design [...]
Getting Started with Data, Tools, and Platforms
Brandon Locke
Educopia Institute
Thomas Padilla
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Dean Rehberger
Michigan State University
Starting a digital humanities research project can be quite intimidating. This course is designed to make that process less so by exploring tools and platforms that support digital humanities [...]
Digital Pedagogy and Networked Learning
Lee Skallerup-Bessette
University of Mary Washington
Amanda Licastro
Stevenson University
Many argue digital humanities is about building stuff and sharing stuff, reframing the work we do in the humanities as less consumptive and more curatorial—less solitary and more collaborative. [...]
Database Design for Visualization and Analysis
Nicole Coleman
Stanford University
Network graphs, charts, and maps are becoming essential and powerful tools for humanities scholars asking new questions about historical data. Visualization of digitized archives and source materials can reveal [...]
High Performance Sound Technologies for Access and Scholarship
Tanya Clement
University of Texas at Austin
Stephen McLaughlin
University of Texas at Austin
*Please note this course has been cancelled for 2016* There are hundreds of thousands of hours of important spoken text audio files, dating back to the nineteenth century and [...]
Embodied Computing
Jeremy Boggs
University of Virginia
Tassie Gniady
Indiana University
*Please note this course has been cancelled for 2016* The goal of this class is to introduce students to a number of practices with associated maker culture in the [...]
Analyzing and Presenting Spatial Data
David McClure
Stanford University Libraries
This course will introduce students to a range of techniques for analyzing and presenting spatial data in the humanities. We'll start with a survey of popular GUI-based tools (Neatline, [...]
Building and Sustaining a Digital Humanities Center
Julia Flanders
Northeastern University
Elli Mylonas
Brown University
Digital humanities centers are complex, situated ecosystems that operate within many different kinds of constraints. Starting one is difficult; running one is harder; keeping one going for the long [...]
Text Analysis from Object to Interpretation
Katie Rawson
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Scott Enderle
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
While a range of freely available tools and excellent tutorials have made it easier to apply computational text analysis techniques, researchers may still find themselves struggling with questions about [...]
Working with Scalar
Curtis Fletcher
University of Southern California Libraries
This 4-day workshop is intended for scholars, students and others who wish to compose a project or publication in Scalar and seek comprehensive training in the platform and in-depth [...]
Humanities Data Curation Praxis
Trevor Muñoz
University of Maryland
Katie Rawson
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
This course is for people who have or are making textured, rich humanities data and want to be able to use, share, and preserve their information. We will take [...]
Large-Scale Text Analysis with R
Mark Algee-Hewitt
Stanford University
Text mining, the practice of using computational and statistical analysis on large collections of digitized text, is becoming an increasingly important way of extracting meaning from writing. Whether working [...]
Humanities Programming
Brandon Walsh
University of Virginia
Wayne Graham
University of Virginia
This course focuses on introducing participants to humanities programming through the creation and use of the Ruby on Rails web application framework. This course will introduce programming and design [...]
Getting Started with Data, Tools, and Platforms
Brandon Locke
Educopia Institute
Thomas Padilla
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Dean Rehberger
Michigan State University
Starting a digital humanities research project can be quite intimidating. This course is designed to make that process less so by exploring tools and platforms that support digital humanities [...]
Digital Storytelling
Jarom McDonald
Brigham Young University
When YouTube launched to the public in 2005, the now-ubiquitous red play-button logo contained a simple yet powerful tagline, “Broadcast Yourself.” Inherent in such an imperative is a concept [...]
De/Post/Colonial Digital Humanities
Roopika Risam
Salem State University
micha cárdenas
University of Southern California
"...we must discuss, we must invent..." —Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth From Sandra Harding's interventions in postcolonial science studies to Radhika Gajjala's articulation of digital subalternity to [...]
Digital Pedagogy and Networked Learning
Lee Skallerup-Bessette
University of Mary Washington
Jesse Stommel
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Many argue digital humanities is about building stuff and sharing stuff, reframing the work we do in the humanities as less consumptive and more curatorial—less solitary and more collaborative. [...]
Crowdsourcing Cultural Heritage
Mia Ridge
British Library
Ben Brumfield
Crowdsourcing projects often make news because they can be incredibly productive, generating millions of lines of text, identifying forgotten faces in historical photographs and even finding new planets. Successful [...]
Crowdsourcing Cultural Heritage
Ben Brumfield
Mia Ridge
British Library
Successful crowdsourcing projects help organizations connect with audiences who enjoy engaging with their content and tasks, whether transcribing handwritten documents, correcting OCR errors, identifying animals on the Serengeti or [...]
Refracting Digital Humanities: Critical Race, Gender, and Queer Theories as [Digital Humanities] Methods
Jarah Moesch
University of Maryland
The methods and tools used and produced by Digital Humanists function as organizing principles that frame how race, gender, sexuality, and ability are embodied and understood within and through [...]
Wikipedia for Humanists and Cultural Heritage Professionals (Course Cancelled: 2014)
Adrianne Wadewitz
Occidental College
It is with a sad heart that we learned of Adrianne's passing on April 9, 2014 from a rock climbing accident. She was a passionate, vibrant scholar and friend who was genuinely excited to teach HILT2014. In lieu of this course, we encourage you to visit Wikipedia and donate in her name.
Introduction to Web Development and Design Principles
Jeremy Boggs
University of Virginia
Jeri Wieringa
George Mason University
This course introduces students to best practices and techniques for standards-based, accessible web design and development including, but not limited to: Current trends and issues in web design/development; Responsive [...]
Born-Digital Forensics
Kam Woods
Bitcurator Project
Porter Olsen
University of Maryland
This course will introduce students to the role of digital forensics in the act of preserving, investigating, and curating born-digital culture artifacts. We will explore the technical underpinning and [...]
Games in the Classroom
Anastasia Salter
University of Baltimore
Games can be a great way to add experiential and playful learning to the humanities classroom by integrating learning objectives with game mechanics. We’ll look at three main ways [...]
Network Analysis and Visualization
Elijah Meeks
Stanford University
This course will cover the principles of network analysis and representation with an emphasis on expressing network structures and measures using information visualization. The tool we’ll be using will [...]
Humanities Programming
Wayne Graham
University of Virginia
Brandon Walsh
University of Virginia
This course focuses on introducing participants to humanities programming through the creation and use of the Ruby on Rails web application framework. This course will introduce programming and design [...]
Large-Scale Text Analysis with R
Mark Algee-Hewitt
Stanford University
Text mining, the practice of using computational and statistical analysis on large collections of digitized text, is becoming an increasingly important way of extracting meaning from writing. This technique [...]
Project Development
Simon Appleford
Creighton University
Jennifer Guiliano
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
This course will explore the fundamentals of project planning and design including, but not limited to: formulating appropriate disciplinary questions for digital humanities research, investigating digital humanities tools and [...]
Digital Editions
Dean Irvine
Dalhousie University
This course is designed for individuals and groups who are interested in creating scholarly digital editions. Topics covered will include an overview of planning and project management, workflow and [...]
Publishing and Using Linked Open Data
Richard Urban
Florida State University
The publication of structured knowledge representations and open data on the Web opens new possibilities for collaboration among humanities researchers and cultural heritage organizations. This course will introduce participants [...]
Large-Scale Text Analysis with R
Matt Jockers
Stanford University
Text collections such as the Google Books have provided scholars in many fields with convenient access to their materials in digital form, but text analysis at the scale of millions or [...]
Teaching through Multimedia
Cheryl Ball
Illinois State University
Virginia Kuhn
University of Southern California
Teaching through Multimedia will explore innovative strategies for increasing engagement in the undergraduate and graduate classroom with sound, images, and interactivity. This course explores the interrelationships among technology, culture [...]
Exploring Image Analyses
Michael Meredith
University of Sheffield, UK
Exploring Image Analysis will engage participants in image analysis techniques for use within their digital research agendas. Participants will be introduced to fundamental concepts in image identification, manipulation, and [...]
Data Curation for Digital Humanists
Trevor Muñoz
University of Maryland
Dorothea Salo
University of Wisconsin
Carrying out computational research with digital materials requires that humanists understand how to manage and curate data over its entire lifetime of interest—not only for their own project but [...]
Project Development
Jennifer Guiliano
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
The Project Development course will explore the fundamentals of project design including, but not limited to: formulating appropriate disciplinary questions for digital humanities research, investigating digital humanities tools and [...]
Humanities Programming
Wayne Graham
University of Virginia
Humanities Programming will engage participants in the iterative process of becoming proficient creators of digital scholarship. Participants will gain exposure to the algorithms, data structures and design elements relevant [...]