246 Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame
This summer, Notre Dame will host a mini-Digital Humanities Research Institute (DHRI) skills workshop targeted at humanities graduate students, undergraduate students, faculty, and staff. This two-day workshop covers command line functionality, Git and GitHub, markdown, Python, digital text analysis, IIIF, and GIS mapping. Participants will also discuss the ethics of gathering, using, and maintaining data, and consider how the products of algorithms and machine learning can reflect unconscious bias.
The institute's goal is to provide foundational computing skills that will allow participants to advance their own digital projects, assist others in the creation and maintenance of digital research, and instruct others in digital methodologies. The institute also aims to foster a sense of community among participants, positioning attendees to collaborate on projects in the future and serve as valuable resources for each other.
Notre Dame professors Ashlee Bird and Katherine Walden will deliver keynote addresses.
Wednesday, July 26
4:00pm – Opening Remarks by Professor Katherine Walden
4:30pm – Refreshments & Networking
Thursday, July 27
9:00am – 11:45am - Morning Sessions. Attendees will choose from one of two topics.
11:45am – Lunch
1:00pm – 3:45pm - Afternoon Sessions. Attendees will chose from one of three topics.
4:00pm – "Possibilities of Digital Humanities" by Caterina Agostini
4:30pm – Closing Remarks by Professor Ashlee Bird
Caterina Agostini, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship, Hesburgh Libraries
Dan Johnson, Co-Interim Director, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship, Hesburgh Libraries
Amanda Leary, Program Administrator, Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning
Eric Morgan, Digital Initiatives Librarian, Hesburgh Libraries
Jacob Swisher, NFCDS Pedagogy Fellow, Graduate Student in the Department of History
There is no minimum knowledge requirement, just a willingness to learn. Please bring your laptop.
Please submit your registration by noon on Monday, July 17.
In 2019, the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College collaborated to develop a week-long digital skills workshop for humanities graduate students, undergraduate students, faculty, and staff, using a curriculum developed by the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. The goal of the institute is to provide participants with foundational computing skills that will allow them to advance their own digital projects, assist others in the creation and maintenance of digital research, and/or instruct others in digital methodologies.