Introduction to Digital History

Catalog description

What is digital history and how has it changed the ways historians “do” history? This class offers students an introduction to digital history by examining three key elements of the field: 1) the digitization of primary sources and growing availability of historical data 2) the creation and use of digital tools to analyze and interpret primary sources and historical data; 3) and the use of digital platforms and programs by historians to publish and disseminate their scholarship and findings. Along the way, we will explore how these resources, tools, and techniques are changing the ways historians practice their craft and the kinds of histories they research and create.