Digital Humanities and the Historian

Catalog description

What is digital humanities and what is its relationship to history? This course seeks to understand how digital humanities informs the scholarship and work of historians and public historians primarily through the lenses of digital history, public history, and new media. The class begins with the short history of digital humanities as it moved from digitization to scholarship. Students will explore projects for popular consumption and produced in the academy; they also will familiarize themselves with tools and web publication via mini-workshops. Students will engage in critical debates currently shaping the digital humanities and its future. Assessment will include weekly readings and discussions, building a digital presence, and graded components leading to the creation and curation of a collaborative digital humanities project based on best practices and original research.