Call for Participation: DHI Lightning Talks Fall 2024

It’s that time of year!

Are you a member of the CUNY community working on a digital humanities project or question? Would you like to connect with other CUNY faculty, students, and staff working in digital humanities?

Sign up to attend and/or to present your digital humanities project, research, or questions with students, faculty, and staff from across CUNY’s campuses.

What: 10th Annual CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks
When: Tuesday, November 19th 2024
Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Where: Hybrid: Graduate Center Rooms 9205/9206 (9F) and Zoom
How to participate: In-person or synchronous Zoom options available

Lightning talks are informal, 3-minute / 3-slide presentations that offer a brief insight into your digital humanities project, research, or question. Projects at any stage–whether just beginning, in-development, or completed–are welcome! The audience includes a diverse community of engaged CUNY students and colleagues who are eager to hear about your project and offer feedback.

As a presenter, you will have the option to either: 1) present live over Zoom or 2) join us in person in rooms 9205/9206 (9F) of the CUNY Graduate Center. We welcome first-time presenters, as well as those who have participated in past CUNY DHI Lightning Talks. Learn more about some projects and past presentations on the CUNY DHI website.

Register to attend or present (both in-person and via Zoom) at http://cuny.is/cunygcdi24. 

After registering, presenters should submit their proposals to http://cuny.is/presentdhi24 by Friday, November 8th 2024. 

Presenters’ slides will be due by Friday, November 15th 2024 and made available after the event on our CUNY DHI blog. 

This event is free and open to all CUNY students, faculty, and staff.

Visit cuny.is/cunydhi for more info.

Recap: CUNY DHI Lightning Talks Fall 2023

In Fall 2023, with the support of the DH community across CUNY, we held the Ninth Annual CUNY DHI Lightning Talks. For the first time, we held the event in a hybrid format, and  hosted 25 presenters, 25 in person attendees, and more than 50 Zoom attendees. Presenters represented CUNY community colleges, senior colleges, and programs from The Graduate Center. The projects illuminated current work in digital pedagogy, archives, publishing, mapping, and more in the field of DH, showcasing the future of the field, especially as it enters more undergraduate courses across CUNY campuses. 

Below you will find the program and the slides from the presenters. We hope to see you in our upcoming Lightning Talks! 

Remember to  join the Digital Humanities Initiative Group to keep abreast with the happenings of DH at CUNY.

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Call for Participation: DHI Lightning Talks Fall 2023

Are you working on a digital humanities project or query at CUNY? Then sign up to present your digital humanities project, research, or questions with students, faculty, and staff from across CUNY’s campuses. 

What: 9th Annual CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks

When: Tuesday, November 14th 2023

Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm

Where: Hybrid: Graduate Center Segal Theatre (1F) / Zoom

How to participate: In-person or synchronous Zoom options available

Lightning talks are informal, 3-minute / 3-slide presentations that offer a brief insight into your digital humanities project, research, or question. Projects at any stage–whether just beginning, in-development, or completed–are welcome! The audience includes a diverse community of engaged CUNY students and colleagues who are eager to hear about your project and offer feedback. 

As a presenter, you will have the option to either: 1) present live over Zoom or 2) join us in the Graduate Center’s Segal Theater (1F) to present in-person. We encourage you to participate in whichever way you feel most comfortable. For either option, please submit your slides by Tuesday, November 7th so we can add them to the event slide deck. Slides will be made available after the event on our CUNY DHI blog. 

We welcome first-time presenters, as well as those who have participated in past CUNY DHI Lightning Talks. Learn more about some projects and past presentations on the CUNY DHI website.

Following presentations, participants and attendees will have an opportunity to socialize and ask questions in a general discussion.

This event is free and open to all CUNY students, faculty, and staff. 

Sign up to present or attend using this form. 

Visit cuny.is/cunydhi for more info.

Recap: CUNY DHI 2023

Thank you all for a great Lightning Talks event! It was wonderful to hear about all the brilliant projects happening at CUNY. Here’s the list of presenters with links to their projects and their slides (where applicable):

Simon Baatz, (John Jay College of Criminal Justice), “Tales from the Criminal Court: Crime and Criminal Justice in New York, 1880-1930”

Stefano Morello, (City College), “Let My People Know The Story of Wilfred Mendelson, ‘Mendy,’ August 17, 1915 – July 28, 1938″

Ian Williams, (Graduate Center), “The Pleasures and Perils of Generative AI Imagery”

Rebecca Krisel, (Graduate Center), “From Public Testimony to a Database”

Sean Scanlan, (City College of Technology), “Teaching With/Against AI in a Technical Writing Program”

Lisa Rhody, (Graduate Center), “The Digital Humanities Research Institute”

Zachary Lloyd, (Graduate Center), “DHRIFT: Digital Humanities Research Infrastructure for Teaching”

Silvia Rivera Alfaro, (Graduate Center), “Feminist Linguistics Repository”

Matt Gold, (Graduate Center), “Manifold”

Cristina Migliaccio, (Medgar Evers College), “The Siren’s Children Speak: Neapolitan Rhetoric in a Multimedia Age”

Please join our CUNY Academic Commons group for to keep up with the digital humanities community at CUNY.

CUNY DHI Lighting Talks Switch to Virtual Format

Today at 5:30 p.m. is our annual CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talk event. Originally, it was scheduled to be held as a hybrid event with in-person and remote presentations. However, we have had to make a last-minute decision to switch to an online format.

We hope that if you were planning to join us that you will continue to do so remotely. We will be sending out the Zoom link 30 minutes prior to the event, so if you had not already registered, you are able to do so until 5 p.m. tonight at https://cuny.is/dhi23-register.

Tonight’s event will be slightly less formal than it has been in the past, so if you have not had an opportunity to sign up to present but would like to do so, we can accommodate. You can either let us know when you register or reach out through a Zoom chat message to either Zach Lloyd or myself.

Again, apologies for the last minute change. You can see the original call that was posted to the CUNY DHI website and circulated through the Commons here: https://cunydhi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2023/03/15/call-for-participation-dhi-lightning-talks-2023/.

We look forward to seeing you either tonight online or at future events.

Call for Participation: DHI Lightning Talks 2023

Interested in digital humanities at CUNY? Have a project to share? Sign up to present your digital humanities project, research, or questions with students, faculty, and staff from across CUNY’s campuses. 

What: 8th Annual CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks

When: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023

Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Where: Hybrid: Graduate Center Segal Theater (1F) / Zoom

How to participate: In-person or synchronous Zoom options available

Lightning talks are informal, 3-minute / 3-slide presentations that offer a brief insight into your digital humanities project, research, or question. Projects at any stage–whether just beginning, in-development, or completed–are welcome! The audience includes a diverse community of engaged CUNY colleagues who are eager to hear about your project and offer feedback. 

As a presenter, you will have the option to either: 1) submit your slides and present live over Zoom or 2) join us at the Graduate Center’s Segal Theater to present your slides in-person. We encourage you to participate in whichever way you feel most comfortable. For either option, please submit your slides so we can add them to the event slide deck. Slides will be made available after the event on our CUNY DHI blog. 

We welcome first-time presenters, as well as those who have participated in past CUNY DHI Lightning Talks. Learn more about some projects and past presentations on the CUNY DHI website.

Following presentations, participants and attendees will have an opportunity to socialize and ask questions in a general discussion.

This event is free and open to all CUNY students, faculty, and staff. 

Sign up to present or attend using this form. 

Recap: Slides from the CUNY DHI Lightning Talks 2021

Thank you all for a great Lightning Talks event! It was wonderful to hear about all the brilliant projects happening at CUNY. Here’s the list of presenters and the slide deck from the event!

Wendy Barrales (Graduate Center), “Searching for Mami & Abuelita: Exploring Testimonio in a Women of Color Archive”

Jonah Brucker-Cohen (Lehman College), “Human Error”

Patrick Smyth (Graduate Center), “Iota School”

Zach Muhlbauer (Graduate Center), “Discord Educational Toolkit: Instructional Design for Networked Learning & Digital Community”

Kristine Riley (Graduate Center), “Countermapping the Humanities”

Atilio Barreda II (New York City College of Technology + Graduate Center), “Embedded Humanities in Data Systems”

Matthew K. Gold (Graduate Center), “Manifold”

Lisa Rhody (Graduate Center), “Digital Humanities Research Institute”

Please join our CUNY Academic Commons group for to keep up with the digital humanities community at CUNY.

Call for Participation: CUNY DHI Lightning Talks 2021

Interested in digital humanities at CUNY? Have a project to share? Sign up to present your digital humanities project, research, or questions with students, faculty, and staff from across CUNY’s campuses. 

What: 7th Annual CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks

When: Friday, November 19, 2021 

Time: 4:30 to 6:00 PM

Where: Zoom (link will be sent by email to registered participants)

How to participate: Synchronous and asynchronous options available

Lightning talks are informal, 3-minute / 3-slide presentations that offer a brief insight into your ongoing digital humanities project, research, or question. The audience includes a diverse community of engaged CUNY colleagues who are eager to hear about your project. You will have the option to either: 1) submit your slides and present live over Zoom or 2) send in a recording of your presentation. We encourage those who cannot attend the meeting to participate asynchronously by choosing the latter option. Slides will be made available after the event on our CUNY DHI blog. 

We welcome first-time presenters, as well as those who have participated in past CUNY DHI Lightning Talks. Learn more about some projects and past presentations on the CUNY DHI website.

Following presentations, participants and attendees will have an opportunity to socialize and ask questions in breakout groups.

This event is free and open to all CUNY students, faculty, and staff. You are not required to present to participate, but an RSVP (using your CUNY email) is necessary in order to receive the Zoom link for the event. Sign up to present or attend using this form by Friday, November 12. 

Recap: CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks

Thank you all for a great Lightning Talks event!

We had 13 presentations, representing the Digital Humanities work from 6 different CUNY campuses. The presentations were impressive, insightful, and provoking. You can check them out in the slide deck below, and here is a link to the event program.

Moving forward, we would love to keep the the CUNY DHI community going. Please don’t hesitate to reach out and keep in touch as your work develops!

Open the slide show with Google Slides.

CFP: 6th Annual CUNY DHI Lightning Talks

Interested in digital humanities at CUNY? Have a project to share? Sign up to present your digital humanities project, research, or questions with students, faculty, and staff from across CUNY’s campuses.

What: 6th Annual CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks

When: Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Time: 6:30 to 8:00 PM

Where: Zoom (link will be sent by email to registered participants)

Lightning talks are informal, 3-minute / 3-slide presentations that offer a brief insight into your ongoing digital humanities project, research, or question. The audience includes a diverse community of engaged CUNY colleagues who are eager to hear about your project.

We welcome first-time presenters, as well as those who have participated in past CUNY DHI Lightning Talks. This year, students, faculty, and staff presenters will join the dozens of scholars from previous DHI events in showcasing the diversity and innovation of CUNY’s growing digital humanities community. Learn more about some of these projects on the CUNY DHI website.

Following presentations, participants and attendees will have an opportunity to socialize and ask questions in breakout groups organized thematically, such as: Publishing, Pedagogy, Mapping, Visualization, Archives, and more.

This event is free and open to all CUNY students, faculty, and staff. Registration requires the use of your CUNY institution email account.

Sign up to present using this form by Thursday, October 22.