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Recap: CUNY DHI 2023
On 24, Apr 2023 | No Comments | In Events of Interest | By Zachary Lloyd
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
On 04, Apr 2023 | In Uncategorized | By Lisa Marie Rhody
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
On 15, Mar 2023 | In Events of Interest, Uncategorized | By Zachary Lloyd
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
On 30, Nov 2021 | In Uncategorized | By Param Ajmera
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
On 19, Oct 2021 | In Uncategorized | By Leanne Fan
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
On 13, Nov 2020 | In Events of Interest | By Filipa Calado
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
On 13, Oct 2020 | In Events of Interest | By Filipa Calado
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.
Join us for the Digital Archive Research Collective (DARC) kick-off event!
On 28, Jan 2020 | In Events of Interest | By Filipa Calado
Mary Rizzo from Rutgers University-Newark will talk about community archives and teaching for DARC’s kick-off event, “The Social Backend: Community-Driven Digital Archives and Exhibits.”
WHEN: Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 at 7-8:30pm (with pre-reception at 6:30pm in room 5307)
WHERE: The Skylight Room, The Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016
Lightning Talks 2019 Recap
On 22, Nov 2019 | In Uncategorized | By Filipa Calado
Hello Members of the CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative,
Thank you for a great event last month! The 2019 Lightning Talks: Building a Digital Humanities Community was exceptional, bringing together digital researchers from nine different CUNY colleges.
We loved hearing about all of your projects, and we hope you will keep us updated at future GCDI events.
Attached is a copy of the event program, and a link to the master slide deck.

Call for Participation: CUNY DHI Lightning Talks 2019
On 04, Oct 2019 | In Events of Interest | By Lisa Marie Rhody
Come present your digital projects, ongoing digital humanities work, or research questions at the Fifth Annual CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks event.
When: Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 PM with reception to follow
Who: All CUNY Students, Faculty, and Staff
Where: The Martin E. Segal Theatre, The Graduate Center, CUNY
What: Present your digital humanities project, research, or questions during a 3-minute / 3-slide “lightning” talk. Lightning talks offer a very brief insight into your ongoing digital humanities project, research, or activity to a community of engaged CUNY colleagues.
How to participate: Sign up using this form by October 18, 2019. Visit cuny.is/cunydhi for more information, and share our event flyer. The event is free and open to the public, so you can encourage colleagues, peers, and more to come learn more about CUNY’s vibrant DH work.
Please share this call widely with friends and colleagues whom you think might be interested in joining the CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative to present their work.
For specific questions, please contact us at lrhody@gc.cuny.edu or gc.digitalfellows@gmail.com.
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