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2025 CUNY DHI Lightning Talks In Review
On 03, Nov 2025 | In Events of Interest | By Maggie Schreiner
Thank you for making the 2025 CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks a big success! The event saw twenty presenters from six CUNY campuses share a wide range of exciting and innovative digital projects. The event was fully hybrid, with in-person presenters and attendees in the Graduate Center’s Skylight room, with additional participants joining us on Zoom. Using the event’s 3-slide, 3-minute format, we heard updates on the evolution of long-term projects, learned about new projects in development, and everything in between. For the first time, we had a suite of presentations examining the use of artificial intelligence in research, pedagogy, and design. The event was live-streamed at the NYC Public Interest Technology Pop Up at the Oculus. See below for the evening’s schedule of presentations, and the full slide deck.
Call for Participation: CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks 2025
On 09, Oct 2025 | In Events of Interest | By Maggie Schreiner
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: 11th Annual CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks
When: Tuesday, October 28th 2025
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 PM
Where: Hybrid event at the CUNY Graduate Center (Skylight Room) and on 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 present live over Zoom or join us in person at 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 present at the CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks (either in-person or on Zoom) at http://cuny.is/cunydhi25 by Friday, October 24th 2025.
Presenters’ slides will be due by Monday, October 27th 2025 and made available after the event on our CUNY DHI blog.
To attend this event without presenting, please register here.
This event is free and open to all CUNY students, faculty, and staff.
Recap: CUNY DHI Lightning Talks 2024
On 10, Dec 2024 | In Events of Interest, Organizational Info | By Tuka Al-Sahlani
On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, with the support of the DH community across CUNY, we held the Tenth Annual CUNY DHI Lightning Talks. The event was a hybrid event with 22 presenters, 35 in-person and 29 virtual attendees. The Lightning Talks were also live streamed for the general public. Our program began with a keynote talk from Andie Silva, Associate Professor of English (York College) and Digital Humanities (Graduate Center), titled “The DH Syllabus as Archive: Digital Pedagogy, Feminist Citation, and Sustainability.” Following the keynote presentation, the Lightning Talks presenters shared with us their completed and/or on-going projects using the 3 minute/3 slides format. Presenters represented CUNY community colleges, senior colleges, and programs from The Graduate Center. The projects illuminated current work in digital pedagogy, archives, publishing, platform development, and more in the field of DH, showcasing the future of the field.
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.
Call for Participation: DHI Lightning Talks Fall 2024
On 15, Oct 2024 | In Events of Interest, Organizational Info | By Tuka Al-Sahlani
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
On 20, Feb 2024 | In Events of Interest, Resources | By Tuka Al-Sahlani
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.
Call for Participation: DHI Lightning Talks Fall 2023
On 27, Oct 2023 | In Events of Interest, Uncategorized | By Tuka Al-Sahlani
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
On 24, Apr 2023 | 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.
CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative
Welcome to the blog of the CUNY DHI, an effort to build momentum and community around Digital Humanities practitioners at CUNY. We hope you'll join us at our upcoming events and that you'll follow this blog to hear about the latest news in the field.
If you are a member of CUNY and the Commons, please join our group.
Be sure to check out and add to the CUNY Digital Humanities Resource Guide.
CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative
Welcome to the blog of the CUNY DHI, an effort to build momentum and community around Digital Humanities practitioners at CUNY. We hope you'll join us at our upcoming events and that you'll follow this blog to hear about the latest news in the field.
If you are a member of CUNY and the Commons, please join our group.
Be sure to check out and add to the CUNY Digital Humanities Resource Guide.
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