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Call for Participation: DHI Lightning Talks 2023
On 15, Mar 2023 | No Comments | 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 (room TBD) / 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 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.
Call for Participation: CUNY DHI Lightning Talks 2018 (Deadline November 6)
On 22, Oct 2018 | In Meetings | By Javier Otero Peña
Come present your digital projects, ongoing digital humanities work, or research questions at the Fourth Annual CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks event.
When: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Who: All CUNY Students, Faculty, and Staff
Where: The Graduate Center, CUNY, Room C198
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 before November 6th.
Don’t miss this year’s CUNY DHI event, featuring a keynote lecture by Kim Knight titled “Wearable Interfaces and Feminist Sleeper Agents.” Following the keynote, CUNY students, faculty, and staff will share their projects through short 3-minute, 3 slide talks, showcasing the diverse and innovative digital humanities projects happening across the CUNY system. We invite individual students, faculty, staff or groups from all disciplines to join more than 50 scholars who have already shared their projects in previous CUNY DHI events (learn more about some of these projects in the CUNY DHI website). We welcome first-time presenters, as well as those who have participated in past CUNY DHI Lightning Talks.
Reception to follow in Room 5307. This event is free and open to the public.
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.
We look forward to seeing you there and to welcoming you into the CUNY DHI community!
Deadline: November 6th, 2018
For specific questions, please contact us at lrhody@gc.cuny.edu or joteropena@gradcenter.cuny.edu.
Line-up for CUNY Digital Humanities Initiatives Lightning Talks 2017
On 14, Nov 2017 | In Events of Interest | By Javier Otero Peña
Event: “Building a Digital Humanities Community at the City University of New York”
Date: Tuesday November 14, 2017
Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Place: Room 9206-07, The Graduate Center, CUNY (365 Fifth Ave., New York)
CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative (DHI) and GC Digital Initiatives (GCDI) invite you to participate in the 3rd annual DHI Lightning Talks event: “Building a Digital Humanities Community at the City University of New York”. This event will take place on Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in rooms 9206-9207 at the Graduate Center, CUNY.
The current line-up for the event is as follows:
Communities of Pedagogy
Jill Belli, New York City College of Technology; and Kristen Hackett, The Graduate Center: The OpenLab
Charlie Edwards, New York City College of Technology; and Matt Gold, The Graduate Center: Learning in the Public Square: A Public Platform for Humanities Education
Rachel Rakov, The Graduate Center: Teaching Digital Tools for Lexical Analysis
Luke Waltzer, The Graduate Center: Vocat
Jeremy March, The Graduate Center: The Hoplite Challenge
Communities of Digital Publishing and Visualization
Naomi Barrettara, The Graduate Center: The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast
Agustín Indaco, The Graduate Center: Inequaligram
Micki Kaufman, The Graduate Center: Quantifying Kissinger
Matt Gold, The Graduate Center: Retooling the Monograph: The Manifold Scholarship Project
Chung Chang, The Graduate Center (alumnus): FDNY Community Outreach Review and Plan
We will be accepting on-the-go Lightning Talks during the event, so if you missed the sign-up deadline but would still like to present your work, come to the event and sign up on the live whiteboard to present your work!
Please share this call widely with friends and colleagues, so we can make this the most widely attended CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative event thus far.
We are looking forward to seeing new and emerging work from students and scholars across CUNY, as well as catching up on the growth and development of past projects.
For specific questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at lrhody@gc.cuny.edu orjoteropena@gradcenter.cuny.edu.
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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.
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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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