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!

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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.

Join us for the Digital Archive Research Collective (DARC) kick-off event!

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

Please register here.

 

Lightning Talks 2019 Recap

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.