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Wed, 10/12/2022

Digital Jumpstart Workshops: Digital Storytelling in the Classroom

The Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities and the Center for Teaching Excellence are proud to announce the Fall 2022 Digital Jumpstart Workshops, “Digital Storytelling in the Classroom.”...

Tue, 07/26/2022

2024-25 IDRH Digital Humanities Fellows Competition

Deadline: September 8, 2024, 11:59pm. ...

Tue, 10/19/2021

The IDRH Announces 2021-2022 Digital Humanities Fellows

The Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Kansas has announced the newly selected fellows for the 2021-2022 Digital Humanities fellows program. The Digital Humanities Fellows are a cohort of faculty members, staff, and graduate students from across the university committed to thinking and working together...

Thu, 08/26/2021

'WWI Immigrant Poetry Project' creates a digital archive and annotated edition of German-American poems

The IDRH is thrilled to announce the release of the WWI Immigrant Poetry Project. Created by Lorie Vanchena, associate professor of German Studies, the project creates a digital repository and annotated edition of poems written by German Americans during the decade of the Great War. Largely absent from scholarship on...

Tue, 08/17/2021

Grant to support training for high-impact public digital humanities collaborations

The summer institute will also include training in fundraising, grant writing, and marketing communications provided by Lawrence-based, woman-owned consulting firm Coneflower Consulting to ensure that projects are fundable and sustainable. ...

Thu, 07/01/2021

The Hall Center for the Humanities & the IDRH receive Mellon Foundation grant for "Stories for All"

The Hall Center for the Humanities, in partnership with KU’s Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities, has been awarded a three-year grant of $1,478,000 by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a collaborative digital storytelling project that will work with community and KU partners to recover marginalized and...

Thu, 05/06/2021

Digital Storytelling Symposium

Hosted by the Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities, the 2021 Digital Humanities (DH) Fellows Symposium will be a lightning-talk-style presentation of the digital storytelling projects being pursued by the first cohort of Digital Humanities Fellows. ...

Wed, 05/05/2021

2021-2022 IDRH Digital Humanities Fellows Competition

**Applications now closed**...

Wed, 03/03/2021

Digital Storytelling Colloquium: Annita Lucchesi

Annita Lucchesi, Doctoral student, University of Arizona, ...

Mon, 12/14/2020

Announcing the 2020-2022 HASTAC Scholars

Mon, 11/30/2020

DigiTalks Podcast Releases New Episodes: Sylvia Fernández and United Fronteras

The IDRH DigiTalks podcast kicks off its second season with host David Tamez and guest Dr. Sylvia Fernández, postdoctoral fellow at the IDRH. Dr. Fernandez shares her project, United Fronteras, and how she seeks to amplify those voices and narratives at U.S.-Mexican border that have yet to be told and...

Wed, 11/18/2020

Virtual Class Visits - Introduction to Digital Humanities Workshops

The Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities (IDRH) looks forward to offering "Introduction to Digital Humanities" workshops and class visits in Spring 2021 for both graduate and undergraduate courses. (All virtual)...

Sat, 11/07/2020

Sylvia Fernández to join the Hall Center for the Humanities, the Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities, and The Commons

We are thrilled to announce that Sylvia Fernández will be joining the IDRH community as part of her role as Public and Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hall Center for the Humanities, starting in January 2020. Her work with IDRH will include coordinating the HASTAC Scholars program, helping develop...

Thu, 10/22/2020

Digital Storytelling Colloquium: Allen Turner

Join IDRH for our Digital Storytelling Colloquium with a presentation by Allen Turner...

Mon, 10/05/2020

Apply Now to Join HASTAC Scholars

Thu, 09/24/2020

Digital Storytelling Colloquium: Jessica Marie Johnson

Thu, 09/24/2020

IDRH Welcomes the 2020 Digital Humanities Fellows

LAWRENCE — The Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Kansas has announced the newly selected fellows for the 2020-2021 program focusing on the ethics, politics and techniques of digital storytelling. ...

Fri, 06/12/2020

IDRH Colloquium and Fellows programs to launch in Fall 2020

The IDRH is pleased to announce two new initiatives focused on digital storytelling for the 2020-2021 academic year, the IDRH Colloquium and the IDRH Digital Humanities Fellows. ...

Fri, 04/03/2020

THE IDRH CORNER: DH and Philosophy Projects / Proyectos en humanidades digitales y filosofía

(En español)...

Thu, 02/20/2020

IDRH Public Data for Social Justice Workshop

Mark your calendars for our March 2nd workshop focusing on data capturing methods and their potential for responding to issues of social justice. This event will provide a hands on exploration of digital methods for all participants. Panelists and audience members will also engage the implications these methods can have...

Fri, 02/14/2020

New Digital Humanities Reading and Praxis Groups, Spring 2020

IDRH is hosting a new Digital Humanities group—two groups really—spearheaded by Sylvia Fernández (Hall Center for the Humanities) and James Yeku (African and African-American Studies), and we’d like to invite anyone interested to join. These sessions are open to faculty, staff and students, or anyone else who may be interested. ...

Fri, 01/24/2020

IDRH is pleased to Co-Sponsor A Workshop Series on Medieval Manuscripts with The Kenneth Spencer Research Library

Dr. N. Kıvılcım Yavuz, Ann Hyde Postdoctoral Researcher at Kenneth Spencer Research Library, will be conducting a series of three workshops focusing on medieval manuscripts. The workshops explore the material nature of the medieval manuscript book while looking at current trends in manuscript studies. The aim of the workshops is...

Mon, 11/11/2019

IDRH Meet and Greet

Join visiting scholars Heather Bamford (George Washington University) and Emily Francomano (Georgetown University) for coffee, pastries, and informal conversation about the Digital Humanities. This “coffee break” offers an excellent opportunity for you to mingle with the visiting speakers, fellow medievalists and early modernists, and DH colleagues to chat about issues...

Fri, 10/18/2019

The Exquisite Corpse of Lawrence: a collaborative digital storytelling activity

Sun, 09/22/2019

Recovering Cavendish Transcribe-a-Thon, September 27

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Tue, 08/27/2019

Digital Humanities Grants Workshop - September 13

Come learn the ins-and-out of digital humanities grant opportunities with this free luncheon workshop for KU faculty. Whether you’re just dipping your toe into the digital humanities funding stream or have plunged into the DH deep end a few times before, this workshop provides something for everyone—from internal grant...

Sun, 08/25/2019

Digital Humanities Seed Grants - Proposals Due November 1

IDRH is pleased to announce the return of our Digital Humanities Seed Grants programs. ...

Mon, 08/12/2019

DH Studio Warming and Fall Preview - September 3

Join us Tuesday, September 3, 3:00pm - 5:00pm in Watson 302 to kick off the semester with studio warming party in the new DH Studio. We will have refreshments, a preview of Fall 2019 events, initiatives and IDRH news, and let you know about opportunities to get involved. Please RSVP...

Thu, 06/06/2019

Bryce Heesacker joins IDRH as Hall Center Applied Humanities Fellow

Wed, 05/29/2019

IDRH Welcomes James Yeku to the University of Kansas in Fall 2019