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CDHI Associate Director wins $449,922 to build counter-archive of diverse refugee experiences

Professor Thy Phu (Arts, Culture, and Media, UTSC and Associate Director, CDHI) has been awarded $449,922 through the SSHRC Race, Gender, and Diversity Initiative Grant competition. The Refugee States partnership will build the capacity of non-profit organizations and peer researchers to create and preserve knowledge that they want and need through the development of workshops on visual and digital storytelling.

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CDHI Digital Humanities Developer

The CDHI invites applications for a Digital Humanities (DH) Developer to work collaboratively with faculty researchers on the complete lifecycle of digital scholarship projects. We are looking for someone with strong front-end development skills who is a collaborative, creative, and strategic thinker able to work closely with faculty to define research project goals and attainable deliverables within grant and research timelines and schedules. This is a term appointment until April 2024 with the possibility of renewal/extension. Applications are due May 26, 2022.

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Welcome to Khanh Vo!

The CDHI warmly welcomes Khanh V.N. Vo as the 2022-23 JHI-CDHI Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Vo (Ph.D. College of William and Mary, 2021) completed her doctorate in American Studies and has consistently worked toward a career that spans academic...

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CDHI Welcomes Thy Phu as Associate Director

The Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) is thrilled to welcome Professor Thy Phu as the CDHI Associate Director, UTSC. As Associate Director, Prof. Phu will lead the CDHI’s research portfolio and will play a key role in developing international research...

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CDHI Research Associate, Digital & Collaborative Research (UTSC)

The CDHI and the UTSC Office VP Research & Innovation invites applications for a Research Associate to take a leadership role in managing a highly interdisciplinary research environment. The incumbent will be responsible for supporting humanities and social science researchers who focus on collaborative, digital scholarship, and coordinating related research collaborations across the humanities and social sciences at UTSC. This opportunity is a 2-year appointment with the possibility of extension depending on funding. Applications are due May 10, 2022.

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CDHI is Hiring: Communications Assistant (Work Study, Summer 2022)

Do you have an eye for design? Do you know your way around social media platforms? Are you a clear communicator who loves working with a fun team? The Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) is seeking a student with a graphic design skills and social media acumen to join our team as a Communications Assistant for Summer 2022, through the University of Toronto Work Study Program.

Applications open April 18, 2022. Click here to read more!

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Call for Applications: Emerging Project Fund

CDHI is pleased to announce a call for applications to a second round of Emerging Project Fund grants for Summer 2022. All full-time faculty members and librarians at the University of Toronto, including research stream, teaching stream, and CLTAs. In the case of multi-university teams or community partnerships, the lead applicant must be a U of T faculty member. Deadline: 25 March 2022.

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Call for Funding: CDHI Postdoctoral Fellowship in Community Data (2022-24)

The Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) is pleased to announce a new postdoctoral fellowship program, with a focus on Community Data. The program will support two interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellows for two academic years, 2022-24. One fellow will be affiliated with the University of Toronto Faculty of Information (iSchool). One fellow will be affiliated with University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC).

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Graduate Digital Humanities Project Partner Grants: February-August 2022

The Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) is pleased to announce new grants to support critical digital humanities (DH) research, focusing on funding qualified graduate students registered in any program at the University of Toronto. The program embeds graduate student researchers within existing critical digital humanities research projects at U of T, many of which are also collaborations with librarians and/or community organizations. This call supports grad researchers for the period between February 15, 2022 and August 31, 2022. U of T graduate students at registered in any program, along with a faculty member and/or librarian co-lead, are invited to apply to the program.  

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Undergraduate Fellowships in Critical Digital Humanities

The Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) is pleased to announce new Fellowships in Critical Digital Humanities (DH) research to support qualified undergraduate students registered in any program at the University of Toronto. The program embeds undergraduate student researchers within existing critical digital humanities research projects at U of T. This call supports undergrad researchers for the period between Jan. 3, 2022 and April 30, 2022. Applications are due December 10, 2021.

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