DH Fest 2025

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

Celebrate four years of the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) and connect with brilliant, innovative researchers!

Recent Events

AI For People Who Don’t Like AI: An Introduction for Historians

Why are so many historians wary of AI? Tech CEOs love to use historical references but often argue that the people who are reluctant to embrace AI are simply afraid of change or do not understand the technology. This introductory workshop explores the valid concerns and important perspectives that historians bring to the AI Age. […]

Lightning Lunch: Old Texts, New Contexts

Virtual (Zoom)

CDHI's fourth and final Lightning Lunch of 2024-25 will reflect on the new contexts that DH tools provide for studying old texts. This session brings together scholars from across the humanities who will explore how traditional 'texts' – ranging from poetry and Biblical texts to physical media – can be re-mediated and re-presented in new, […]

Lightning Lunch: Teaching with Digital Storytelling

JHB 718 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

On Tuesday February 11, CDHI’s Visiting Scholar in Residence Dr. Emily Christina Murphy will lead a conversation around the topic of Digital Storytelling and its use in teaching within and beyond the university. Sharing reflections from her forthcoming volume EnTwine: A Critical and Creative Companion to Teaching with Twine, co-edited with Dr. Lai-Tze Fan, this […]

CDHI Visiting Speaker Series: Avery Dame-Griff

Faculty of Information 140 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CDHI is pleased to welcome our annual Visiting Speaker: Dr. Avery Dame-Griff. This is an in person seminar at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto (140 St. George Street, Claude T. Bissell Building, Room BL 404). Pre-registration is required. Dr. Dame-Griff's talk is titled "Tracing the Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender […]

Graduate Seminar: Introduction to Working with Born-Digital Materials and Web History

Faculty of Information 140 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CDHI's Visiting Speaker, Dr. Avery Dame-Griff, will facilitate a special graduate seminar, "Introduction to Working with Born-Digital Materials and Web History" on Thursday, February 6, 2025. In this seminar, you'll explore some of the ways born-digital materials could be integrated into research, as well as the challenges of working with born-digital and web materials. This […]

AI + Humanities Lab: Talk with Amir Kiani

Please join CDHI's AI + Humanities Lab for a talk with Amir Kiani on Friday, January 31, 2025, 12:00-1:30pm in OISE 5170. Corporate Transparency in the Age of Advanced AI: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Path Forward In a world increasingly shaped by advanced artificial intelligence, transparency will become a cornerstone of corporate accountability and trust. […]

Digital Knowledge Mobilization Essentials: Visual Design Essentials

Join us for the second workshop in the Digital Knowledge Mobilization Essentials series, which introduces humanities researchers to the core principles of visual design. Through interactive exercises, participants will explore concepts like form, contrast, and colour, gaining practical tools to create visually compelling research materials and online content. This workshop will be held in person […]

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