CDHI Visiting Speaker Series: Kimberly Christen on Indigenous Data and Archives

CDHI is pleased to host Dr. Kimberly Christen as the fourth and final speaker in our Winter 2022 Visiting Speaker Series. Dr. Christen is a Professor in and Director of the Digital Technology and Culture Program and the Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation at Washington State University. Dr. Christen's talk is […]

CDHI Emerging Scholar Showcase

Join CDHI's emerging scholars as they present their latest research in virtual lightning talks. The Emerging Scholar Showcase is an opportunity for CDHI's postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate fellows working in critical digital humanities to share their research with the University of Toronto community. View and download the event program. The event is virtual via zoom. […]

CDHI Praxis Workshop: Visualizing Relationships

Join us on October 24, 2022 for the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative's (CDHI's) first praxis workshop of the 2022-2023 academic year on "Visualizing Relationships: A Friendly Introduction to Working with Networks using Gephi." A network is a way of specifying relationships among a collection of entities or actors. Networks come up in a variety of […]

Digital Drop-In: Gephi

Topic: Gephi Guest Expert: Kelly Schultz, Data Visualization Librarian Zoom Link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/87698587068

Praxis Workshop: Intro to SPARQL with WikiData Query Service

Join us on Monday, January 23 at 2 pm for a CDHI praxis workshop on "Intro to SPARQL with WikiData Query Service." In this workshop you will learn to understand the basics of linked data and how it differs from unstructured and structured data. The workshop will consist of demonstrations, group activities, and interactive exercises […]

Digital Drop-In: SPARQL with Wikidata Query Service

Virtual (Zoom)

Please join us for the first Digital Drop-In of 2023 on Thursday, February 9th (1:00-2:00 PM), held on SPARQL with Wikidata Query Service! Drop by with your questions for this week's experts: David Kwasny (Data and Digital Literacy Librarian) and Alex Jung (Open Knowledge Specialist). Whether you're entirely new to the SPARQL language/Wikidata, or have […]

(Hybrid) CDHI Lightning Lunch: Building DH Labs and Makerspaces

Collaborative Digital Research Space (CDRS) Maanjiwe nendamowinan (MN) - 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Please join us on March 15, 2023 at 12pm for University of Toronto's Critical Digital Humanities Initiative's (CDHI's) fifth Lightning Lunch of the 2022-2023 academic year featuring a discussion on "Building DH Labs and Makerspace," examining the possibilities and challenges of creating diverse digital humanities spaces for research and scholarship.   Lightning Lunches are short meetings […]

Digital Drop-In: Website Development

Virtual (Zoom)

Please join us for our next 2023 Digital Drop-In on Thursday, March 23rd (1:00-2:00 PM), all about website development! Drop by with your questions for the CDHI's Digital Humanities Developer, Matt Lefaive. Whether you're just getting started with setting up a site, don't know where to begin, or have questions about how to achieve certain […]

Workshop: Allie Martin on Building Sonic Constellations of Black Life

Virtual (Zoom)

In this workshop for graduate students and postdocs at the University of Toronto, I will share some thoughts about how I create data visualizations and more recently, sound art, that is intended to amplify and support the political intention of my work, which is namely to decriminalize Black sound and amplify Black life. Drawing on […]

CDHI Lightning Lunch: Prototyping DH

Virtual (Zoom)

CDHI Lightning Lunch: Prototyping DH  Please join us on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 12PM for University of Toronto's Critical Digital Humanities Initiative's (CDHI's) sixth Lightning Lunch of the 2022-2023 academic year featuring a discussion on "Prototyping DH," examining the need for and essential role of prototyping in DH research and scholarship.   Lightning Lunches are […]

WordPress Drop-In #1

Virtual (Zoom)

Looking to get started using WordPress to create a website? Have an existing site but are stuck with a problem in development? Trying to use CSS in WordPress to create a particular design? Join Matt Lefaive, CDHI's Digital Humanities Developer, for a series of drop-in sessions aimed at beginner users of WordPress! Bring your questions […]

The Future is Now: A Symposium on Collaborating for Sustainability in Digital Research

Virtual (Zoom)

Virtual Online Event on Friday, September 29, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm (EST) This event is free, online, and open to all. Advanced registration is required, via zoom. Download the PDF of the full program HERE The Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) warmly welcomes you to a virtual half-day symposium on collaborative efforts to ensure […]

WordPress Drop-In #2

Virtual (Zoom)

Looking to get started using WordPress to create a website? Have an existing site but are stuck with a problem in development? Trying to use CSS in WordPress to create a particular design? Join Matt Lefaive, CDHI's Digital Humanities Developer, for a series of drop-in sessions aimed at beginner users of WordPress! Bring your questions […]

WordPress Drop-In #3

Virtual (Zoom)

Looking to get started using WordPress to create a website? Have an existing site but are stuck with a problem in development? Trying to use CSS in WordPress to create a particular design? Join Matt Lefaive, CDHI's Digital Humanities Developer, for a series of drop-in sessions aimed at beginner users of WordPress! Bring your questions […]

WordPress Drop-In #4

Virtual (Zoom)

Looking to get started using WordPress to create a website? Have an existing site but are stuck with a problem in development? Trying to use CSS in WordPress to create a particular design? Join Matt Lefaive, CDHI's Digital Humanities Developer, for a series of drop-in sessions aimed at beginner users of WordPress! Bring your questions […]

WordPress Drop-In #5

Virtual (Zoom)

Looking to get started using WordPress to create a website? Have an existing site but are stuck with a problem in development? Trying to use CSS in WordPress to create a particular design? Join Matt Lefaive, CDHI's Digital Humanities Developer, for a series of drop-in sessions aimed at beginner users of WordPress! Bring your questions […]