The CDHI cordially invites all UofT graduate students to attend a workshop with Dr. Roopika Risam, our first speaker in the Winter 2022 Visiting Speaker Series. Dr. Risam is Chair of Secondary and Higher Education and Associate Professor of Education and English, Salem State University, as well as a principle investigator of the Digital Ethnic […]
CDHI and the Black Research Network are pleased to host Dr. Catherine Knight Steele as the second speaker in our Winter 2022 Visiting Speaker Series. Dr. Knight Steele is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland-College Park and the Director of the Black Communication and Technology Lab. Dr. Knight Steele's talk is […]
CDHI is pleased to host Dr. Angus Mol as the third speaker in our Winter 2022 Visiting Speaker Series. Dr. Mol is a University Lecturer at the institute for History and the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Dr. Mol's talk is titled "Playful Time Machines: Research and Outreach at the Intersections of […]
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 […]
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. […]
From PhD to Pivot is a workshop designed by Dr. Jen Polk for current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows affiliated with the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) at the University of Toronto.
Topic: International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Guest Experts: Kelli Babcock (Digital Initiatives Librarian) & Rachel Di Cresce (Project Librarian) Zoom Link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/82025997540
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 […]
Topic: Gephi Guest Expert: Kelly Schultz, Data Visualization Librarian Zoom Link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/87698587068
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 […]
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 […]
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Please join us on Monday, March 13 at 2 pm for our final praxis workshop of the year on Data Modeling, Digital Tools, and Research at the Women Writers Project! This workshop will offer an exploration of digital tools, methods, and research initiatives that support the Women Writers Project, a long-standing digital humanities research project […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
