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 […]
CDHI is pleased to welcome Dr. Connie Crompton as the second guest in our 2022-23 Visiting Speaker Series. Dr. Crompton is a Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa. She is the Vice-President (English) of the Canadian Society for Digital Humanities, Director […]
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 […]
Please join us February 17, 2023 at 12pm for the fourth in our CDHI's Lightning Lunch series of 2022-2023, a conversation on how the digital humanities approaches working with new and old data, including its ethics and the afterlives. Lightning Lunches are short meetings over lunch featuring the work of three scholars on a theme […]
How do I publish my digital research project?
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 […]
Allie Martin is an ethnomusicologist and artist from Prince George’s County, Maryland. She is currently an assistant professor at Dartmouth College in the Music Department and the Cluster for Digital Humanities and Social Engagement. She received her BA in Violin Performance and Audio Production from American University, and her MA and PhD from Indiana University […]
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 […]
Please join us on Thursday, April 20 from 1:00 - 3:00 PM in the Collaborative Digital Research Space (CDRS) for Digital Presence for DH: WordPress 101, an in-person introductory workshop designed to give you the skills to create your own personal or research website! As the first in a series of Digital Presence for DH […]
Join the new Indigenous Digital Practice initiative at CDHI for an engaging presentation and workshop by Professor Matthew Wildcat (Native Studies, University of Alberta) as he explores the theories and challenges in creating an Indigenous database on the concept of Relational Governance—when multiple First Nations co-govern a service delivery organization. The focus here is on […]
Please join us on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, 12 pm for University of Toronto’s Critical Digital Humanities Initiative’s (CDHI’s) first Lightning Lunch of the 2023–2024 academic year centred on the intersections of digital humanities and games studies. Lightning Lunches are short meetings over lunch featuring the work of three scholars on a theme in current critical […]
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 […]
CDHI is pleased to welcome our first Visiting Speaker of 2023–2024: Dr. Jacqueline Wernimont! This will be an IN PERSON event on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto. Please register at this link on Eventbrite. (https://Wernimont.eventbrite.ca) Professor Wernimont's talk is titled "When is Death Official? Sociotechnical Entanglements with Human Mortality" As in […]
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 […]
Please join us on Monday, October 16, 12:00 pm in the JHI Boardroom for the University of Toronto's Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI's) second Lightning Lunch of the 2023–2024 year on the topic of archival practices in the digital age. Lightning Lunches are short meetings over the lunch-hour featuring the work of three scholars on […]
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 […]
