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 […]
Data visualization gives us a better understanding of our data and helps us communicate that to others. It has the potential to generate insights, communicate findings, and illustrate evidence. Conversely, a poor visualization can undermine an argument or even mislead the reader. Through a combination of lecture and demonstrations, this 1.5-hour online workshop will provide a brief introduction to data visualization theory and practice, mainly focusing on using a common data visualization tool, Tableau Desktop. Participants will create visualizations such as a bar graphs, line graphs, scatter plots, and dashboards. The workshop is free and open to all. It will be held on zoom. Pre-registration is required.
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 […]
Can you start building an effective, growing social media presence that could eventually reach millions? Scholars can and should play an active role in combatting bias and disinformation campaigns in social media. Yet, we often shy from using Instagram, one of the world’s largest social media platforms where audiences are hungry for quality, reliable content. […]
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 […]
This workshop is designed to help University of Toronto Humanities researchers understand the benefits of engaging with the media, learn what makes a story a good fit for media coverage, and the different tactics they can use to get attention for their research. We'll also cover tips and tricks for interviews, including how to prepare, […]
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. […]
Over the course of Day of DH, the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) at University of Toronto will be posting social media and blog content to showcase a range of research in the area of critical DH--digital humanities bringing together the humanities' critique of power and historical perspectives for socially transformative research.
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.
Please join us on September 20, 2022 for University of Toronto's Critical Digital Humanities Initiative's (CDHI's) first Lightning Lunch of the 2022-2023 academic year featuring a discussion on "Critical Infrastructure". Lightning Lunches are short meetings over lunch featuring the work of three scholars on a theme in current critical digital humanities scholarship. Prof. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, […]
Topic: Website Development Guest Expert: Matthew Lefaive (Digital Humanities Developer) Zoom Link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86122951329
Please join us on October 11, 2022 for University of Toronto's Critical Digital Humanities Initiative's (CDHI's) second Lightning Lunch of the 2022-2023 academic year featuring a discussion on "Public Scholarship and Knowledge Mobilization." Lightning Lunches are short meetings over lunch featuring the work of three scholars on a theme in current critical digital humanities scholarship. […]
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
Elaine Treharne is Senior Associate Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Education, Roberta Bowman Denning Professor of Humanities and Professor of English at Stanford University, where she teaches Manuscript and Archival Studies, and Early British Literatures. She co-directs Stanford Manuscript Sciences, and she is currently working on the fourth edition of Old and Middle English: An Anthology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023) […]
Please join us on Tuesday, November 15 at 12pm for University of Toronto’s Critical Digital Humanities Initiative’s (CDHI’s) third Lightning Lunch of the 2022-2023 academic year featuring a discussion on “Digital Pets.” Lightning Lunches are short meetings over lunch featuring the work of three scholars on a theme in current critical digital humanities scholarship. Dr. […]
Join us on November 21, 2022 for the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative’s (CDHI’s) second praxis workshop of the 2022-2023 academic year on “Media Training for Humanities Researchers." This workshop is designed to help humanities researchers understand the benefits of engaging with the media, learn what makes a story a good fit for media coverage, and […]
Topic: Media Engagement Guest Experts: Josslyn Johnstone & Sean Bettam (Comms & Media Relations Specialists) Zoom Link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/83156754777
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 […]