Games and Play

Sponsored by the Jackman Humanities Institute, our monthly lightning lunches focus on a specific topic or contemporary issue with experts from different disciplines to explore threads of commonality and nuance. It is always our hope that these lightning lunches will lead to the formation of new networks, research projects, and shared knowledge. To that end, this lightning lunch focuses on the topic of Games and Play. Our speakers present for 7 minutes followed by lunch and informal discussion on the role of games and play within and beyond the university. We are extremely fortunate to have three scholars who work closely with game communities and industry partners in their research and teaching.

Secure States and States of Insecurity

This lightning lunch, “Secure States & States of Insecurity,” explores the topics of surveillance studies, digital journalism, critical digital media studies, and the intersection of digital humanities with issues of equity and justice. After a catered lunch, speakers will present for 5-7 minutes, followed by an informal discussion.

How to Build (and Maintain) a DH Project

This virtual lightning lunch, “How to Build (and Maintain) a DH Project,” explores the topics of ethics and sustainability in the staffing, training, and management of DH projects. Speakers will present for approximately 10 minutes, followed by a general discussion. We invite all those with experience in DH project management (and those simply interested in it) to participate.

Digital Literary Archives (2021 DHN Winter Lightning Lunch Series)

Welcome to a new year and new semester! To start off our winter programing, join the DHN for the first Lightning Lunch on Digital Literary Archives. Claire Battershill (University of Toronto), Michelle Levy (Simon Fraser University), and Lawrence Evalyn (University of Toronto) gather to discuss the intersection of literature, print history, and digital archives. Jennifer Ross (University of Toronto) will serve as moderator.

Network Analysis (2021 DHN Winter Lightning Lunch Series)

Our second lunch in the Winter 2021 Lightning Lunch series explores network analysis through art, religion, and the development of civilizations in the Mediterranean. Art historian Carl Knappett (University of Toronto), historian Irad Malkin (Tel Aviv University), and religious scholar John Kloppenborg (University of Toronto) describe their work excavating the development of trade, knowledge, and religious networks within and beyond the Greco-Roman world.

EH/DH: Energy Humanities and the Digital Turn (2021 DHN Winter Lightning Lunch Series)

Join the DHN as we conclude our winter 2021 Lightning Lunch series! With a focus on the intersection of energy and digital humanities, this lunch will explore how energy humanists have integrated the study of new media and digital technologies into analysis of infrastructure and the environment. We are delighted to host Anne Pasek (Trent University), Caleb Wellum (University of Waterloo), and Lisa Parks (University of California at Santa Barbara) for an engaging discussion on energy, culture, and communication in the digital era.

The event will take place from 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST March 30, 2021. Speakers will give short presentations on their work, followed by discussion.

Multilingual DH (2021 Fall DHN Lightning Lunch Series)

The DHN's Lightning Lunches are back, and we are starting off this academic year with the theme of Multilingual DH running on September 15 from 12:00-1:00 PM EST. Lightning Lunches are panels of three DH scholars speaking on a theme over lunch. Our first lunch has Prof. Elise K. Burton (Assistant Professor, Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science […]

4th Annual Digital Humanities Conference

The Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) at the University of Toronto cordially invites you to our fourth annual DH Conference, to take place virtually on 21-22 October 2021.

Free

CDHI Praxis Workshop: Introduction to TEI

This workshop will introduce workflows for encoding texts using Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and will discuss how to approach tagging transcriptions based on how future researchers will access a project's digitized, transcribed, and searchable texts. Location: Online via Teams 

The Spatial Turn (2021 Fall DHN Lightning Lunch Series)

Our second meeting of this academic year has Prof. Bhavani Raman (Associate Professor, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies at UTSC), Marcel Fortin (Head, Map and Data Library), and Tia Sager (PhD Candidate, Department of Art History) speaking on digital humanities and the spatial turn, including geographic information systems (GIS) and 3D modelling.

CDHI Praxis Workshop: Getting Started with ArcGIS StoryMaps

Join Marcel Fortin (Head of the U of T Map and Data Library) for an introduction to getting started with the esri ArcGIS StoryMaps platform using the new template for development. Registration is now open: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtf-irrzMvGtQXyT7Zi_9yF7WIhtFuUSlR

Ethical DH (2021 Fall DHN Lightning Lunch Series)

Please join the University of Toronto's Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) for the third in our Lightning Lunch series of 2021-2022, an important conversation about approaching DH work in ethical and culturally sensitive ways. Lightning Lunches are panels of three DH scholars speaking about a theme over lunch. Our third discussion will be facilitated by […]

DH Beyond the Human (2022 Winter CDHI Lightning Lunch Series)

Please join the University of Toronto's Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) for the fourth in our Lightning Lunch series of 2021-2022 for a conversation about doing digital humanities work on plants, animals, fish, and fungi. Lightning Lunches are panels of three DH scholars speaking about a theme over lunch. Our fourth discussion will be feature […]

CDHI Praxis Workshop: Zotero for Research

This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to how to use Zotero to collect, organize, annotate, and share research materials for their own use, or for use as part of a research team. The session will cover strategies for building a personal research library, managing and organizing documents and articles, using Zotero to automate citations and […]

CDHI Visiting Speaker Series: Roopika Risam on Postcolonial DH

CDHI is pleased to host Dr. Roopika Risam as the first speaker in our Winter 2022 Visiting Speaker Series. Dr. Risam is Chair of Secondary and Higher Education and Associate Professor of Education and English, Salem State University and is a principle investigator of the Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium. Dr. Risam's talk is titled "Data […]

Graduate Workshop with Dr. Roopika Risam: Postcolonial Digital Humanities in Practice: Visualizing Migration

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 […]

Power, Inequality, and DH (2022 Winter CDHI Lightning Lunch Series)

Please join the University of Toronto's Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) for the fifth in our Lightning Lunch series of 2021-2022 for a conversation about how digital humanities approaches and methodologies can be used to unpack the relationships between power and inequality. Lightning Lunches are panels of three DH scholars speaking about a theme over […]

CDHI Visiting Speaker Series: Catherine Knight Steele on Digital Black Feminism

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 […]