This is a sample schedule; the 2026 schedule will be updated by May 1, 2026
May 26 – 29, 2026
Blog Post
Due Friday, May 29:
Write up to 500 words describing 1) your interest in the Fellowship program, 2) your project idea(s), and 3) what you hope to learn through the fellowship experience.
Tuesday, May 26
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Hildreth-Mirza Humanities Center (HMHC), Room 113
- Welcome and introductions
- Expectations for the summer
- Introduction to Digital Scholarship
- Reading: Kathryn Wymer, “Reasons to Engage with the Digital Humanities” (from Introduction to Digital Humanities: Enhancing Scholarship With the Use of Technology)
- Group Activity: What is DH? What is not DH?
Lunch as a group at the Bison
Paid for by Library Services
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Hildreth-Mirza Humanities Center (HMHC), Room 113
- Introduction to literature reviews and bibliographies
- Keeping a research journal
- Mind mapping and topic development
- MindMup
- Text2Mind Map
- Goals and audience activity
Homework: DH Definitions
Due on Thursday, May 28:
Visit the What is Digital Humanities? website and flip through some of the definitions offered (click “new quote” to generate a new definition). Write down 1-2 definitions that resonate with you and bring them to Thursday’s session.
Wednesday, May 27
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Hildreth-Mirza Humanities Center (HMHC), Room 113
- 10:00 AM: Writing for the web workshop with Brandon Karcher (Manager, Instructional Technology)
- Worksheet: Brief Project Outlines
- 11:00 AM: Creating blog posts in WordPress with Claire Cahoon (Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship Specialist)
- Sample text and images for placeholders
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Schedule a time to meet with your librarian partner
Thursday, May 28
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Introduction to Copyright with Rachel Sweeney
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Traditional Reading Room (Bertrand Library)
- HASSM (Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Management) Summer Researchers Lunch
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, HMHC 113
- What is digital scholarship?
- Reading: Miriam Posner, “What’s Next: The Radical, Unrealized Potential of Digital Humanities”
- Individual check-ins with Carrie and Ilse
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM, Optional Workshop
- “Using Zotero” with Carrie Pirmann
- Zotero and Zotero set-up guide (Zotero overview video)
Friday, May 29
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Group Viewing and Discussion: Jessica Marie Johnson, “DH Against Enclosure” (video)
- Dr. Johnson’s Life x Code: DH Against Enclosure
- Project Management Tools
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Independent work time