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
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 Jason Snyder (Librarian/Communications and Outreach Coordinator)
- Worksheet: Brief Project Outlines
- 11:00 AM: Creating blog posts in WordPress
- Sample text and images for placeholders
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Schedule a time to meet with your librarian partner
- Elizabeth Farland – Katie Akateh
- Yara Polusmak – Ilse Allen
- Nea Taing – Katie Akateh
- Andrew Yu – Jason Snyder
Campus-wide summer research ice cream social! Everyone is welcome for frozen treats, cookies, and candy.
Thursday, May 28
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 006
- Introduction to Copyright with Rachel Sweeney (Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian)
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, HMHC 006
- What is digital scholarship?
- Reading: Miriam Posner, “What’s Next: The Radical, Unrealized Potential of Digital Humanities”
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