DH@CSU December Notes + Updates
As we near the end of the Fall semester, we are delighted to share our first liaison update with you. This robust newsletter includes notes from the DH@CSU Steering Committee, upcoming funding opportunities and other pertinent information. Please share within your campus community as you see fit. We’d also like give a special shout out…Continue reading→
Reflections on Digital Humanities and Ethnic Studies from CSU Stanislaus
I was first introduced to members of the Digital Humanities at California State University (DH@CSU) Consortium by a colleague at California State University, Stanislaus, who was leaving our department to pursue a Ph.D. Despite having participated in a workshop that was sponsored by the Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium on how to utilize online programs to…Continue reading→
Defining Digital Humanities at the CSU
By Sarah Rafael Garcia, Jeremiah Sataraka, and Ayana Jamieson While convening at the first DH@CSU Gathering, conversation topics fluctuated between statewide campus practices and defining the term “community.” Participants gathered around tables in the CSUF Center for Oral and Public History and through a large screen activated by zoom. Between breakfast bites and dangling conference…Continue reading→
DH@CSU Convening Recap
A short video capturing scenes from the inaugural DH@CSU Convening at CSU Fullerton.
What Does It Mean to Build Digital Ethnic Futures?
For the four regional public universities that serve as leaders in the new Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (DEFCon), building digital ethnic futures means forming communities of practice, sharing knowledge and redistributing some zeros, about six to be exact. In September 2021, the Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium was established with support from a $3 million grant…Continue reading→
Lexomics
Lexomics is a collaboration between CSU Northridge and Wheaton College, MA, in which faculty and students develop and apply computational methods to study literature. The term “lexomics” was originally used to describe the computer-assisted detection of “words” (short sequences of bases) in genomes, but we have reversed the metaphor to apply it to the detection…Continue reading→
Abolitionist Legacy Preserved with Digital Exhibit
San José State Professor Jennifer Rycenga is retiring at the end of the semester with a real sense of accomplishment. With almost 30 years of teaching for the Department of Humanities, she has approached her career with an interdisciplinary lens that spans across the university, mentoring and guiding SJSU students, who she says are some…Continue reading→
DH@CSU Receives DEFCon Award
The Digital Humanities at California State University (DH@CSU) Consortium has received a 2023 Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (DEFCon) award, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to build institutional capacity at the intersection of Digital Humanities and Ethnic Studies lead by Katherine D. Harris as Project Investigator (SJSU) and Jamila Moore Pewu as Co-PI of…Continue reading→
AI is Here to Stay: A Q&A with Jon Oakes
In the dark King Library Experiential Virtual Reality (KLEVR) Lab on the fourth floor of San José State University’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, the only light is emanating from cracks in the curtain and the glow of the computer screen. Jon Oakes, the technology coordinator for the SJSU King Library, clicks to expand the ChatGPT window. On…Continue reading→
Cal State LA faculty awarded grant to support interdisciplinary LGBTQ digital storytelling map
A team of Cal State LA faculty members has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the American Council of Learned Societies to support the continued development of an interdisciplinary LGBTQ digital storytelling map. The arqive is a free interactive, global online map of user-generated LGBTQ stories, history, current events and community resources. The goal of the…Continue reading→