Upcoming Events
Since 2016, DH at McGill collaborates across departments, faculties and institutions to facilitate events that promote the latest in DH research. Here are some of the ongoing and upcoming events that are of interest to digital humanists at McGill.
.Txt Laboratory Meetings
Zoom meetings about Digital Humanities research for interested students in the Ad Hoc MA program and (undergraduate) Txt Lab Research Assistants.
Winter 2022 meetings: TBA
Contact: andrew.piper [at] mcgill.ca (Andrew Piper)
Ongoing Workshops at The Digital Scholarship Hub
McGill Digital Humanities also has a close working-relationship with The Digital Scholarship Hub at the McGill Library.
Feminist and Accessible Publishing and Communications Technology Speaker and Workshop Series
IGSF (Institute of Gender Studies and Feminism) at McGill hosts a lecture series titled The Feminist and Accessible Publishing and Communications Technology Speaker and Workshop Series which features engaging speakers “at the intersections of digital humanities, computer science, feminist studies, disability studies, communications studies, LGBTQ studies, history, and critical race theory.”
Past Events
Since 2016, DH at McGill collaborates across departments, universities and institutions to facilitate events that promote the latest DH research. Here are some of the events by McGill DH and our affiliates that took place during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Stéfan Sinclair-CRIHN lecture
The first annual Stéfan Sinclair-CRIHN lecture was delivered by Dr. Kim Martin of University of Guelph from 11:00am-12:00pm EST on Monday, December 11, 2021. Dr. Martin's talk was on empathy, community, and collaboration as hallmarks of #digitalhumanities practice. A round-table discussion took place from 2:00pm-3:30pm EST.
Spectrums of DH - a virtual roundtable discussion
McGill University's Spectrums of DH virtual speaker series (2020-2021) was inspired by Professor Stéfan Sinclair's legacy of DH Initiatives. On October 29, 2021, McGill DH and CRIHN hosted a reunion of the Spectrums of DH speakers for a roundtable discussion moderated by Dr. Cecily Raynor of McGill Digital Humanities.
*The mission of Spectrums of DH is to open the definitions of Digital Humanities to include not only computational studies on humanities topics, but methods and approaches in the field that fall into discussions around inclusion, ethics, and diversity. As we chart new territories for what it means to understand the field and its future, these topics are of particular importance.
*Sponsored by McGill Digital Humanities & UdeM's Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numeriques (CRIHN)
Spectrums of DH - A Virtual Lecture Series
Inspired by Professor Stéfan Sinclair's legacy of DH Initiatives, McGill Digital Humanities launched a virtual speaker series for 2020-2021 called Spectrums of DH.
McGill's mission with Spectrums of DH is to open the definitions of Digital Humanities to include not only computational studies on humanities topics, but methods and approaches in the field that fall into discussions around inclusion, ethics, and diversity. As we chart new territories for what it means to understand the field and its future, these topics are of particular importance.
Sponsored by McGill Digital Humanities Initiatives & Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numeriques (CRIHN) at Université de Montréal
Trans[Creation]
On Thursday, June 10th & Friday, June 11th, 2021, McGill Digital Humanities partnered with NT2 Laboratory and Canada Research Chair in Digital Arts and Literature and Aarea.co to host a two-day online colloquium and art exhibition titled Trans[creation].
The trilingual event in Portuguese, French & English pays homage to Brazilian poet Augusto de Campos, in conjunction with the unveiling of an exhibition containing three of his Flash works re-coded in HTML5 and three original works from artists inspired by de Campos' œuvre. The themes of the conference and exhibition include de Campos' legacy on digital art, Latin American digital literature, and concretismo, as well as translation and/or transcreation (as developed by his brother Haroldo de Campos), and the effects of Flash obsolescence on the world of digital arts.
McGill DH Lightning Round
On April 29, 2021, McGill Digital Humanities teamed up with the Digital Scholarship Hub to host a DH Lightning Round for International Day of DH. The challenge was for graduate students and faculty to present their ongoing DH research with 1 slide and in 5 minutes or less. The panel was well-attended, and featured eight presentations followed by a fruitful Q&A and discussion.
