On Thursday, May 4, the World Languages & Digital Humanities Studio will host a panel of faculty from the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures who will present on upcoming fall 2023 courses with a digital component.

The preview will include the following courses:

• Game Design I with professor David Fredrick (Classics)
• Ovid: Elegy and Chill with Ph.D. candidate Rachel Murray (Classics) and professor Fredrick
• French Cinema with professor Maria Comsa (French)
• Intermediate Latin with professor Rhodora Vennarucci (Classics)
• Italian for Gamers with instructor Claudia Devich (Italian and German)
• Introduction to Digital Humanities with professor Curtis Maughan (Digital Humanities).

The Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures is excited to be offering a range of courses that explore, employ, and interrogate digital technology through the lens of world cultures and world languages.   

Over the course of the spring 2023 semester, the Weekly DH Meet-Ups covered a variety of topics affiliated with the field of Digital Humanities. Some recorded sessions included "User Experience Research and Digital Humanities" (presented by professor Rachel Ten Haaf, Spanish), Podcasting as Pedagogy (presented by professors Manuel Olmedo Gobante, Spanish; Rhodora Vennarucci, Classics; and Portuguese TA Larissa Rocha), and Digital Humanities & Anti-Racist Pedagogy (presented by professor Megan McIntyre, English).  

Additionally, the Weekly DH Meet-Up introduced various tools for the language classroom. The free-to-use digital tool, Padlet, was explored across three DH Meet-Ups: "Creating Community Narratives and Digital Storytelling via Padlet" by Chy'Na Nellon (Ph.D candidate, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies), "Using Padlet in the Classroom" by Professor Maria Comsa (Instructor, French) and Christian Rosales (M.A. candidate, French), and "Digital Humanities Tools for the Language Classroom" presented by Jhonatan Carmona Tangarife (M.A. candidate, Spanish). 

Videos from the meet-ups that were recorded are available on the WLLC website.

The DH Meet-Up is a series of workshops that demonstrate the intersections of digital humanities with digital pedagogy. The WLDH Studio looks forward to continuing the series in the 2023-24 academic year. Please reach out to the WLDH Studio directly if you have suggestions for future Meet-Ups! All meet-ups are listed on the UARK Campus Calendar and promoted on the WLLC social media sites: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.