Enroll in Introduction to Digital Humanities This Spring Semester

Introduction to Digital Humanities will be offered from 2-3:15 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays (JBHT 255) this spring semester, taught by Curtis Maughan, director of the World Languages and Digital Humanities Studio in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures.  

This course will explore the myriad intellectual, technological and aesthetic phenomena emerging from the intersection of the humanities and the digital. Students will critically reflect on the ideas of the innovators who paved the way to the digital age. 

Students will also review humanist responses to the digital age, from its birth to its current state, by discussing texts from an international range of thinkers, including Walter Benjamin, Jorge Luis Borges and Tonia Sutherland. 

This course will also engage with the field of digital humanities proper, addressing the methodologies, technologies and histories the field entails. 

Finally, this course will challenge students to apply theoretical insights to their practical engagement with a selection of digital tools and projects, including, but not limited to, interactive maps and timelines, hypertexts, jam boards, online archives and video games. 

Ultimately students of this course will develop a series of experiential and conceptual frameworks for grappling with pressing topics of our global digital ecosystem, from AI-generated art to life in the Metaverse. 

To enroll, sign up for WLLC 30603 (undergraduate students) or WLLC 5750V-002 (graduate students) in UAConnect. 

No prerequisites are required. No knowledge of coding required.