Announcements

Intro to DH Class canceled for tomorrow (9/17)

Sep 16 · 1 min read

Hi everyone –

I hope you’re all doing well! Just a quick note: unfortunately, I have to cancel tomorrow’s class. I tested positive for COVID on Saturday (though I’ve been largely asymptomatic). I’m feeling much better now, but my latest test still shows the faintest of red lines, so I think it’s best to take one more day to fully recover.

That said, you can use the time tomorrow to catch up on your reflections and annotations (and for those who already have them in, wonderful!). We’ll meet as planned on Thursday for our field trip to Special Collections. Please meet at Firestone Library, C-level at 11:00 AM. The pre-class materials are already posted on the course website—-there are no annotations or reflections required for Thursday’s class!

Thanks so much for your understanding (apologies for the short notice); I’ll keep you all posted if anything else changes!

Best –

Wouter

Welcome

Sep 2 · 1 min read

Dear students –

I hope the start of the semester is treating you well! I also hope you are eager for the adventures ahead of us in the course Introduction to Digital Humanities (HUM 346 / ENG 256 / CDH 346), which begins tomorrow (Tuesday 9/3) from 11:00AM to 12:20PM. After some effort to secure the perfect location, I am pleased to announce that our classes will be held in the wonderful setting of Chancellor 105.

For our first gathering, there’s no need to prepare anything in advance. The agenda for tomorrow is simply to get to know each other and to go over the contents that make up our course. The session will be an opportunity for us to become acquainted, discussing our interests, backgrounds, and what we hope to achieve by the end of the term.

I have set up a Slack workspace for our seminars, which can be found here. See if you can join this already before our classes start, as we will be using Slack for sharing resources, updates, and assignment posts.

I am looking forward to meeting each of you! Should you have any questions or concerns before our first meeting, don’t hesitate to reach out.

– Wouter