May 29 – June 2, 2023
Blog Post
Due Friday, June 2:
Write up to 500 words describing 1) your interest in the Fellowship program, 2) your project idea(s), and 3) what you hope to learn through the fellowship experience.
Tuesday, May 30
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Hildreth-Mirza Hall room 113 (HMHC 113)
- Opening and Welcome
- Students introduce themselves and describe their projects.
- Overview of schedule & questions
- Research Presentation Interest – Summer 2023 (fill out by May 31 if interested)
- Introduction to research and project management
- Keeping a research journal
- Mind mapping
- Zotero
- Project Management Tools
- Human Subjects Training
Lunch as a group at the Bison
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Group discussion: What is digital scholarship?
- Reading:Visconti, Amanda. “A Digital Humanities What, Why, & How”
- How Did They Make That? The Video, Miriam Posner
4:30 PM, Holmes Hall Auditorium (Optional)
- Undergraduate Research Talk: Incorporating Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Summer Research
Jocelyne Scott, Director of Equity & Inclusive Excellence
Snacks available at 4:00pm
6:30 PM – 8 PM, Great Room, HMHC (Optional)
- Humanities, Arts, and Social Science (HASS) Dinner Seminar
Meet fellow summer researchers! Organizers will introduce the HASS Cohort Program and seek your input and involvement for the schedule of HASS Dinner Seminars. RSVP by May 30th at noon.
Homework: DH Definitions
Due Thursday, June 1:
Visit the What is Digital Humanities? website and flip through some of the definitions offered (click “new quote” to generate a new definition). Write down 1-2 definitions that resonate with you and bring them to today’s session.
Wednesday, May 31
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Meet with librarian partners
- Independent time to work on a preliminary bibliography
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Introduction to Copyright with Eloise Stevens (slides from presentation)
- Library research guide on copyright
- Introduction to WordPress to create blog posts
- Ice cream social for undergraduate research, 3:30pm at Rooke Pavilion
5:00 PM, Holmes Hall Auditorium (Optional)
Undergraduate Research Talk: Research Ethics
Tom Solomon, Professor of Physics
Snacks available at 4:30pm
Thursday, June 1
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 012 (Digital Lab)
- Group share-out (bibliographies and project management)
- What is Digital Scholarship?
- Reading: Burdrick, et al. “Questions & Answers 1: Digital Humanities Fundamentals, “Digital Humanities pages 122-123.
- Reading: Burdrick, et al. “Specification 3: Core Competencies in Processes and Methods,” Digital Humanities pages 132-133.
- Overview of all the tools we’ll learn this summer
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Independent work time
Friday, June 2
Homework: Find a DS Project
Due Monday, June 5:
Find an example of a digital scholarship project that relates to your topic and incorporates methodologies that you may consider using in your own research. We will discuss these projects on Monday. Use Evaluating Digital Scholarship Projects as a guide for this exercise. Below are some lists of projects you can peruse:
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Project charters
- Reading: Stewart Varner’s blog posts “Project Proposal Form” (alternate link) and “Project Charter.” (alternate link)
- Examples of project charters from the Princeton Center for DH
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Independent work time