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ANNIVERSARY YEAR

Welcome to the CTSDH's 10th Anniversary Year

We've got much planned for the coming year: research project launches, public programs, and new fellows. Click here to read more!

News

Conference

13th Annual Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science #DHCS18
Registration is now open for the 13th Annual Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science! Friday–Sunday, November 9-11, 2018 at Loyola University Chicago
Project Launch

Charles Harpur Critical Archive to launch on October 17th
Please join us on October 17, 3-4:30 pm, in Cuneo 417 for the launch of the Charles Harpur Critical Archive!
Lunchtime Lectures

“Digital Humanities from a Polish Perspective"
Visiting scholar Danuta Smolucha discusses the growth and challenges of the Digital Humanities from a Polish perspective on October 24
Workshops

Intro to HTML and CSS
CTSDH Fellow Abdur Khan leads this workshop for beginners, covering the basic building blocks of web design.
Project Launch

The Gerard Manley Hopkins Official Website has launched!
Project Director Prof. Frank Fennell shared his experience developing the site followed by a panel discussion on the fate of poets and their reputation in the age of the internet and social media. Click here for images from the event!
Conference

DHCS 2018 Coming Nov 9-11
Loyola is hosting the 2018 Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science at the Water Tower Campus with keynote speaker Miriam Posner (UCLA).
LEARNING COMMUNITY

Humanities Grant-Writing Learning Community for Fall 2018
Have a research idea but need funding to make it a reality? Interested in writing a grant, but don’t know where to start? Join this fall's learning community.
Fall Programs

Fall 2018 Events at a Glance
This fall our popular Lunchtime Lectures, workshops, and talks are returning to the Lake Shore Campus - and expanding to the Water Tower Campus.
Research Project

New Article from the Man Into Woman Project Team
Congratulations to Prof. Pamela Caughie, Emily Datskou, and Rebecca Parker for the publication of “Storm Clouds on the Horizon: Feminist Ontologies and the Problem of Gender.”
Conference

“Hideous Progeny:" The Gothic in the Nineteenth Century
The Loyola University Chicago Victorian Society has posted the schedule for their 27 October 2018 conference addressing Gothic questionings of texts, bodies, and the supernatural.
Graduate Program

New Graduate Program Director for MA in DH Program
Prof. Elizabeth Hopwood takes over running the Master's in Digital Humanities Program in July. Learn more about her new initiatives.
Annual Report

Read the 2017-18 Annual Report
The 2017-18 school year was the CTSDH's most ambitious yet. Catch up on all that we accomplished over the past year!
"Peace Studies Origins" Digital Exhibit Launched
A new digital exhibit uses oral histories to tell the story of Loyola's Peace Studies Program
Miriam Posner Confirmed as Keynote Speaker for DHCS 2018
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Miriam Posner (UCLA) will be the keynote speaker at DHCS 2018!
ARTICLE

Catherine Nichols featured in Atlas Obscura
Loyola's Dr. Catherine Nichols is featured in this story describing the 19th-century museum practice of "swaps," read it here!
Conference Call

Digital Ethics Symposium Call for Abstracts
Submit your abstract for the 8th International Annual Symposium on Digital Ethics by May 11th. This year's theme is "From the Margins."
COMMUNITY INITIATIVE

Spring Semester of Girls Who Code now underway at Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago is proud to host a chapter of Girls Who Code again this Spring semester.
Project

CTSDH Launches Humanities Datebook
The CTSDH is proud to announce the launch of the Humanities Datebook, a weekly email round-up of the great humanities events happening around Loyola.
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Students

"Stones" in Pennsylvania's Best Emerging Poets
Congratulations to DH Master's student Taylor Brown for the recent publication of her poem "Stones" in Pennsylvania's Best Emerging Poets.
COMMUNITY INITIATIVE

Loyola College of Arts & Sciences Promotes CTSDH Sponsored Girls Who Code Chapter
Check out Amanda Friedlander's story on Loyola's Girls Who Code chapter published on the College of Arts & Sciences Website.
Faculty

Machine Learning at Loyola
CTSDH Graduate Fellow Aman Meghrajani recently caught up with Dmitriy Dligach, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, to learn more about his work on the topic of machine learning.
CENTER PROJECT

Decolonizing the Museum Catalogue: Engaging Community and Expanding Access to the May Weber Ethnographic Study Collection
The May Weber Ethnographic Study Collection serves as an educational and research resource for students, faculty, and the public. The collection contains the work of hundreds of indigenous artists from communities in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
Center Project

The Man Into Woman Project: Transgender Narratives, Editorial practices, and the Digital Humanities
The Man Into Woman Project aims to produce a comparative scholarly edition of Man Into Woman (or Fra Mand til Kvinde its original Danish version). This digital edition will provide searchable versions of all four editions of this work (Danish, German, British and American) as well as the German typescript and the first English language translation of the Danish edition.