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Stories, perspectives, interviews, and investigations in digital humanities.

Old Documents, New Insights

9 January 2024

Catching up with the Princeton Geniza Project team

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From Logbook to Spreadsheet to . . . ?

5 December 2023

Princeton senior Brett Zeligson’s new system for automating data extraction promises to open up new pathways for research on a famous bookshop and lending library.

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Center for Digital Humanities Furthers Research and Cross-Cultural Collaboration at the Princeton Athens Center

22 September 2023

A group of scholars from Princeton and Greek universities gathered at the Princeton Athens Center for the Center for Digital Humanities’ (CDH) Hellenic Studies Summer Institute. 

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Bridging cultural research with technology!

24 July 2023

Tiako Djomatchoua Murielle Sandra, a Ph.D. student in the Department of French and Italian, reflects on the DARIAH Annual Event in Budapest.

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Data Fellowship Closeout imparts collaborative discoveries, ongoing inquiry, and a new sense of confidence with data tools and methods

10 July 2023

On Wednesday, May 17th, the CDH hosted the 2022–23 Data Fellowship Closeout Meeting with the presentations of seven vastly different, compelling projects by eight researchers.

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Combining Interests in Problem-Solving and Creativity

10 July 2023

An interview with AnneMarie Caballero ’23 (Computer Science), winner of the 2023 CDH Senior Thesis Prize

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Recognizing Outstanding Undergraduate Work

2 July 2023

The nominees for the CDH Senior Thesis Prize explored fashion technology, fragmentary Old English Period objects, and more.

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CDH Data Fellowship Reflections: Caitlin Karyadi

11 June 2023

“Through the process, I have experienced how a well-curated dataset forms an argument in and of itself,” writes 2022–23 Data Fellow Caitlin Karyadi (Art & Archaeology).

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Literature as Data as a Trans-Disciplinary Experiment

3 May 2023

Team taught by Meredith Martin and Brian Kernighan, HUM 307 emerged as an idea for a truly cross-disciplinary course that sought to explore the intersection of humanities and computational methods.

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Creating an Argument from Data

1 May 2023

Keeping the original curiosity as central to a data driven project ensures that the tool is working in service of the question, instead of the other way around.

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Pursuing Digital Humanities After Graduation

11 March 2023

Former CDH Undergraduate Communications Assistant Matthew Choi Taitano 20 is pursuing an M.A. in English and a Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities at Northeastern University.

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Curious About ChatGPT? Learn More With Us!

11 February 2023

Media coverage of ChatGPT presents an opportunity for all of us to commit to better understanding the methods and technologies that impact our daily lives.

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