Check Out Spring 2023 Graduate DH Course Offerings in NJ and NY

For graduate students in the humanities looking to use computational methods in their research or study the histories, cultures, and theories of information, we’ve made a list of relevant courses for Spring 2023 offered throughout the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium (IUDC). The list includes introductory courses in humanities data analysis and media studies as well as such highlights as “Sonic and Visual Representation of Data” (Columbia), “Archival Theory through Queer/Colonial/State Archives” (NYU), and “Technology and the City: The Architectural Implications of Networked Urban Landscape” (Princeton), among others. To enroll in a course, submit copies of a completed registration form to the IUDC coordinator at both your host and home institutions by any school-specific deadlines.

Columbia University

IUDC coordinator: Sophia Cheng
Deadline to register: February 3, 2023

• Anthropology
  • ANTH GR6069: Techno/Bodies (Lesley Sharp)
• East Asian Studies
  • EAAS GR8992: Chinese Media Cultures (Ying Qian)
• Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
  • CSER GU4004: Data, Race, Ethics and Justice (Brian Luna Lucero)
• Film
  • FILM AF5720: Media Archeology (Wanda Strauven)
• History
  • HIST GU4933: American Radicalism in the Archives (Thai Jones)
  • HIST GU4962: Making and Knowing in Early Modern Europe (Pamela Smith)
• Music
  • MUSI GR6602: Sonic and Visual Representation of Data (Benjamin Holtzman)
• Philosophy
  • PHIL GR9850: Artificial Intelligence and Language Understanding (Raphael Milliere)
• Religion
  • RELI GU4255: Hegel, Information, “Artificial” Intelligence (Mark Taylor)
  • RELI GU4616: Technology, Religion, Future (David Kittay)

CUNY Graduate Center*

IUDC coordinator: Vincent J. DeLuca and Matthew Schoengood

• Digital Humanities
  • DHUM 74500: Digital Pedagogy II: Theory, Design, and Practice (Shawna Brandle)
  • DHUM 74700: Critical Approaches to Educational Technology (Luke Waltzer)
  • DHUM 78000-1: Digital Memories: Theory and Practice (Aránzazu Borrachero)
  • DHUM 78000-2: Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities (Katina Rogers)
  • DHUM 78000-3: Digital Storytelling (James Lowry)
• English
  • ENGL 85100: Reckoning with C19: Unexpected Places and Neglected Flashpoints (Duncan Faherty)
  • ENGL 89500: Introduction to Media Studies (Marc Dolan)
• French
  • FREN 70400: The Digital Humanities for Literary Research (Erec Koch)
    • cross-listed with Digital Humanities (DHUM 72700)
• Music
  • MUS 84300: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Studying Musical Performance (Johanna Devaney)

The New School for Social Research*

IUDC Coordinator: Ryan Gustafson

• Liberal Studies
  • GLIB 5023: Posthuman Eros (Dominic Pettman)

New York University*

IUDC Coordinator: Allan Corns

• Anthropology
  • ANTH-GA 1216: Culture and Media II (Gabriel Dattatreyan)
• Cinema Studies
  • CINE-GT 3049: The Culture of Archives, Museums, Libraries (Juana Suarez)
    • cross-listed with Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LATC-GA 1030)
• Comparative Literature
  • COLIT-GA 3630: Topics in African Literature: Literary Archives & Experiments in Reading (Tinashe Mushakavanhu)
    • cross-listed with Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement (CEH-GA 1016.002)
    • NB: seven-week accelerated course from January 23rd to March 20th
• Digital Humanities and Social Sciences
  • DHSS-GA 1121: Working with Data (Christine Roughan)
  • DHSS-GA 1122: Web Development (Zach Coble)
• English
  • ENGL-GA 2957.002: Archives, Monuments, and Cultural Memory (Paula McDowell)
• Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement
  • CEH-GA 3039-001: The Copy: Media and the Culture of Replication (Lori Cole)
• History
  • HIST-GA 1011: Digital Archives (Lindsay Wittwer)
• Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
  • ISAW-GA 3023-001: Graph Databases and Network Analysis (Sebastian Heath)
• Religious Studies
  • RELST-GA 3397: Religion as Media (R. John Williams)
• Spanish and Portuguese
  • SPAN-GA 2966: Archival Theory through Queer/Colonial/State Archives (Zeb Tortorici)
    • cross-listed with Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LATC-GA 2537)

Princeton University

IUDC Coordinator: Elaine Willey
Deadline to register: January 30, 2023

• Architecture
  • ARC 546: Technology and the City: The Architectural Implications of Networked Urban Landscape (Andrew Laing)
    • cross-listed with Urban Studies (URB 546)
• East Asian Studies
  • EAS 587: The History of the Book in China (James Sören Edgren)
    • cross-listed with Media and Modernity (​​MOD 587)
• English
  • ENG 573: Problems in Literary Study: Making Books (Claudia Johnson)
• History
  • HIS 548: Histories of Language and Communication (Fara Dabhoiwala)
• Music
  • MUS 528: Introduction to Textual Criticism (Rob Wegman)
• Philosophy
  • PHI 543: Machine Learning: A Practical Introduction for Humanists and Social Scientists (Sarah-Jane Leslie)
    • cross-listed with Statistics and Machine Learning (SML 543)
• Spanish
  • SPA 574: Engaging Archives (Christina Lee)
    • cross-listed with Portuguese (POR 574) and Latin American Studies (LAS 574)

Rutgers University*

IUDC Coordinator: Benjamin Arenger

• Communication and Information Studies
  • 16194680: Media and Contemporary Social Movements (Todd Wolfson)
• English
  • 16350508: Methods in Book History and Digital Humanities (Meredith McGill and Leah Price)
• History
  • 16510539: Gender and the Archive (Marisa Fuentes)
• Italian
  • 16560670: Digital Humanities Methods, Project Management, and Sustainability (Lisa Tagliaferri)

Stony Brook University*

IUDC Coordinator: Melissa Jordan

• Art History
  • ARH 552: Machine Vision (Zabet Patterson)

Teachers College, Columbia University*

IUDC Coordinator: Megan Massaro

• Math, Science, and Technology
  • MSTU 4001: Technology and School Change (Ellen Meier)
  • MSTU 4005: Equity, Ethics, and Social Issues: Edutech (Paulo Blikstein)
  • MSTU 5199: Beyond Bits and Atoms (Paulo Blikstein)

* Contact IUDC coordinator for this school’s registration deadline.

If we missed something, please let us know by emailing cdh-info@princeton.edu.