Digital humanities is defined as the application of computing processes and tools to humanities research. Or more specifically, "the application of algorithmically facilitated search, retrieval, and critical processes that, originating in humanities-based work, have been demonstrated to have application far beyond. Associated with critical theory, this area is typified by interpretative studies that assist in our intellectual and aesthetic understanding of humanistic works" (A Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, John Unsworth. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004).
A wide range of humanities disciplines--from literary studies to history to classics to the performing arts--have found ways to incorporate computing tools and digitization processes into the study of humanistic texts and archival materials. Below is an introductory list of digital humanities resources that should help you begin to explore the field of digital humanities in-depth. But there are many other digital humanities resources and tools available, and for further research and reference help, please contact Harriett Green at green19[at]illinois.edu.
Software Environment for the Advancement of Scholarly Research (SEASR)
Digital Humanities Quarterly (open access journal)
D-Lib (open access journal)
First Monday (open access journal)
Literary and Linguistic Computing
Computers and the Humanities (ceased 2004; backfiles available)
Institute for Computing in Humanities, Arts and Social Science (I-CHASS)
Illinois Informatics Institute (I3)
Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations
Association for Computing in the Humanities
Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing
Society for Digital Humanities/La Société pour L'étude des Média Interactifs
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Center for History and New Media, George Mason University
HASTAC: Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory
Humanities Lab at Stanford University
Indiana Digital Library Program
Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture and Digital Humanities Certificate Program, Texas A&M
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia
Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Kansas
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
Scholar's Lab and Spatial Humanities, University of Virginia Library
Brown University Women Writers Project
Chicago Colloquium for Digital Humanities and Computer Science
Digital Humanities Summer Institute
Digital Humanities Winter Institute
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