Interdisciplinary Minor in
Textual Studies and Digital Humanities
Information Session
Tuesday, January 23 at 2-3pm Open Scholarship Commons, Suzzallo Library
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Interested in
- exploring the history, present and future of reading and writing; publication; copyright; archives, libraries and databases?
- working hands-on with historical artifacts and primary sources such as medieval manuscripts, early printed books, artists books, archival documents, and other cultural objects?
- exploring the impacts of the digitization of cultural and textual archives, including the profound influence of massive text databases like Google Books, search engines, and now AI?
- learning techniques and best practices for the digitization and digital preservation of cultural artifacts and historical texts; the creation and publishing of digital editions and exhibits; and for building and using databases of textual and cultural materials?
Thinking about a career in libraries and archives, publishing and editing, or in a field dedicated to preserving and making accessible cultural materials and documents, both physical and digital?
Learn about the minor in Textual Studies and Digital Humanities from faculty, students, librarians, and advisors involved with the program. Hear about current student work, current and upcoming courses as well as about resources in the libraries and other sites on campus for studying the history, present, and future of how we write, read, archive, store, access, and analyze cultural texts, historical documents, and other materials.
Coursework and capstones in the minor offer a range of possibilities for hands-on, projected-oriented work exploring the impacts of changing technologies and media forms on our writing, reading, research, and preservation practices from ancient scrolls to AI.
These opportunities include working in UW Special Collections with historical materials such as handprinted books and manuscripts, archival sources and artists’ books; using digitization tools to create and publish digital editions and exhibits; exploring the technologies that enhance and shape creative expression from letterpress printing to Large Language Models; and developing skills to build, analyze and understand text-oriented databases like Google Books, applying data science techniques to historical and humanistic text corpuses.
Check out our courses and the minor requirements at the program website.
For more information about the courses, the minor or the information session, contact Geoffrey Turnovsky or write to text (at) uw.edu.