Events
Foundations for Digital Self-Determination in the Humanities
Date and Time
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Description
This talk is a general introduction to the field of Digital Humanities given by a leader in this field, Dr. Ray Siemens of the University of Victoria.
Digital Humanities is many things: the study of technology from a humanistic standpoint; the integration of computer science with the humanities; research and teaching that draws upon technology to better understand the work of humanists; and ethical and critical inquiry into the uses of technology and its role in our lives.
Dr. Siemens is the Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing and Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Victoria, in English and Computer Science. A leader of collaborative, transformative, interdisciplinary scholarship and pedagogy, Dr. Siemens is also Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London, and has been Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for English Studies London (2005, 2008) as well as Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam U (2004-11), Ritsumeikan U Kyoto (2010), and New York U (2013); in 2014, he is Visiting Professor at U Passau, U Western Sydney, and U Tokyo. He directs the Implementing New Knowledge Environments project, the Digital Humanities Summer Institute and the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab, and serves as Vice President of the Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences for Research Dissemination, recently serving also as Chair of the international Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations’ Steering Committee.
This event is sponsored by the Provost Office, the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.