Announcing the 2025 DH@UH Series
University of Houston Libraries, the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute, and the Digital Humanities Core are pleased to announce the 2025 DH@UH event series. DH@UH serves as a platform for advancing digital humanities research and collaboration across the University, bringing together humanists, data scientists, librarians, and students to foster innovative digital projects, particularly those that elevate marginalized voices and forge connections between academic research and public communities.
The University community is invited to attend the following events:
- Monday, February 17, 12 noon – 1 pm, online: State of DH@UH
Linda Garcia Merchant, director of the Digital Humanities Core, and Taylor Davis-Van Atta, head of Research Services at UH Libraries, will discuss the current state and future vision of the DHC as well as the Digital Research Commons, a lab supporting multidisciplinary research in the MD Anderson Library. - Monday, March 3, 12 noon – 1:30 pm, MD Anderson Library Digital Research Commons and online: Public Heritage and Spatial Humanities in the South Texas Borderlands
This presentation will highlight a dynamic academic and professional journey that illustrates René A. Ballesteros’s dedication to leveraging digital platforms with anthropological insights to foster community engagement and cultural heritage preservation. A conversation with Shine Trabucco, PhD candidate in History, and Q&A with the audience will follow. - Thursday, March 6, 11 am – 12 noon, MD Anderson Library Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion: Who Is Your FYP Actually For?: Algorithmic Justice For The Next Generation
A keynote by Dr. Avriel Carinna Epps, computational social scientist and a Civic Science Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell University CATLab - Monday, March 24, 12 noon, online (Zoom link forthcoming): ClioVis demonstration and discussion with Dr. Kristina Neumann and ClioVis developer Dr. Erika Bsumek
For more information on DH@UH, contact the Digital Humanities Core.