April is National Poetry Month, a celebration of poets and their craft founded in April 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. Walt Whitman’s Long Island: A Research Guide presents a curated selection of sources for research on the poet’s life and his immense influence on literature,…
Historians deal with the “where” as much as the “when.” GIS and geospatial analysis provide a suitable platform to tackle the former theme. Yet, GIS remains underdeveloped or absent in history programs. It is strange that history departments have not…
As part of my internship with the Center for Digital Humanities, I’ll be working on my own project centered around data visualizations. In my last blog post, I provided an introduction to this branch of study, highlighting the explanatory and…
I owe my interest and experience in the Digital Humanities to a professor who took me under her wing during my undergraduate studies. By my sophomore year, I knew I wanted to attend graduate school, yet I did not have…
In the opening lines of the English Studies special issue on data visualization in the humanities, Stony Brook’s own Elyse Graham defines this area of study as “a body of methods for exploring and explicating quantitative datasets,” adding that these methods have “grown in importance in the humanities with the rise of the digital age and, with it, the age of ‘big data’”.
**Note: This event has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule at a later date.** Dr. Sara Lipton is a Professor in the History Department. Her research focuses on religious identity and experience, Jewish-Christian relations, and art and culture in the…
**Please note: In response to concerns over the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), this event will not take place as planned. Stony Brook University continues to closely monitor the guidance provided by the CDC and New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH).**…
This spring, the Center for Digital Humanities will host two graduate student interns. They will work with the University Libraries’ Digital Humanities Working Group, providing expertise, instruction, and consultations within the CDH. Jon Heggestad is a fourth-year PhD candidate in…
**Please note: In response to concerns over the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), this event will not take place as planned. Stony Brook University continues to closely monitor the guidance provided by the CDC and New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH).**…
**Please note: In response to concerns over the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), this event will not take place as planned. Stony Brook University continues to closely monitor the guidance provided by the CDC and New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH).**…