Scott Saul is a historian and critic who has written for The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, The Nation, and other publications. The author of Becoming Richard Pryor and Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties, he is also the creator of Richard Pryor's Peoria, an extensive digital companion to his biography of the comedian. He teaches courses in American literature and history at Berkeley.
Check out the new DH project from Professor Saul's English class: "The Godfather: Anatomy of a Film". And a post explaining the motives and nuts-and-bolts behind the site: http://theseventies.berkeley.e
Scott Saul is also the recipient of the DH at Berkeley New Course Component and Collaborative Research grants. Learn about "The Berkeley Revolution," a digital history website developed through his honors seminar in American Studies.
The Series
In conjunction with the inaugural Digital Humanities Summer Minor, DH at Berkeley will be hosting a weekly DH Summer Lecture series, highlighting the distinguished work of faculty and scholars engaged in the digital humanities at UC Berkeley.
While this series is designed to complement the coursework of the DH Summer minor, all are welcome to attend and learn more about DH scholarship on campus. This series will be held weekly on Thursday afternoons at 2:00 PM in the D-Lab Convening Room (356B Barrows Hall).
Each week, our featured speaker will present on their work followed by ample time for Q&A and discussion.