Digital Humanities at Berkeley will be hosting its Summer Institute (DHBSI) from August 15 - 19, 2016. The Summer Institute is an opportunity for the Berkeley digital humanities community to gather for intensive training and collaboration. The Summer Institute is open to faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students affiliated with Berkeley through fall semester 2016. The program is free of cost for all participants.
The full schedule of events is now available.
This year's course offerings include:
- Introduction to Digital Humanities *new*
- Qualitative Data Analysis *new*
- Data Workflows and Network Analysis
- Database Development Using Drupal
- Geospatial Analysis
- Computational Text Analysis
Apply for Summer Institute 2016
Submit a brief application for the Summer Institute via this webform. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Keynote Speaker
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Tara McPherson is Associate Professor of Critical Studies at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. She is a core faculty member of the Media Arts + Practice (IMAP) program, USC’s innovative practice based-Ph.D., and also an affiliated faculty member in the American Studies and Ethnicity Department. Her research engages the cultural dimensions of media, including the intersection of gender, race, affect and place. She has a particular interest in digital media. Her research focuses on the digital humanities, early software histories, gender, and race, as well as upon the development of new tools and paradigms for digital publishing, learning, and authorship. She is the Founding Editor of Vectors,
Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media.