I am very excited to be learning with you all this semester! In this class, we will explore how politics has been examined through a digital humanities lens as well as how digital humanities can be explored through a political lens.  We will explore political researchers’ use of digital humanities tools, as well as digital humanists’ work on political topics.  Throughout the course, we will seek to uncover and interrogate the (un)stated politics underlying works in digital humanities.  

We will begin by attempting to define the parameters of the course:  What is/are digital humanities?  What is/are politics?  Then we will look through the lens of identity politics: race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and Indigenous and decolonial politics.  In the second half of the course, we’ll dig into individual topics from both US and international politics.  As there is so much that could be covered, we’ll have two class topics decided by the class.  Since we can’t possibly cover it all, students are encouraged to use their coursework (reading responses, project review, and final project) to explore connections between politics and digital humanities which are most interesting to them.  

Please check out our syllabus here.