Digital Humanities is a vibrant and wide-ranging research domain, but at times it can be difficult to get started in it. The Center for Digital Scholarship at Brown University Library is delighted to offer our Spring 2026 workshop series, “Building Your Digital Humanities Toolkit,” to help students build their skills and theoretical knowledge in the field.
Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis for all workshops that are held during the noon lunch hour.
One helpful way we have found to get started in the field is by focusing on specific skills and theoretical discussions and gradually expanding your toolkit. The first workshop will be on how to build helpful strategies to build your own knowledge in the field. CDS will offer workshops in-person at the Rockefeller Library nearly every week through March to focus on specific skills and knowledge. (Please note that you need to register for each workshop separately). We hope to see you there!
Schedule
Building your Digital Humanities Toolkit
- Date: Thursday, February 5
- Time: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
- Instructor: Ashley Champagne, Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship
Static Sites with Collection Builder
- Date: Thursday, February 12
- Time: 1:30 to 3 p.m.
- Instructors: Cody Carvel, Digital Scholarship Technologist; Patrick Rashleigh, Head of Digital Scholarship Technology Services; Tarika Sankar, Digital Humanities Librarian
Twine for Digital Storytelling
- Date: Tuesday, February 17
- Time: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
- Instructors: Khanh Vo, Digital Humanities Specialist
Basic Natural Language Processing with Python Workshop
- Date: Tuesday, February 24
- Time: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
- Instructor: Micah Saxton, Humanities Librarian
Version Control for Humanists
- Date: Thursday, February 26
- Time: 2 to 3 p.m.
- Instructor: Elizabeth Yalkut, Digital Scholarship Front End Developer
Cleaning your data with OpenRefine
- Date: Tuesday, March 3
- Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
- Instructor: Patrick Rashleigh, Head of Digital Scholarship Technology Services
A Critical Look at AI for Text Analysis in ProQuest TDM Studio
- Date: Thursday, March 12
- Time: 2 to 3 p.m.
- Instructor: Tarika Sankar, Digital Humanities Librarian