Digital Humanities Working Group: Peter Kastor

The Digital Humanities Working Group is pleased to announce the first session of Spring 2025. Prof. Peter Kastor (History and American Culture Studies) will give a presentation titled: “Words, Blurs, and Postmasters: What data science can (and can’t yet) tell us about the politics of the Founding Fathers” The session will take place on Friday January 24th from 11-12.30, in the Olin Library, Instruction Room 1 (Level A). The presentation will be followed by a Q&A. Lunch will be provided. If you plan to attend, please RSVP and provide your lunch order here.

The Digital Humanities Working Group working is a space for faculty and advanced graduate students to present works-in-progress for feedback before submitting their work to an external conference, journal or grant body. We also aim to create a regular community gathering space for researchers in the digital humanities across disciplines in Arts and Sciences. Scholars interested in any of the subfields of the digital humanities, including but not limited to cultural analytics, media studies, critical digital studies, critical data studies, and history of science and technology, are welcome to attend. The group consists of monthly meetings in which one or two faculty or grad students will present a current project. The working group is a cross-disciplinary intitative sponsored by the Transdisciplinary Institute in Applied Data Sciences and the Humanities Digital Workshop, with the support of Olin Library Data Services. If you have any questions, or if you are interested in presenting to the group, please email Claudia Carroll (claudiac@wustl.edu).