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Global Digital Humanities Symposium to be Held Virtually April 12-15

March 18, 2021

This year’s Global Digital Humanities Symposium (GDHS) will be an all-virtual event taking place synchronously over four days, with four hours each day of programming. Scheduled for April 12-15 and hosted by the Digital Humanities at MSU (DH@MSU) program, this sixth annual event will feature approximately 80 presenters over Zoom and YouTube livestream. All GDHS events are available to the public for free with…

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Humanities Commons Is Moving to Michigan State University

September 30, 2020

Michigan State University has taken over hosting and development of Humanities Commons, an online network for people working in the humanities. The site was launched by the Modern Language Association (MLA) in December 2016 and has become a key piece of online scholarly infrastructure with nearly 25,000 users. The transfer to MSU provides an institutional home that gives the platform…

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NEH Grant Supports Humanities Commons, a One-of-a-Kind Resource

January 16, 2020

Humanities Commons (HC), led by Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Digital Humanities for MSU’s College of Arts & Letters, has received a $500,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to further develop and support its scholarly infrastructure, which has become an essential tool for the humanities field. Founded by the Modern Language Association (MLA), thanks to support from the NEH…

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Podcast: Generous Thinking in Higher Education

February 13, 2019

The third episode of season three of The Liberal Arts Endeavor, a podcast by Michigan State University's College of Arts & Letters, is out. In this episode, host Dean Christopher P. Long discusses generous thinking in higher education with Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English. The idea of generous thinking emphasizes listening over speaking, community over individualism, and collaboration…

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Building Community Through Digital Humanities

February 13, 2019

Michigan State University has, since the beginning, been at the forefront of Digital Humanities (DH) research and scholarship, and helping lead those efforts for the past year and a half is Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English at MSU. “That MSU is central to the development of DH thus far is undeniable,” Fitzpatrick said. “Between H-Net (Humanities and…

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First Recipients of TOME Award Announced

January 10, 2019

The first three recipients of the TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) Award have been selected to receive funding to support an open-access digital publication of a book they have written. The 2018-19 TOME Award recipients are: Matthew Handelman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages, College of Arts & LettersSidney Xu Lu, Assistant Professor in the Department…

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Podcast: Digital Humanities at MSU

January 23, 2018

On the latest episode of The Liberal Arts Endeavor, a podcast by the Michigan State University’s College of Arts & Letters, co-hosts Hannah Bullion and Dean Chris Long discussed Digital Humanities at MSU.

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Kathleen Fitzpatrick Named New Digital Humanities Director

June 20, 2017

Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, a leader in the fields of digital humanities and media studies, has been appointed Director of Digital Humanities in MSU’s College of Arts & Letters. She also will serve as Professor in the Department of English. Her appointment is effective August 16, 2017. Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick is the Associate Executive Director and Director of Scholarly Communication…