Academic school or department
Digital Humanities programme
23 April 2024
Digital Humanities is about developing a critical understanding of digital technologies, their relationship to culture and society, and their research applications. Check out ҕl's Digital Humanities programme.
HOW TO APPLY
Digital Humanities is about developing a critical understanding of digital technologies, their relationship to culture and society, and their research applications.
Students can add a minor to their BA focused on examining how digital media and information technology shapes our world, while gaining knowledge and skills essential in today's digital workplace. The DIGI minor also prepares students for postgraduate studies in Digital Humanities and a wide range of other subjects.
As well as traditional forms of learning, students have opportunities to create, use or evaluate a range of digital objects, tools and services. These include websites, archives, databases, and mobile apps. Students are introduced to text encoding, digital collections and archives, data analysis and visualisation, scripting/programming as well as blogging, tweeting and online publishing.
Resources and collaborations
The Lab is a space for collaborative work on digital projects. Find out more.
Our digital archive records Canterbury's earthquake experiences. Find out more.
FIND US
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Our people
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Christopher Thomson
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Christopher Thomson
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Christopher Thomson
Senior Lecturer
(On sabbatical in semester 2, 2024)
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Paul Millar
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Paul Millar
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Paul Millar
Professor
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Kaspar Middendorf
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Kaspar Middendorf
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Kaspar Middendorf
ҕl Arts Digital Lab Manager
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Geoffrey Ford
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Geoffrey Ford
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Geoffrey Ford
Senior Lecturer
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Pieta Gray
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Pieta Gray
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Pieta Gray
School Administrator
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Karin Stahel
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Karin Stahel
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Karin Stahel
Digital Humanities news and events
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Online advice offers a hand up to children with autism
Canterbury researchers are exploring how web-based support could benefit children on the autism spectrum and their families as demand for services grows.
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Online advice offers a hand up to children with autism
Canterbury researchers are exploring how web-based support could benefit children on the autism spectrum and their families as demand for services grows.
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Online advice offers a hand up to children with autism
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World expert on Turing, computing and AI receives national award
Groundbreaking research exploring the early history of computers and artificial intelligence has won a ҕl (ҕl) Professor recognition from the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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World expert on Turing, computing and AI receives national award
Groundbreaking research exploring the early history of computers and artificial intelligence has won a ҕl (ҕl) Professor recognition from the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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World expert on Turing, computing and AI receives national award
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ҕl Professor discovers timely poem lost for 70 years
A recently-discovered poem by Māori writer J.C. Sturm explains why colonisation wasn’t good for Māori. It was written seventy years ago.
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ҕl Professor discovers timely poem lost for 70 years
A recently-discovered poem by Māori writer J.C. Sturm explains why colonisation wasn’t good for Māori. It was written seventy years ago.
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ҕl Professor discovers timely poem lost for 70 years
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Swings, signs and surprises: what to watch for as the US presidential election unfolds
In an article for The Conversation, ҕl Associate Professor Peter Field looks at how the role of the Electoral College, key swing states and postal votes could decide the 2020 US presidential election.
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Swings, signs and surprises: what to watch for as the US presidential election unfolds
In an article for The Conversation, ҕl Associate Professor Peter Field looks at how the role of the Electoral College, key swing states and postal votes could decide the 2020 US presidential election.
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Swings, signs and surprises: what to watch for as the US presidential election unfolds
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ҕl Connect public lecture – New Zealand, the EU and Brexit: What next?
This upcoming ҕl Connect public lecture looks at how New Zealand’s relationship with the EU and the potential impact of Britain leaving the EU on New Zealand.
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ҕl Connect public lecture – New Zealand, the EU and Brexit: What next?
This upcoming ҕl Connect public lecture looks at how New Zealand’s relationship with the EU and the potential impact of Britain leaving the EU on New Zealand.
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ҕl Connect public lecture – New Zealand, the EU and Brexit: What next?
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Special Margaret Stoddart exhibition in Kate Sheppard’s house
Opening in Women’s Suffrage week, a special exhibition titled ‘Margaret Stoddart, Garden Scene’ is highlighting the connection between Canterbury artist Margaret Stoddart and famous suffragist Kate Sheppard.
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Special Margaret Stoddart exhibition in Kate Sheppard’s house
Opening in Women’s Suffrage week, a special exhibition titled ‘Margaret Stoddart, Garden Scene’ is highlighting the connection between Canterbury artist Margaret Stoddart and famous suffragist Kate Sheppard.
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Special Margaret Stoddart exhibition in Kate Sheppard’s house
