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Fall 2026 DH Research Showcase
Thursday, November 5 12:00PM-2:00PM Main Library, Green Room Join the Digital Humanities at MSU for our fourth annual DH Research Showcase in the MSU Main Library, Green Room (4th Floor, West), where recipients of DH summer funding will discuss their projects, and where we invite all faculty, staff and students working on DH projects to share their projects in process. Please feel free to bring your own lunch. The interdisciplinary field of digital humanities (DH) aims to bring together humanistic inquiry and digital technologies, organizing new modes of archival research, developing computer-aided methodologies for answering humanistic questions, curating digitized archives…
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Digital Humanities THATCamp Fall 2026
We would like to invite you and your colleagues to join us for the annual Digital Humanities THATCamp, taking place on Friday September 18th from 8:30AM – 3:00PM in the Digital Scholarship Lab of the MSU Main Library (Second Floor, West). *Light breakfast, lunch will be served. Please join us for an Ice Cream Social from 3:15PM-4:30PM. Location: Digital Scholarship Lab. Please register here. What is THATCamp? THATCamp stands for “The Humanities and Technology Camp.” It is an unconference: an open, less formal meeting where humanists and technologists of all skill levels learn and build together in sessions proposed on…
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2026 End of Year Celebration
Join us for the 2026 DH End of Year Celebration on Thursday 4/23/26 in the LEADR Lab (112 Old Horticulture! We’ll have presentations from those who were awarded Professional Development funding, those awarded Seed Grant Funding, the CAL/DSL Graduate Arts Fellows, as well as the DH Project Incubator projects 2025-2026! Shedule is below! 3PM – 3:10PM: Welcome, reflect on the year. 3:10 – 3:20PM: Presentations from those who received Professional Development funding 3:18PM – 3:30PM: Questions/Social Time 3:30PM-3:35PM: Presentations from those who received Seed Funding 3:35PM – 4PM: Questions/Social Time 4PM-4:10PM: Presentation from the Graduate Arts Fellows 4:10PM – 4:20PM:…
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Graduate Student Profile: Marissa Knaak
While at MSU, my most significant engagement with DH has been in the creation and sharing of3D models, particularly using the online tool SketchUp. I have built models of Sheffield’s JohnWalsh 1899 department store, Stonehenge, and Cologne Cathedral and 3D printed versions ofStonehenge and Cologne Cathedral. I have also taught two classes of undergraduate students thebasics of 3D modeling in SketchUp. I have also worked with mapping, Omeka Classic, andscrolly telling tools. Marissa is now Assistant Professor of History at MSU!
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Bringing Immersive Storytelling Into Interior Design Education
In February 2026, the Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) collaborated with Dr. Jisun Lee’s course, PDC 491 – Special Topics in Planning, Design and Construction: Virtual Reality Application in Interior Design, to integrate immersive storytelling and 360 media production into student learning. This partnership was supported by a Catalyst Grant the DSL received from the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation (CTLI), which funds innovative digital learning experiences across campus. Through this grant, the DSL purchased ten Insta 360 X5 camera kits, including selfie sticks and cases, to expand opportunities for students to create immersive media for the 360 Room or…
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Teaching Highlight: DH 340 Spring 2026 – Digital Studies in Practice with Titi Kou-Herrema
DH 340 introduces students to the fundamentals of large language models and AI through concept‑building, and model testing. The class pairs technical exploration with a site visit to MSU’s own data center to ground discussions about the environmental impact of AI. Students work collaboratively to build a public‑facing GitHub Pages website that explains AI concepts to fellow Spartans in clear and accessible language.
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Alumni Highlight: Michael Griffin
Finding Purpose Through Digital Humanities at MSU For Michael, Michigan State University became a place not of certainty, but of discovery. He started college as a Chemical Engineering major, but it didn’t take long for him to realize that engineering wasn’t where he saw himself long term. What did stick, though, were the moments spent working with people, especially through his roles as a Resident Assistant and campus tour guide which slowly pointed him toward higher education and student support. The Digital Studies (DS) minor ended up being a turning point in ways Michael didn’t expect. While it helped him…
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What DH Means to Me: Julian Chambliss
Digital Humanities, for me, is an interdisciplinary practice that aims to build a more holistic view of the world and the experiences that shape it. I often frame my work as public digital humanities because I see DH not simply as a set of tools, but as a critical framework that bolsters our ability to understand identity and community through researching, teaching, and practice. Through projects such as Comics as Data North America (CaDNA), or community-centered digital archives such as Voices of the Black Imaginary, I approach DH as a form of generative intervention. These projects ask how metadata, platforms,…
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Undergraduate Student Profile: Theo Scheer
I will be graduating in May 2026 with a BA in journalism and minors in anthropology and digital studies. Realizing I had a semester and a half left of free credits to take after completing the requirements for my degree, I looked through MSU’s list of minors. Digital studies in the arts and humanities stuck out. After speaking with Director Kristen Mapes, I was convinced and enrolled in the program. Studying culture with digital methods is an incredibly important tool in an age where more and more of our lives are being lived online. In my primary field of study,…
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Digital Humanities Distinguished Lecture Spring 2026 – Natalie Phillips
Join us on Friday, March 13, 3:30PM-5PM, Main Library, Green Room (4th Floor West) as we are proud to feature Natalie Phillips for our 2026 Distinguished Lecture! Connecting Digital Humanities to Reader-Response and Audience Studies This talk will explore how we can use DH tools, not only to analyze and archive texts, but to powerfully reconnect them with the experiences of diverse readers and audiences. We begin with a series of experiments that combine digital, cognitive, and literary methodologies to investigate what readers pay attention to and remember in both an fMRI study of reading a chapter from Jane Austen…
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THATCamp Spring 2026 – Virtual
Date: January 30th, 2026 Location: Online Register to attend! THATCamp (which stands for “The Humanities and Technology Camp”) is a gathering where the agenda is set by attendees on the day of the event based on what people want to learn and/or share. It is an event where students, staff, and faculty from any discipline and from all skill levels learn and build together in sessions proposed, led, and voted upon by the community. At DH@MSU THATCamp, we create space for meeting fellow members of the community in informal networking sessions. We encourage people to share their work in impromptu…
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Fall 2025 Research Showcase
Thursday, November 1312:00-2:00pmMain Library, Digital Scholarship Lab, Flex Space (2nd Floor, West) Join the Digital Humanities at MSU for our third annual DH Research Showcase in the MSU Main Library, Digital Scholarship Lab, Flex Space (2nd Floor, West), where recipients of DH summer funding will discuss their projects, and where we invite all faculty, staff and students working on DH projects to share their projects in process. Please feel free to bring your own lunch. The interdisciplinary field of digital humanities (DH) aims to bring together humanistic inquiry and digital technologies, organizing new modes of archival research, developing computer-aided methodologies…