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THATCamp Fall 2025
Register to Attend What is THATCamp? 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
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Graduate Student Profile: Ashley Cerku
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/ashleycerku Memory Lane project website: http://walkdownmemorylane.org/ About Ashley Ashley Cerku is a Doctoral Candidate in the Anthropology Department at Michigan State University. She holds a B.A. in English and Writing/Rhetoric and an M.A. in Liberal Studies from Oakland University as well as an M.A. in Anthropology from Michigan State University. Her research focuses on historical photography, cultural
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THATCamp Spring 2025 Virtual
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.
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What DH Means to Me: Max Evjen
What DH Means to Me: Max Evjen I learned about Digital Humanities when I was working as Performance and Digital Engagement Specialist at the MSU Museum (2015-2019), and increasingly I’ve seen how Digital Humanities happens in the museum context while I’ve been involved by presenting at Museum Computer Network Conferences and volunteering for that organization.
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What DH Means to Me: Matt Handelman
I am associate professor of German, core faculty in the Digital Humanities, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in LiLaC, and Interim Chair of Digital Humanities. This might sound like a strange combination of interests, but it goes to the heart of what DH means to me. I started my undergraduate majors in mathematics and German literature with little sense that the two subjects had anything in common. However, as my studies in both continued (and as I encountered more mathematical theories named after Gauss, Riemann, Hausdorff, Weierstraß, etc.), I became more and more convinced of the overlaps between German culture…
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Research Highlight: Matt Handelman-Below the Line
“Below the Line” (https://www.feuilletonproject.org/) provides open-access resources for those interested in learning more about the feuilleton—an arts and culture section of European newspapers popular before the Second World War—and its importance in the formation of modern Jewish cultures. The project aims to foster conversation about and research into the feuilleton as a historical forum that
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Research Highlight: Marissa Knaak-Rebuilding Departments Stores in SketchUP.
This project is a 3D model, built in SketchUp, of the 1899 John Walsh department store in Sheffield, UK. Drawn from the architectural plans of Flockton, Gibbs & Flockton, accessed at the Sheffield Archives, I am attempting to create a general recreation of the building which was destroyed in 1940. This project is part of
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Teaching Highlight: DH285 Introduction to Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities
Digital studies in the arts and humanities (DSAH) is the study of culture using digital methods and also the study of digital culture. The class analyzes cultural materials and tell stories using digital technologies while maintaining a critical lens. By creating their own projects and learning about digital studies tools, students become more reflective of themselves and the technologies and society around them. Some projects include looking at maps and networks. In addition, the class visits the Digital Scholarship Lab and has guest visits from the head of the Voice Library at MSU, an AR workshop, and guest visits from…
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What DH Means to Me: Yuri Cantrell
My journey into digital humanities came from a love of technology, working with software and hardware, that eventually led me into the humanities and scholarship. I began working on immersive projects, serious games for training and VR simulations, and soon transitioned into higher education from studio work. The environment provided a wide range of uses for digital tools, and I discovered the various ways faculty were leveraging technology to enrich their research and instruction.
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What DH Means to Me: Dani Willcutt
Digital Humanities (DH) has come to mean a lot to me. In 2018 – which is when my introduction to DH occurred – it was a graduate certificate that I thought would make an interesting addition to my curriculum vitae. When I made the decision to join the Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate at MSU, I had no idea that it was going to completely change my career trajectory. I had never even considered myself a technical person (heck, I still use a paper planner). By the time I was halfway through my first year as a Cultural Heritage Informatics (CHI)…