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April 19, 2025
Congratulations to our students Brian Hunter and Ashanti Stiff! 

We had the most amazing time at the Africana Digital Humanities @ HBCUs convening. Ashanti and Brian, alongside Dr. Myburgh, presented on two projects that they've been working on as part of our lab - The JSU Permanent Art Collection Digital Collection and the JSU Audio Walking Tour! Thank you to the JSU Dean of […]

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April 14, 2025
Our team will be at the Africana Digital Humanities @ HBCUs Convening in Atlanta, Georgia

Our co-director Dr. Myburgh and students Ashanti & Brian will be presenting about the lab at the Africana Digital Humanities @ HBCUs Convening in Atlanta next week, organized by our friends over at the Center for Africana Digital Humanities at Clark Atlanta University. Come say hi 👋

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March 14, 2025
Welcome to Detrice L. Roberts, our new faculty advisor!

Join us in welcoming our new faculty advisor, Detrice L. Roberts, to the team! Detrice graduated with her Bachelor of Arts degree from Tougaloo College and later received her Master of Arts degree in History from Jackson State University. She has worked for JSU’s College of Liberal Arts since 2019, while also serving on numerous […]

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February 10, 2025
Dr. Myburgh to present at the Annual Zora Neale Hurston Conference

Our co-director Dr. Brittany Myburgh is to present at the Annual Zora Neale Hurston Conference, "Zora Rebooted: AI, Language, and Literature" on a panel alongside Professor Danielle Littlefield! Her talk explores the idea of the AI knowledge base and the concept of a cultural codex. She will examine generative AI’s limitations as an interpreter of […]

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September 26, 2024
Showcasing BDH Projects from JSU and ASU at ASALH

Exploring Digital Frontiers in Research and Creativity Thu, Sep 26, 10:00 to 11:40am, Association for the Study of African American Life and HistoryPaper Session Abstract Exploring digital frontiers in research and creativity heralds a new era of innovation, collaboration, and discovery. From data-driven insights to virtual realities, digital tools expand the horizons of inquiry, offering […]

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August 8, 2024
Ashanti, Brittany, and Keith to present at #DH2024 Conference!

Our team will present at DH2024: Reinvention & Responsibility on a panel that focuses on the next generation of digital humanities! Join us August 8, 2024 at 10:30AM to 12:00PM ET to hear about our findings from a kitchen table conversation around our experiences developing this lab across geographies, institutions, and social positions. Our work […]

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June 20, 2024
Keith talks about the BDH Lab at OTESSA2024: Sustaining Shared Futures

Keith gave a presentation at the Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association's conference on June 20, 2024 on the process of developing the Black Digital Humanities Lab, arguing for the power of digital humanities within community development work. Drawing upon Nancy Fraser's framework of justice, he maps out some of the theoretical groundings that […]

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April 13, 2024
Weaving Black Futures: A Successful Symposium!

HUGE thank you to all the attendees, panelists, moderators, and facilitators who participated in our symposium last Friday 💗 As the organizers, we found ourselves incredibly inspired by the rich insights you all brought to the space and hope that this has provided folk with new connections, new ways of seeing, and new directions forward. […]

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November 12, 2023
ART @ 75: BDH Workshop

A key highlight of our latest ongoing project is Ashanti Stiff's recent workshop! As a UX Research Assistant, Stiff led a session that focused on ideation, speculative design thinking, and evaluating boundaries and barriers in digital humanities - all in the context of curating an exhibition on the history of the Department of Art at […]

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November 10, 2023
Job Opportunity: California State University

Passing on a lovely opportunity sent to us from folks at California State University: We would like to announce our digital humanities / visual studies job to members of the Black Digital Humanities Lab. Here is the information: Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, in digital humanities or visual studies.The Comparative World Literature program at CSULB is excited […]

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