Learn the basics of laser cutting and explore the different applications that it has in various industries! We’ll begin by creating a design in Adobe Illustrator and then using the Universal Laser Systems laser cutter to engrave, cut, or raster the material. You will gain hands-on experience with setting up the laser cutter, selecting the appropriate materials, and adjusting the settings for different tasks. By the end of the workshop, you will have a personalized creation!

Peter Capuano (Director of Literary and Cultural Studies; Faculty Fellow, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities; Professor, Department of English) will join us for an informal conversation about the DH literary analysis methods used in his work. Capuano will be giving a formal talk in the UVA English Department that same day on “On the Mutuality of Method: Distant, Middle, and Close Reading in Dickens’s Idiomatic Imagination”.

Capuano’s 2023 book Dickens’s Idiomatic Imagination

From September 19-December 5, join the Research and Development team for delicious coffee and discussion of interesting digital humanities code work. Zero experience required; these are non-sequential, so come for any or all.

Join us for a playful clay workshop and create your own quirky phone hippers! This session is all about fun and imagination, so come ready to shape and style– we’ll provide all of the materials (except the phone)!

Come make your own pet dragon with the Cosplay Costuming & Crafts Club! All supplies and materials will be provided. The workshop lasts 3 hours, you are encouraged to arrive on time so you have the full workshop to work on your project, but feel free to leave early if you finish your project before the end of the event. In this WorkShop, you will make a smol dwagon friend that will fit right around your wrist and hand like a glove.

3D visualization technologies are engaged across the digital humanities to document, imagine, and interpret historic sites, past events, cultural heritage objects, fictional spaces and narratives, and more. How can it be used to engage students’ learning? Where do we begin when teaching humanities with 3D technologies? This workshop will address these questions drawing on not only participants’ experiences but also a decade of pedagogical practice in Duke University’s Digital Art History & Visual Culture Research Lab.

Come make your own pet dragon with the Cosplay Costuming & Crafts Club! All supplies and materials will be provided. The workshop lasts 3 hours, you are encouraged to arrive on time so you have the full workshop to work on your project, but feel free to leave early if you finish your project before the end of the event. In this WorkShop, you will make a smol dwagon friend that will fit right around your wrist and hand like a glove.

Due to a waitlist, if you have to cancel your RSVP, please do so at least 24 hours in advance to the time the event occurs.

Lunch served. 10 copies of the book will be available for registered attendees. 

Graduate students, faculty, and staff are invited to join the IHGC's Digital Humanities Initiative on Thursday, November 14th at 4pm for a DH Mixer to welcome our newly admitted DH Certificate students.