Program Type Digital Humanities Seed Grant Projects

Digital Humanities Seed Grant Project Project Title: Creating a Digital Museum of the History of Dentistry at the College of Dentistry, NYU Principal Investigator: Andrew Spielman, Professor of Molecular Pathobiology and Director, Rare Book Library and Historical Archives Abstract: Imagine a digital museum where…

Digital Humanities Seed Grant Project Project Title: COVID Collections Project Team: Jacob Remes, Ellen Noonan, Valerie Marlowe, Scott Knowles Abstract: As COVID-19 began to dominate the global agenda during the spring of 2020, museums, libraries, and archives around the world announced efforts…

Digital Humanities Seed Grant Project Project Title: The Zine Union Catalog Project Team: Lauren Kehoe, Jenna Freedman Abstract: The Zine Union Catalog (aka ZineCat) is a union catalog dedicated to zines. A union catalog is a resource where libraries can share cataloging…

Digital Humanities Seed Grant Project Project Title: Archive of Cuban Socialism (ARCHUS) Principal Investigator: Maria A. Cabrera Arus Abstract: The proposed Archive of Cuban Socialism (ARCHCUS) will document and archive the material culture of everyday life in Cuba between 1959 and 1990.…

Digital Humanities Seed Grant Project Project Title: Inverting the Wunderkammer: Rethinking the Digital Humanities Through Botanic Histories and Archives Project Team: Ahmad Ansari, Elaine Ayers, Tega Brain, Laura Briscoe Abstract: Focusing on the the nineteenth-century bryological Mitten Collection at the New York Botanical…

Digital Humanities Seed Grant Project Project Title: Abu Dhabi Calling! Exploring a Growing Capital City through Phone Directories (1970-2000) Principal Investigator: David Wrisley, Associate Professor, Digital Humanities, NYU Abu Dhabi  

Digital Humanities Seed Grant Project Project Title: Holding Hiring Algorithms Accountable and Creating New Tools for Humanistic Research Principal Investigators: Hilke Schellmann, Assistant Professor, NYU Journalism; Mona Sloane, Adjunct Professor, Tandon School of Engineering Abstract: The “Holding Hiring Algorithms Accountable and Creating…

Digital Humanities Seed Grant Project Project Title: Insuring Slavery: Underwriting Risk in the 18th Century Principal Investigator: Michael Ralph, Associate Professor, Social and Cultural Analysis, Faculty of Arts and Science  

Digital Humanities Seed Grant Project Project Title: Developing a ‘Publications Page’ for NYU’s Prison Education Program (PEP) Website Principal Investigator: Thomas Jacobs, Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Writing Center & PEP Faculty This project will establish a website that showcases the…

Digital Humanities Seed Grant Project Project Title: Raising the Volume: Amplifying the Soul of Reason Principal Investigator: Janet Bunde, University Archivist, Special Collections Abstract: Raising the Volume is a cross-departmental initiative to transform a historically and culturally rich radio program…