Taking Care: The Question of AR, VR, and Blackness
I can’t breathe. At once: the wheezing out of a severely singular experience. Yet and also: a hailing of the social,
From Analyzing to Actualizing Apartheid: A Journey in Realization
As an educator, scholar, journalist and filmmaker, my work has sat at the intersection of black digital humanities and creative scholarship
Standing Together Across Time and Space: Black Social Networks in Late Nineteenth Century Tennessee
On October 25, 1865, Henrietta Joyce and Elisha Helms stood before a clerk of the court of Davidson County, Tennessee, to
“Is this thing on?”
Like many graduate students, I have a very difficult time explaining my project. In my mind it feels enormous and abstract;
Transformational Intersections
As an extension of AADHum’s 2017-2018 Conversation Series, “Transformational Intersections: Digital and Public Humanities” explores how the digital humanities create, perceive,
Join the AADHum Team as Our New Assistant Director
Assistant Director, African American History, Culture, and Digital Humanities (AADHum) Initiative The African American History, Culture, and Digital Humanities (AADHum) Initiative at
Making the Digital Physical: AADHum’s “Intentionally Digital, Intentionally Black” Conference
The following post has been reprinted with permission from the author, Ravynn K. Stringfield, from Black Girl Does Grad School. To view
UMD Remembers Ira Berlin, “Influential Historian of Slavery”
Reposted with permission from the College of Arts and Humanities. Ira Berlin, the influential historian, AADHum advisory board member, and distinguished
Sharing “The Lost Boys”: Making a Marriage Between a Book and a Website
I recently built a new professional website on squarespace. The website is a place for me to share details about upcoming
Toward A Deeper Understanding of Digital Humanities Research in Black Studies
Fresh off the completion of a bachelor’s degree in African American Studies, I was introduced to the intersection of Black Studies and