Workshop: WordPress: attractive websites with elementor | Thursday, March 16 4:30 – 6:00 PM

One of the main questions when creating a website in WordPress is how to make it more attractive. In this workshop, you will learn about the popular plugin elementor. It will be used to make designs simple and elegant.  The sites will also take into consideration a responsive design for different devices. The workshop will take place online and will include hands-on practice with the tool. You will build a site on the CUNY Academic Commons, so it is also an opportunity to keep learning how to take the most advantage of our institutional resources. Register here.

 

“Dissertation Futures” Online Roundtable Discussion, March 27th (Mon), 1230pm – 2pm

To reconsider the future of the doctoral degree requires us to re-evaluate the role of the dissertation as a means of preparing and evaluating students. Join the GC Digital Fellows and four guest speakers for a conversation about the future of the dissertation as digital scholarship. What are the possibilities? the challenges? the options? Please join for  “The Future of Dissertations” online event that will be taking place on Monday, March 27, 2023 from 12:30 PM to 2 PM EST. [Register Here].  With funding from the PublicsLab and support from the English department, the GCDI’s online spring event will feature speakers who have completed non-traditional and/or digital dissertations and faculty mentors of such dissertations, including Kathleen Fitzpatrick, professor of English and director of digital humanities at Michigan State University, Marisa Parham, who is professor of English, director for the African American Digital Humanities Initiative (AADHUM) and associate director of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH).

 

CUNY Digital Humanities Lightning Talks 2023 | Tuesday, April 4 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM

Interested in digital humanities at CUNY? Have a project to share? Sign up to present your digital humanities project, research, or questions with students, faculty, and staff from across CUNY’s campuses.

 

What: 8th Annual CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks

When: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023

Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Where: Hybrid: Graduate Center (room TBD) / Zoom

How to participate: In-person or synchronous Zoom options available

 

Lightning talks are informal, 3-minute / 3-slide presentations that offer a brief insight into your digital humanities project, research, or question. Projects at any stage–whether just beginning, in-development, or completed–are welcome! The audience includes a diverse community of engaged CUNY colleagues who are eager to hear about your project and offer feedback.

 

As a presenter, you will have the option to either: 1) submit your slides and present live over Zoom or 2) join the event at the Graduate Center to present your slides in-person. The GCDI encourages you to participate in whichever way you feel most comfortable. For either option, please submit your slides so it can be added to the event slide deck. Slides will be made available after the event on the CUNY DHI blog.