Digital Humanities Speaker Series

Continuing the conversation with experts in the field

Created in Spring 2012, the Digital Humanities Speaker Series brings in teachers/scholars working in Digital Humanities and new media. At its core, Digital Humanities is interdisciplinary, uniting scholars from literature, rhetoric & composition, history, geography, linguistics, and more with scholars from computer science, and information science. In addition, archivists and curators in museums, libraries, special collections, and professional societies can be found working on DH projects.

Our goal for the series is to invite scholars who can speak to growing trends and concerns in the Digital Humanities, linking our TCU community with the field at large.


Fall 2017


Matthew Jockers
“Perspectives on Digital Humanities”: Friday, Sept. 8, 12:00-1:00 pm

Matthew JockersAssociate Dean for Research and Global Engagement in the College of Arts & Sciences and an Associate Professor of English at the University of Nebraska and Faculty Fellow in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities and Director of the Nebraska Literary Lab.

Laura Mandell

“Digital Humanities Professional Challenges and Institutions”: Friday, Sept. 15, 1:00-2:00 pm

Laura Mandell, professor of English at Texas A&M and director of the of the Initiative for Digital Humanities and Culture.

Ryan Cordell

“‘You’ll be a Guinea Pig’: Perspectives from an Institution’s First Digital Humanities Hire”: Friday, September 22, 12:00-1:00 pm

Ryan Cordell, Assistant Professor of English and Core Founding Faculty Member in the NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Mark Algee-Hewitt

“Suspense: Towards a Digital Narratology”: Friday, September 29, 12:00-1:00 pm

Mark Algee-Hewitt, Associate Professor of English at Stanford University and co-associate research director of the Stanford Literary Lab, where he bring his interests in quantitative analysis, digital humanities and eighteenth-century literature to bear on a number of new collaborative projects.

Dino Felluga

“The COVE and SHORE: Responding to the Crisis Facing the Humanities”: Thursday, November 2, 4:30-6:00 pm, Location TBA

Dino Felluga, Professor at Purdue University and Chair of the Executive Council for the North American Victorian Studies Association.

Hosted by the British Studies Interest Group (English Department)


Spring 2015

In Spring 2015, the DH Speaker Series took the form of a THAT Camp: Feminisms. For more information click here: THAT Camp Feminisms.


 Spring 2013

Dave Parry

Jailbreaking Scholarship: Friday, February 22, 2013 (11:30-1:00pm), Scharbauer 4015

Dave Parry, Assistant Professor of Emerging Media and Communication at the University of Texas at Dallas, home of Texas’ only comprehensive degree-granting program designed to explore and foster the convergence of computer science and engineering with the creative arts and the humanities.

Followed by a discussion of:

Knowledge Cartels versus Knowledge Rights: 1-2:30 pm, Scharbauer 2003 (CDEx)

Hosted by the Rhetoric and Composition Reading Group (English Department).


Spring 2012


Cheryl Ball
Cheryl Ball

Scholarly & Sexy: New Media in the Humanities
Friday, April 13, 2012 (1:00 to 3:00)

Dr. Cheryl E. Ball