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Uniting Digital Technology and Humanities Through Creativity
In the spring of 2022, the Division of Humanities and the Library at HKUST launched a joint project: the Digital Humanities Initiative (DHI). Among its efforts:
- Coordinating training for students and research assistants working on SHSS faculty Digital Humanities projects.
- Publishing and disseminating Digital Humanities projects by HKUST students and faculty.
- Collaborating with counterparts at other HK universities to coordinate a Hong Kong Digital Humanities consortium series of lectures and workshops.
For Students
In addition to offering formal courses, students can:
- Collaborate with faculty members on innovative digital humanities research projects.
- Acquire digital methodologies a via open workshops and consultations.
- Apply the digital methods to research projects, by working closely with faculty members.
For Faculty
In addition to gaining strategic research support, faculty can:
- Collaborate with students from various disciplines on their unique digital humanities projects.
- Attain digital methodologies through specialized workshops and consultations.
- Incorporate these digital methods into their own research projects, enhancing their research with innovative digital tools.
Faculty Partnerships and Collaborations
Associate Professor,
Division of Humanities
Collaborated project:
• (Coming soon) Digitizing LEE Yonggang’s Diaries: Preserving History and Cultural Connections
Associate Professor,
Division of Humanities
Collaborated project:
•
Mapping History: Yunnan Human Geography Through GIS Perspective
Assistant Professor,
Division of Humanities
Collaborated project:
•
A Study of Zheng He’s Voyages to the Western Sea
Lecturer,
Division of Humanities
Collaborated projects:
• HK1997
• Digital Storytelling with VR: Visual Conservation of Kowloon City’s Heritage
Library’s Digital Scholarship Committee members
