About Digital Humanities - HKUST Digital Humanities Initiative

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

propic of Prof David Chang — **Prof. David Cheng CHANG**
Associate Professor,
Division of Humanities

**Collaborated project:**
• Digitizing LEE Yonggang’s Diaries: Preserving History and Cultural Connections

propic of Prof MA Jianxiong — **Prof. MA Jianxiong**
Associate Professor,
Division of Humanities

**Collaborated project:**
• Mapping History: Yunnan Human Geography Through GIS Perspective

propic of JIN Huan — **Prof. JIN Huan**
Assistant Professor,
Division of Humanities

**Collaborated project:**
• A Study of Zheng He’s Voyages to the Western Sea

propic of Birdy CHU — **Mr. Birdy CHU**
Lecturer,
Division of Humanities

**Collaborated projects:**
• HK1997
• Digital Storytelling with VR: Visual Conservation of Kowloon City’s Heritage

propic of James Simpson — **Prof. James SIMPSON**
Professor,
Division of Humanities

propic of Prof Giulio ONGARO — **Prof. Giulio ONGARO**
Assistant Professor,
Division of Humanities

propic of Steve MA — **Dr. Steve Hao-nan MA**
Lecturer,
Division of Humanities

propic of Prof K T WONG — **Prof. K. T. WONG**
Assistant Professor,
Division of Humanities

propic of Pui Yee CHEE — **Prof. Pui Yee CHEE**
Assistant Professor,
Division of Humanities

propic of Prof Michael Chung — **Prof. Michael Yan Hon CHUNG**
Assistant Professor,
Division of Humanities

propic of Tobias Benedikt Zürn — **Prof. Tobias Benedikt Zürn**
Assistant Professor,
Division of Humanities

propic of Thorben PELZER — **Prof. Thorben PELZER**
Assistant Professor,
Division of Humanities

propic of Marco Caboara — **Dr. Marco CABOARA**
Senior Lecturer,
Division of Humanities

Library’s Digital Scholarship Committee members

propic of Dr. Gabrielle K W WONG — **Dr. Gabrielle K W WONG**
Director of Library Services

propic of Edward SPODICK — **Edward SPODICK**
Associate Director of Library Services

propic of Victoria F CAPLAN — **Victoria F CAPLAN**
Head (Research & Learning Support), Library

propic of Ada S M CHEUNG — **Ada S M CHEUNG**
Head (Resource Management), Library

propic of Andrew C W WONG — **Andrew C W WONG**
Head (Systems & Digital Services), Library

propic of Jennifer Y S GU — **Jennifer Y S GU**
Senior Librarian (Research Support), Library