Dawg Daze: Old Books, New Technologies. UW Special Collections and the Minor in Textual Studies and Digital Humanities
Learn about the minor in Textual Studies and Digital Humanities from faculty, students and librarians involved in the program. Hear about current student work, current and upcoming courses as well as about resources in the libraries and other sites on campus for studying the history and future of how we write, read, archive, story, access, and analyze cultural texts, historical documents, and other materials. Coursework and capstones in the minor offer a range of possibilities for hands-on, projected-oriented work exploring the impacts of changing technologies and media forms on the writing, reading, editing, archiving, preservation, and transmission of texts across history. These opportunities include working with historical materials such as handprinted books and manuscripts, archival sources and artists’ books; using digitization tools to create and publish digital editions and exhibits based on those materials; and developing skills to build, analyze and understand text-oriented databases like Google Book…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: B069, Special Collections Classroom, Allen Library South Basement. Accessibility Contact: text@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Incoming students.
Monday, September 22, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
FIS Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Padelford Hall (PDL). Campus room: PDL C-242. Accessibility Contact: Sariah Burdett, frenital@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
FIS Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Padelford Hall (PDL). Campus room: PDL C-242. Accessibility Contact: frenital@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.