Class 1 · Jan 28
Introductions
Overview of the Syllabus, Assignments, and Structure. Key questions: What do we even mean by “the Digital”? What is DH? Why Digital Methodologies? What is Digital Scholarship?
Module I
Digital Directions of Middle Eastern Studies
What do we mean by "the Digital"? What is DH? Before turning to specific methods, we survey who is doing this work in Middle Eastern Studies (across libraries, institutes, and individual scholars), and ask why so much of it never makes it into our reading lists. This module is an orientation to the field's existing shape, and an invitation to think about what graduate students could be doing next.
2 class sessions
Class 2 · Feb 4
What/Where is the Digital/Middle East?
EventHazine: A Guide to Researching the Middle East and Beyond (12-1pm)
Sign up for NYCDH Week. Many events explore the broader questions of what digital means for humanistic inquiry.
Required Readings & Resources
- ReadKathleen Fitzpatrick. The Humanities, Done Digitally (2020)
- ReadJohanna Drucker. Humanistic Theory and Digital Scholarship (2020)
- ReadMiriam Posner. The radical potential of the Digital Humanities (2015)
- ReadElias Muhanna. The Digital Humanities and Islamic & Middle East Studies (2016)
- WatchNetflix. Explained: Code (2019)
From the Session
- MentionedPalestinian Poster Project
- MentionedSix Degrees of Francis Bacon
- MentionedLA Review of Books: Series on Digital Humanities
- MentionedUniversity of Michigan: MENA Digital Scholarship / Digital Humanities
- MentionedMiddle East Librarians Association (MELA): Digital Scholarship Resource List
- MentionedNYUAD: Digital Humanities Library Guide