Collaboration Toward An International

DH Training Network

Digital.Humanities@Oxford Summer School 2012

Merton College 6 July 2012

Ray SiemensU Victoria

siemens@uvic.ca

Virtual Ingratiation

An International Training Network

After several years of success and growth -- culminating in 2012 with over 400 attendees -- the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) announced this week the establishment of an international partnered network of DH training institutes involving also the Digital.Humanities@Oxford Summer School (DH@Oxford), the Culture and Technology European Summer School in Digital Humanities (DH@Leipzig), and the Digital Humanities Winter Institute (DHWI), with more locations to be announced soon.

• DH@Oxford (next, 2-6 July 2012) • DH@Leipzig (next, 23-31 July 2012) • DHWI (next, 7-11 Jan 2013) • DHSI (next, 10-14 June 2013)

Elizabeth Burr, DH@Leipzig, http://www.culingtec.uni-leipzig.de/ESU_C_T/ James Cummings, DH@Oxford, http://digital.humanities.ox.ac.uk/dhoxss/ Jennifer Guiliano, DHWI, http://mith.umd.edu/dhwi/ Sebastian Rahtz, DH@Oxford, http://digital.humanities.ox.ac.uk/dhoxss/ Ray Siemens, DHSI, http://dhsi.org/

The Perspective of DHSI

Types of DH Training, Bottom-Up

Informal / Peer Networking, Up Collegial discussion Online networking Brown-bag sessions Formal consultations Local skills-based workshops Regional skills-based workshops National skills-based workshops International skills-based workshops

Types of DH Training, Top-Down

Formal Curriculum, Accredited, PhD-Down• Dedicated PhD programs • Dedicated Masters programs • Dedicated Undergraduate programs • DH 'inflected' programs• Occasional accredited DH curriculum

Types of DH Training: Examples

Rough Cut: Types, Factors

Rough Cut: Types, Factors, Targets

A Strategy for DHSI

Work the ‘sweet spot’, upFocus on• Blending formally-directed and participant-

driven curriculum, within an evolving accreditation model

• Continuing the slow development of an interconnected network of like training institutes, possibly (as has been suggested) toward an international, institutionally-distributed, and accredited DH curriculum

• Working with everyone in the community, including exemplary partners

Looking Forward to Next Steps!