21H.991 | Fall 2010 | Graduate

Theories and Methods in the Study of History

Digital Humanities

Readings

Piez, Wendell. “Something Called ‘Digital Humanities.” Digital Humanities Quarterly 2 (Summer 2008). Also browse the journal at http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/

Rosenzweig, Roy. “Scarcity or Abundance? Preserving the Past in a Digital Era.” American Historical Review 108 (June 2003): 735–762.

Darnton, Robert. “Google and the Future of Books.” New York Review of Books, February 12, 2009.

Grafton, Anthony. “Codex in Crisis: The Book Dematerializes.” Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West. Harvard University Press, 2011, pp. 288-324. ISBN: 9780674060258.

Cohen, Patricia. “Digital Keys for Unlocking the Humanities’ Riches.” New York Times, November 16, 2010.

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