"Humanities 2.0": NY Times Series on Digital Humanities

Geographic Information Systems Help Scholars See History
July 27, 2011
Many-layered mapmaking is helping scholars recreate vanished landscapes and envision history.
By PATRICIA COHEN

HUMANITIES 2.0
Digital Humanities Boots Up on Some Campuses
By PATRICIA COHEN

New digital tools are bringing new ways to teach humanities courses, even Shakespeare.
March 22, 2011
For Bentham and Others, Scholars Enlist Public to Transcribe Papers
By PATRICIA COHEN

A project in London is using crowd-sourcing to transcribe 40,000 unpublished manuscripts of the Enlightenment philosopher Jeremy Bentham.
December 28, 2010
In 500 Billion Words, a New Window on Culture
By PATRICIA COHEN

A Google-backed project allows the frequency of specific words and phrases to be tracked in centuries of books.
December 17, 2010
Victorian Literature, Statistically Analyzed With New Process
By PATRICIA COHEN

A computer-generated process gives scholars a view into Victorian thought.
December 4, 2010
Humanities Scholars Embrace Digital Technology
By PATRICIA COHEN
 

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