This project by Darinelle Merced-Calderon examines how communities in Vieques & St. Croix express solidarity and resistance, tracing the intertwined legacies of colonialism and cultural connection across U.S. territories. darinellemc.github.io/PerformViequ...

This project by Eduardo Gorobets brings digital humanities into language classrooms through interactive Spanish and Portuguese lessons that connect linguistic learning with Indigenous cultures across Latin America. egorobets.github.io/escutandopov...

This project by Gabriel Noreiga examines Latin American political and indigenista cinema, with a particular emphasis on Ecuador, through an annotated online exhibit of El cielo para la cunshi, carajo! (1975). gabrielnoriega-byte.github.io/uncieloparal...

Back by popular demand. Check out how to apply on our website! av-annotate.org/home/avannot...

On February 18 at 4:00 pm in Benedict 2.104, join the Humanities Institute for a Grad Student Grants & Fellowships Workshop, Co-hosted by Dr. Kelly McDonough, Associate Director Jeff Meserve, and Dr. Enrique Rodríguez-Alegría. RSVP at bit.ly/3LCRh7X or at the link in bio.

This project on Racism in Venezuela by Yenibel Ruiz Mirabal examines the experiences of Afro-Venezuelan women during migration and displacement by foregrounding their strategies of resistance and challenging the silences embedded in official records. yenibel.github.io/Running-Test/

Kara Culp’s project explores the experiences of Latino immigrants and Mexican Americans in Texas public schools after the 1960s, examining how federal, state, and local education policies shaped bilingual education and the experiences of Spanish-speaking students. karaculp.github.io/Memory-Educa...

"Poetry, multiple sclerosis and me": new on the IASH blog via @thebinkshub.bsky.social www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/poetry-...

‪This project, blending recordings from the 1960s–80s, explores the 1st annual Sound Institute of the SpokenWeb SSHRC Partnership, Re-Sounding Poetries: Collections, Classrooms, Communities, at the U. of British Columbia, Okanagan, in Kelowna. ndamours14.github.io/360resounding/

The Faculty Research Fellow (FRF) application is now open until February 15th. Learn more at the link below! liberalarts.utexas.edu/humanitiesin...

A digital edition of the 1975 UT Austin symposium “Speak-Out! Charla! Bate-Papo! Contemporary Art and Literature in Latin America,” this project has time-coded recordings of panels held over 3 days, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with bilingual transcripts. llilasbenson.github.io/speak-out/

The 10(!) years I spent serving ACH provided great leadership experience and an opportunity to give back to the digital humanities community — and gave me @jenguiliano.bsky.social, @tanyaclement.bsky.social, @nolauren.bsky.social, @quinnanya.me, & many other wonderful people. I highly recommend it!

This project presents several annotated interviews of famous figures from the Harry Ransom Center's Mike Wallace interview collection to show instructors and students how to incorporate archival audiovisual material into coursework. trentwintermeier.github.io/mike-wallace...

This project by Kylie Warkentin is an educational example of annotating sensitive audio using the “‘Criminal Syndicalism’ Case, McComb, Mississippi (Side 1)” recording from the John Beecher Sound Recordings Collection at the University of Texas’s Harry Ransom Center. kywark.github.io/beecher-synd...

This project examines the performance and reception of literature with annotations to analyze voice, rhythm, silence, and audience in poetry and performance recordings. Filters and timestamped notes promote close listening as collaborative scholarly practice. anthology483.github.io/lit-sound-st...

This bilingual project on the work of Lester Hamlet explores Hamlet’s poetry, archival materials, and cultural contexts. It combines literary analysis with interactive features like translations, audio, and archival scans that enrich Hamlet’s bilingual work. avannotate.github.io/LesterHamlet/

This project explores the theory and topic of Auteurism and some of the filmmakers who best represent it. Instead of just reading about film theory, you can watch and listen to the examples right alongside the analysis. Check out our website to see the full project! jackdevry.github.io/Auteurism/

Meet Darinelle Merced-Calderon, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project examines how communities in Vieques & St. Croix express solidarity and resistance, tracing the intertwined legacies of colonialism and cultural connection across U.S. territories.

Meet Fernanda Aguero, a research fellow from the School of Information, whose AVAnnotate project examines Net Art and Postinternet art, with particular focus on Latin America through the work of Amalia Ulman, analyzing how her audience engagements complicate her position within Postinternet art.

Meet Gabriel Noreiga, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project examines Latin American political and indigenista cinema, with a particular emphasis on Ecuador through an annotated online exhibit of El cielo para la cunshi, carajo! (1975).

Alex Pearlman (Pearlmania500) is on the ground talking with workers who are escalating our ULP strike at Starbucks' largest regional distribution center! #NoContractNoCoffee

Meet Grace Nwoke, a research fellow from the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, whose AVAnnotate project annotates materials from the AfroGreeks archive, examining Black identity formation in Greece with a particular focus on the cultural presence of Afro descendants in Greece.

Meet Eduardo Gorobets, a teaching fellow from the Department of Spanish/Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project brings digital humanities into language classrooms through interactive Spanish and Portuguese lessons that connect linguistic learning with Indigenous cultures across Latin America.

Meet Kara Culp, a research fellow from the Department of History, whose AVAnnotate project explores the experiences of Latino immigrants and Mexican Americans in Texas public schools after the 1960s, examining how federal, state, and local education policies shaped bilingual education.

Meet Yenibel Ruiz Mirabal, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project examines Afro-Venezuelan women’s experiences of migration and displacement by foregrounding women’s strategies of resistance and challenges the silences embedded in official records.

Meet Fidel García Reyes, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project explores Arturo Ripstein’s 1978 film El lugar sin límites, examining how the lives & representations of transfeminine individuals were shaped by Mexico’s post-1968 sociopolitical climate.

The Initiative for Digital Humanities at UT Austin announced the inaugural AVAnnotate Teaching and Research Fellowships for Fall 2025. Meet the Fellows who have been selected and awarded funding to design and complete an AVAnnotate project over the semester!

For nearly a decade, the Journal of Cultural Analytics has pushed the boundaries between the humanities, social sciences, and computer science--becoming a cornerstone of the cultural analytics movement. They are now looking for a Graduate Student Technician to join their team! bit.ly/4pvQZie

So well-deserved. Congrats Jeff!

Excited to share that UT Libraries is hosting an online Digital Humanities Workshop on AVAnnotate this Friday, September 12, 12-1 PM (CT)! Join virtually to explore AVAnnotate—the free, open-source platform for crafting digital exhibits and scholarly editions with AV materials. Register today!

📘 New JCA article by Matt Erlin et al. culturalanalytics.org/article/1429...

📢 CFP: JCA Ten-Year Anniversary Issue The Journal of Cultural Analytics turns 10! We're marking the moment with a special issue reflecting on a decade of studying culture at scale—and imagining what comes next. 📅 Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2025 culturalanalytics.org/post/3316-cf...

"Tanya Clement Appointed Next Director of the Humanities Institute [UT Austin]" @tanyaclement.bsky.social liberalarts.utexas.edu/news/tanya-c...

images.app.goo.gl/xkfQN6FhyjqF... I worked at Oxford Books in Atlanta in 1994-1995 and had this mug in the middle. *someone * in my house broke it. Can I replace it?? God, I loved Oxford Books on Pharr Road.

Come to talk to me about creating assignments with AV in the classroom. Tuesday 1.21 at 2pm CT. Details attached. And follow @avannotate.bsky.social for more information.

Reminder that the Committee on Information Technology has two CfPs for #MLA2025 responding to the presidential theme of Visibility. Please share and submit! Session 1: Alt-Text, Alt-Image: Multimodal Scholarship Session 2: Multilingualism and Visibility in Digital Humanities and Digital Scholarship