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Interview with Kehinde Ilegbusi and Holly Lyczak from the Reckonings Project
Kehinde Ilegbusi is a History PhD student. Holly Lyczak is an undergraduate majoring in International Affairs and Spanish. They both work for the Reckonings Project. Kehinde and Holly spoke with Colleen Nugent McLean, CDS Coordinator, about their work with the Reckonings Project and the various different initiatives that Reckonings is pursuing. Their comments have been…
Read MoreCDS Student Showcase
On March 25, 2026, we were delighted to host our first CDS Student Showcase, co-sponsored by the Centers for Digital Scholarship and the Humanities Center, highlighting the work of undergrad and graduate students working for the CDS/HC projects! The work of the CDS and Humanities Center projects would not be possible without the labor and…
Read MoreDH Open Office Hours: Nirmala Menon
We were delighted to host the Digital Scholarship Group’s DH Open Office Hours with Nirmala Menon, Professor of Literature and Digital Humanities IIT Indore and our visiting Fulbright scholar, on March 12, 2026! Nirmala discussed her project SINDHU: An Audio Archive of Rare Sindhi Narratives which aims to build an audio-based repository of rare Sindhi…
Read MoreImplementing Inclusive and Reparative Metadata Practices
This workshop was part of the 2025-26 Digital Practice Workshop Series, an ongoing collaboration between the Centers for Digital Scholarship (CDS) and Humanities Center that centers topics related to digital archives and digital humanities. The series is intended to strengthen collaborations between Snell Library and CSSH. The “Implementing Inclusive and Reparative Metadata Practices” workshop, led…
Read MoreInterview with Libby Collard and Odile Jordan from Mapping Black London
Libby Collard and Odile Jordan are both Research Assistants for Mapping Black London and PhD students in History at Northeastern University London. Libby and Odile spoke with Colleen Nugent McLean, CDS Coordinator, about their work with Mapping Black London, how their personal scholarship has been shaped by the experience, and the public responsibility of making…
Read MoreCelebrating Ten Years of the Digital Transgender Archive!
The CDS is delighted to share the news of the official ten year anniversary of the DTA’s launch! Congratulations to the DTA on celebrating a decade of trans visibility, accessibility, and storytelling. For more information about the project and the milestones reached over the past ten years, head to their website to find the DTA…
Read MoreInterview with Cara Hullings and Hailey Punis from the Digital Archive of Indigenous Language Persistence (DAILP)
Cara Hullings is the project coordinator for DAILP. Hailey Punis is an undergraduate English major with a minor in Writing and Art. They both work for the Digital Archive of Indigenous Language Persistence (DAILP). Cara and Hailey spoke with Colleen Nugent McLean, CDS Coordinator, about their work with DAILP and how community care is central…
Read MoreLeveraging Digitized Materials from the Northeastern University’s Archives and Special Collections
This workshop was part of the 2025-26 Digital Practice Workshop Series, an ongoing collaboration between the Centers for Digital Scholarship (CDS) and Humanities Center that centers topics relating to digital archive and digital humanities. The series is intended to strengthen collaboration between Snell Library and CSSH. In addition to its abundant collection of analog materials…
Read MoreLeveraging Media History to Improve Modern Journalism
We were delighted to host the Center for Transformative Media’s event “Leveraging Media History to Improve Modern Journalism” in our large presentation space! The event featured a conversation between Molly Brown, the Reference and Outreach Archivist at Northeastern, and Andre Stark, an Emmy-winning writer, director, and producer and co-owner of The Bay State Banner, moderated…
Read MoreReviewing the October Projects of the Zooniverse Challenge
The Zooniverse Challenge at Northeastern is a part of the crowdsourcing efforts of the Centers for Digital Scholarship. In December, there will be a crowdsourcing workshop open to Northeastern community faculty, staff, and students to learn more about Zooniverse, and how to start a Zooniverse project. As the intern for the CDS Crowdsourcing Initiative, I…
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