This was the first official Digital Humanities meeting in Singapore, held on 6 May 2016 at the NUS Central Library.
This informal session sought to connect the digital humanities community in NUS by bringing like-minded researchers together to share their experiences on digital projects across disciplines. Aside from NUS, speakers from SMU and SUTD shared digital humanities initiatives in their universities.
Workshop Outline:
Associate Professor Yong Li Lan
Associate Professor in Department of English Language and Literature, FASS, NUS
Topic: “To Use One Language in Each Several Clime”: the Asian Shakespeare Intercultural Archive
Dr Palakorn Achananuparp
Research Scientist, Living Analytics Research Centre, SMU
Topic: eScience and Living Analytics
Dr Miguel Escobar Varela
Assistant Professor in Department of English Language and Literature, FASS, NUS
Topic: Computational Approaches to the Study of Theatre
Dr Samson Lim
Director of Undergraduate Affairs, Assistant Professor (History) in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, SUTD
Topic: The Digital Media Lab at SUTD