Digital Humanities
We support innovative, interdisciplinary projects and foster a vibrant community of digital scholarship across the University. We partner with faculty and students to develop, sustain, and share digital work while connecting local researchers with the broader international Digital Humanities (DH) community.
Project Support
- Consultations and guidance for DH research including graduate theses, faculty research, public‑facing projects, and large‑scale collaborations
- Technical support, software development sprints, and web design
- Web hosting for digital projects and collections
Community Support
- Workshops, trainings, and hands-on learning opportunities
- Events that connect researchers across disciplines and with the global DH community
- Weekly office hours every Tuesday from 3–5pm in Evans 102-C (a glass consultation room near the front entrance of Evans Library). Drop in anytime with questions, project ideas, or just to connect.
Bryan Tarpley
Digital Humanities Librarian
979-862-1900
bptarpley@tamu.edu
Kayley Hart
Program Coordinator
979-458-4905
kayleyhart@tamu.edu
Beowulf’s Afterlives Bibliographic Database
Faculty Researcher: Britt Mize
The Beowulf's Afterlives Bibliographic Database is the most comprehensive record of texts, representations, and adaptations of Beowulf from 1705 to the present, in all languages, genres, and media forms.
Lorefest
Faculty Researchers: Matthew Campbell and Will Connor
Lorefest seeks to unite Bryan-College Station’s diverse cultural communities in the creative preservation and expansion of local folklore.
Maria Edgeworth Letters Project
Faculty Researcher: Susan Egenolf
The Maria Edgeworth Letters Project is a collaborative digital edition of letters written by Maria Edgeworth and shared by over 30 archives around the world.
Nautical Lexicon Project
Faculty Researcher: Deborah Carlson
Graduate Student Researchers: Bethany Becktell and Claire Zak
The Nautical Lexicon Project is an open-access, interactive, and comprehensive digital site and database of nautical terms.
New Variorum Shakespeare
Director: Robert Stagg
Digital Editor: Katayoun Torabi
Associate Digital Editors: Dorothy Todd and Kris May
The New Variorum Shakespeare contains the complete text of Shakespearean plays along with a full collation of textual notes from the earliest editions to the present, including extensive previous commentary.
Ornament : Design : Translation
Faculty Researcher: Tianna Uchacz
Ornament : Design : Translation is an open-access web resource for the study of early modern European ornament prints and the remediation of design.
Points Like A Man: The Shakespearean Breeches Performance Catalogue
Graduate Student Researcher: Alexandra E. LaGrand
Points Like A Man catalogues and curates records of individual Shakespearean breeches performances by actresses from 1660 to 1900.
Texas Art Project
Faculty Researcher: Tianna Uchacz
The Texas Art Project promotes the history and legacy of art in Texas through a major art donation, series of exhibitions, and pedagogical initiatives that draw on art collections across the state.
Variorum Edition of “Heritage” by Countee Cullen
Faculty Researcher: Ira Dworkin
This variorum edition is based on the premise that there is no authoritative copy text from which to trace the editorial lineage of Countee Cullen’s “Heritage.”
Web of Royalist Publishing
Graduate Student Researcher: Bruna Braga Fontes
The Web of Royalist Publishing aims to create a Gephi network visualization of early modern royalist booksellers who published the Eikon Basilike, especially during the 1650s.
Mapping Victory: U.S. Army Souvenir Maps from the European Theater of Operations, 1944-46
Faculty Researcher: Adam Seipp
During the summer of 1945, hundreds of U.S. Army units in Europe produced souvenir maps for their soldiers to take home. This project is digitizing and annotating the 130 maps in the collection at Texas A&M's Cushing Library — the largest in the world.
The River Entered My Home
Faculty Researcher: Hollis Hammonds
An immersive VR/AR experience of Hollis Hammonds' physical art installation The River Entered My Home.
