Connections Digital and Historical: The Digital Public History Minor at the University of Connecticut

FAIN: AKA-270132-20

University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT 06269-9000)
Tom Scheinfeldt (Project Director: September 2019 to March 2020)
Fiona Vernal (Project Director: March 2020 to May 2020)
Tom Scheinfeldt (Project Director: May 2020 to October 2022)
Fiona Vernal (Co Project Director: May 2020 to October 2022)

A one-year planning grant to develop a minor in digital public history.

The University of Connecticut requests $35,000 to undertake a one-year planning process toward the launch of a Digital Public History Minor. The new minor will be a led by the Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Department of Digital Media and Design (DMD) in the School of Fine Arts. It will be housed in and administered by Greenhouse Studios (greenhousestudios.uconn.edu), an interdisciplinary digital humanities incubator that is a collaboration between these units and the University Library. Combining core course offerings in History and DMD with a set of joint course offerings in digital humanities that bridge the two disciplines with experiential learning opportunities in partner organizations throughout Connecticut, the Digital Public History Minor will give students the technical skills, content area knowledge, and collaborative working styles that will help them succeed in the 21st century economy.

Associated Products

Designing and Implementing a Digital Public History Minor at the University of Connecticut (Report)
Title: Designing and Implementing a Digital Public History Minor at the University of Connecticut
Author: Wes Hamrick
Author: Kenia Rodriguez
Abstract: As part of our work to plan and implement a new Digital Public History minor at the University of Connecticut, we consulted with external experts currently overseeing or developing minors in public history or other minors that were either interdisciplinary or had a significant digital focus. Some of these external experts are involved in programs currently or previously supported by NEH Humanities Connections grants.
Date: 08/31/21
Primary URL: https://draft.digitalpublichistory.programs.uconn.edu/whitepaper/
Access Model: open access

Digital Public History at UConn (Course or Curricular Material)
Title: Digital Public History at UConn
Author: Tom Scheinfeldt
Author: Fiona Vernal
Author: Wes Hamrick
Author: Clarissa Ceglio
Author: Heather Elliott-Famularo
Author: Mark Healey
Abstract: Plan of study for the UConn Digital Public History minor
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://draft.digitalpublichistory.programs.uconn.edu/course-requirements/
Audience: Undergraduate

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