Grounding the Digital Humanities at San Jose State University

FAIN: CHA-276812-21

San Jose State University Research Foundation (San Jose, CA 95112-5569)
Shannon Miller (Project Director: May 2020 to present)
Christina Mune (Co Project Director: September 2022 to present)

Establishment of a Digital Humanities (DH) Center at San José State University’s (SJSU) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, including the installation of a virtual machine and computing node to expand the current digital infrastructure. The DH Center will serve both SJSU students and the San José community.

With support from the NEH Challenge Grant and the matching funds raised over the next five years, San José State University’s (SJSU) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library (King Library) and the College of Humanities and Arts (H&A) will establish a Digital Humanities (DH) Center. To be located in the King Library, the DH Center will support teaching and research in digital humanities and serve the 35,000 students at SJSU, as well as faculty across campus. As a joint-use library, in partnership with the City of San José, the DH Center will also serve the public and open possibilities for collaborations between the university and community. The DH Center will support the growing number of courses in digital humanities and impact the level of research at SJSU. As such, the DH Center will play a key role in supporting SJSU’s investment in research as a part of its ten-year strategic plan, Transformation 2030.

Associated Products

Digital Humanities Center (Center)
Name: Digital Humanities Center
Abstract: The Digital Humanities Center, on the ground floor of the King Library, is a partnership between the San José State University Library, the College of Humanities and Arts, and the San José Public Library. It is funded by a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and our many generous supporters. August 2024.
Director: Christina Mune
Year: 2024
Address: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library San Jose State University One Washington Square San Jose, CA 95192-0028
Primary URL: https://library.sjsu.edu/digitalhumanities
Primary URL Description: The NEH Digital Humanities Challenge Grant Website has been updated to serve as the main page for the Digital Humanities Center. From this site SJSU and San Jose community members may connect with the Center, share their work, or request usage of the space. The site highlights current projects and archives previous work.

SJSU Digital Humanities Center Website (Web Resource)
Title: SJSU Digital Humanities Center Website
Author: Laurel Eby
Author: Christina Mune
Author: Nick Szydlowski
Abstract: The NEH Digital Humanities Challenge Grant Website has been updated to serve as the main page for the Digital Humanities Center. From this site SJSU and San Jose community members may connect with the Center, share their work, or request usage of the space. The site highlights current projects and archives previous work.
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://library.sjsu.edu/digitalhumanities

1984 Digital Exhibit (Exhibition)
Title: 1984 Digital Exhibit
Curator: Nick Szydlowski
Abstract: The DHC supported the development cross-course curriculum and assisted in the creation and curation of digital exhibits around the reading of 1984 by George Orwell and an SJSU presentation of a play based on the work. Involved students worked with DHC subject matter experts to identify relevant digital and physical materials, create exhibits and describe the primary sources with historical and artistic context.
Year: 2024
Primary URL: https://exhibits.sjsu.edu/s/1984/page/home

SJSU Students in Historical Crises (Web Resource)
Title: SJSU Students in Historical Crises
Author: Kim Knight
Abstract: As the first year of SJSU’s Digital Humanities undergraduate course HUM 195 completed, the Digital Humanities Center is hosting one of the two culminating projects, which studies the experience of students under crisis, particularly Japanese-American student facing internment during WWII and LGBTQ+ students during the gay rights movement and AIDS epidemic of the 1990s. The DHC worked closely with instructional faculty to design the curriculum and with the student group to build the digital project.
Year: 2024
Primary URL: https://exhibits.sjsu.edu/s/student-experinces-before-crisis/page/Home-Page

The Burleigh Family: An Anti-Racist Abolitionist Legacy (Exhibition)
Title: The Burleigh Family: An Anti-Racist Abolitionist Legacy
Curator: Jennifer Rycenga
Curator: nick szydlowski
Abstract: Building on last year’s project, The Unionist Unified, the DHC helped to build a digital exhibit around the abolitionist family responsible for the Unionist publication and other abolitionist activities. The DHC is working with multiple archival institutions to promote and share this work, which includes sources from multiple historical organizations and universities.
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://exhibits.sjsu.edu/s/burleigh/page/welcome

South Asians in Silicon Valley (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: South Asians in Silicon Valley
Author: Mantra Roy
Abstract: The DHC is supporting the work of San Jose State University Library and researcher Mantra Roy in collecting, sharing, celebrating and preserving the legacy of South Asians in Silicon Valley. The growing collection and digital presentation of oral histories, local images and community artifacts is an excellent example of the university/community collaboration the DHC was envisioned to facilitate.
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://exhibits.sjsu.edu/s/south-asians-in-silicon-valley/page/home
Access Model: Open Access

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