digital humanities

noun

1. (used with a singular verb)
   1. the study of literature, philosophy, etc., as facilitated by computer technology or digital media:

      Digital humanities uses data analysis to find patterns in large bodies of text.

   2. the set of methodologies used in such scholarship.
2. (used with a plural verb) literature, philosophy, etc., as studied with digital tools:

   research in the digital humanities.

Word History and Origins

Origin of digital humanities¹

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

That’s what happened to Dinara Gagarina, a digital humanities researcher at a local branch of HSE.

From Science Magazine

After analyzing Sabatini's thesis, Mark Algee-Hewitt, the director of graduate studies and associate professor of digital humanities in Stanford University's English department, determined the conservative candidate had committed "egregious" acts of plagiarism.

From Salon

Martin Clancy, a researcher at the Centre for Digital Humanities at Trinity College in Dublin and editor of “Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem,” said that the difference between this wave of AI and prior transformative tech is its sheer adoptive speed.

From Los Angeles Times

After Islamist rebels burned some ancient manuscripts in Timbuktu, Mali, UK-based digital humanities expert Marilyn Deegan and local researchers began a project to create a digital archive of Sudan’s cultural history.

From Reuters

“The act of recovery means something different now,” says Kenton Rambsy, an associate professor of English and digital humanities at the University of Texas at Arlington, whose research uses data analytics to tell new stories about the Black literary past.

From New York Times