Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Borghesi Endowment, and University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for the Humanities and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, DHRN aims to fulfill the campus need for a centralized digital humanities community by meeting regularly and establishing a shared workspace. In our meetings, we focus on the processes involved in digitizing and visualizing different types of humanities objects turned data (including printed books, manuscripts, historical records, art, music, films). In addition to opening up new research questions, our group provides an opportunity for a sustained conversation about the computational and analytical aspects of the digital humanities. Our group considers the current theories underlying digital methodologies and also discusses, brainstorms, and workshops specific projects at various stages.

2014-2015 theme, Going Public: Topics included public digital humanities and the role of technologies in public scholarship

2015-2016 theme, Sustaining Digital Humanities: Considers how UW-Madison can foster a long-term DH community

DHRN organized UW-Madison’s second annual Digital Humanities Plus Art: Going Public (DH+A) symposium and is responsible for maintaining the @UWDigHum account.