Project Scholarship

The project team and members of the wider community are involved in a number of scholarly initiatives related to our work here at The Programming Historian. These include events, journal articles, reviews (of us by the community), and posters. If you are conducting academic research using this project please contact Sarah Melton.

Original Programming Historian

• William J. Turkel and Alan MacEachern, The Programming Historian 1st edition (Network in Canadian History & Environment: 2007-2008).

Reviews

• Björn Ekström, Elisa Tattersall Wallin and Hana Marčetić, ‘Programming Historian: Novice-friendly tutorials on digital methods’, Tidskrift för ABM, Vol. 5, no 1 (2020), pp. 71-75.
• Dries Daems, ‘A Review and Roadmap of Online Learning Platforms and Tutorials in Digital Archaeology’, Advances in Archaeological Practice, vol. 8, issue 1 (2020), pp. 87-92.
• Priscila Pilatowsky Goñi, ‘Reseña a The programming historian’, Revista de Humanidades Digitales, vol. 2 (2018).
• Lincoln Mullen, ‘Review of the Programming Historian’, The Journal of American History, vol. 103, no. 1 (2016), pp. 299-301.
• Cameron Blevins, ‘Review of the Programming Historian’, The Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy, vol. 8 (2015).

Published Research

• Adam Crymble, Technology & the Historian: Transformations in the Digital Age, (University of Illinois Press, 2021).
• Anna-Maria Sichani, James Baker, Maria José Afanador Llach, and Brandon Walsh, ‘Diversity and Inclusion in Digital Scholarship and Pedagogy: The Case of The Programming Historian’, Insights, (2019).
• Katrina Navickas and Adam Crymble, ‘From Chartist Newspaper to Digital Map of Grass-roots Meetings, 1841-44: Documenting Workflows’, Journal of Victorian Culture, (2017).
• Adam Crymble, ‘Identifying and Removing Gender Barriers in Open Learning Communities: The Programming Historian’, Blended Learning in Practice, (2016), 49-60. [pre-print pdf]
• Fred Gibbs, ‘Editorial Sustainability and Open Peer Review at Programming Historian’, DH Commons, Vol. 1 (2015).
• Shawn Graham, Ian Milligan, and Scott Weingart, Exploring Big Historical Data: The Historian’s Macroscope, (Imperial College Press, 2015).

Reports

• Penny Andrews and the Programming Historian, ‘The Programming Historian: developing and sustaining impact in the Global South’ (2020).

Workshops & Events

• Adam Crymble, ‘Teach Digital History Well’, UCL, United Kingdom (29 April 2021).
• Joshua Ortiz Baco, Daniel Alves, Jimmy Medeiros, Luis Ferla, ‘Programming Historian em português’ in I Jornada Nacional de Humanidades Digitais, IBICT (13 October 2020).
• Adam Crymble, ‘Documenting Your Digital Methods’, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (27 May 2020).
• Adam Crymble & Jessica Parr, ‘Programming Historian Silent Disco’, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (18 May 2020).
• Adam Crymble, ‘Do You Need to Learn Programming?’, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (14 May 2020).
• Adam Crymble, ‘Python for Humanists’, University of London, United Kingdom (31 October 2019).
• Víctor Gayol, ‘Introducción a la Historia Digital - The Programming Historian en español’, Maestría en Estudios históricos Interdisciplinarios, División de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad de Guanajuato, México (1-5 October 2018).
• Adam Crymble, Maria José Afanador Llach, José Antonio Motilla, ‘Digital Humanities Skills for Latin American Scholarship’, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (1-3 August 2018) - funded by the British Academy.
• Victor Gayol, ‘Introducción a las Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales. The Programming Historian en español – COLMICH’, El Colegio de Michoacán (September 2017).
• Fred Gibbs, ‘Digital History @UM: The Programming Historian’, University of Michigan (27 January 2017).
• Adam Crymble, ‘Enhancing Digital Skills Applied to History’, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa (20-22 June 2016).
• Adam Crymble and Justin Colson, ‘Intro to Geocoding’, Institute of Historical Research, London, (19 April 2016).
• Carys Brown, James Baker, Adam Crymble, ‘Defining Effective Digital History Mentorship’, University of Cambridge (15 March 2016).
• Adam Crymble, ‘Intro to Data Mining’, Institute of Historical Research, London (2 February 2016).
• James Baker, ‘Programming Historian Live’, Software Sustainability Institute, London (19 October 2015).
• Miriam Posner, ‘Digital Project Consultations’, American Studies Association, University of Toronto (10 October 2015)
• Adam Crymble, ‘Python Programming for Humanists’, Day of Digital Ideas, University of Edinburgh (26 May 2015).

Posters, Conference Papers, & Invited Talks

• Brandon Walsh, ‘The Programming Historian and Editorial Process in Digital Publishing’, Modern Languages Association Conference 2021, 7-10 January, 2021.
• Sofia Papastamkou, François Dominic Laramée, Martin Grandjean, ‘Le Programming Historian en français: quelles ressources éducatives libres pour les méthodes numériques ?’, Humanistica 2020 Conference, Bordeaux, France, 12-14 May 2020.
• Sofia Papastamkou, ‘A Beating Heart of Digital History: The Programming Historian’, Teaching Digital History Workshop, Center for Digital History Aarhus, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 23 October 2019.
• Jennifer Isasi, Maria José Afanador y Antonio Rojas Castro, ‘Retos en la producción de tutoriales de HD en contexto hispanohablantes’, Conferencia ACH 2019, The Association for Computers and the Humanities, Pittsburgh, 23-26 july, 2019, Pittsburgh.
• Sofia Papastamkou, Antonio Rojas Castro & Anna-Maria Sichani, ‘Designing Multilingual Digital Pedagogy Initiatives: The Programming Historian for English, Spanish, and French Speaking DH Communities’, Digital Humanities Conference 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands, 9-12 July, 2019.
• Jennifer Isasi, Antonio Rojas & Anna-Maria Sichani, ‘Data science and the language question in digital humanities pedagogy: the example of the Programming Historian’, EADH 2018, National University of Ireland, Galway, 9 December 2018.
• Afanador, Maria José. ‘The Programming Historian en español: estrategias y retos para la construcción de una comunidad global de humanidades digitales.’ Ponencia presentada en la Conferencia de Humanidades Digitales DH2018, Ciudad de México, México, (2018, junio).
• Caleb McDaniel, ‘Open Access, Transparent Peer Review’, Annual Meeting of the Organizations of American Historians, Sacremento, California, (14 April 2018).
• James Baker, ‘The Programming Historian: Open Access, Open Source, Open Project’, Research Hive Seminar on ‘Open publication: exploring alternative models and practices’, University of Sussex (22 March 2018).
• Adam Crymble, ‘White, Male, and North American: Challenges of Diversifying the Programming Historian’, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland (23-24 March 2017).
• Victor Gayol, ‘La investigación del pasado y la historia digital: análisis de datos y cómo aprender (The Programming Historian en español)’, Humanidades Digitales, IV Feria Internacional de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Centro Universitario de Los Lagos - Universidad de Guadalajara, Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco (9 March, 2017).
• Victor Gayol, ‘The Programming Historian: ‘un modelo colaborativo para la investigación y la ensenñanza en ciencias sociales y humanidades digitales’, Mesa de Trabajo sobre Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales, El Colegio De Michoacán, Mexico (21 February 2017).
• Adam Crymble, ‘Bringing Digital Humanities into the University for Free’, University of Cape Town, South Africa (27-28 June 2016).
• Fred Gibbs, ‘The Programming Historian’ (Poster), American Historical Association, New York (January 2015).
• Adam Crymble, ‘The Programming Historian 2’, Digital History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, London (13 October 2013).
• Adam Crymble, ‘The Programming Historian 2’, Digital Humanities 2012, Hamburg (July 2012).

Media & Media Contributions

• Anuka Mohanpuhr, ‘Publishing in the digital humanities remains a space exclusive to non-English speakers, experts say’ The Stanford Daily, 10 March 2021, https://www.stanforddaily.com/2021/03/10/publishing-in-the-digital-humanities-remains-a-space-exclusive-to-non-english-speakers-experts-say/.
• Matthew Lincoln, ‘Multilingual Jekyll: How The Programming Historian Does That’, matthewlincoln.net, 1 March 2020, https://matthewlincoln.net/2020/03/01/multilingual-jekyll.html.
• Martin Dröge, ‘Rezension zu The Programming Historian’, H-Soz-Kult, 31.08.2019, https://www.hsozkult.de/webreview/id/rezwww-184.
• Sue Levine, ‘The Early-Stage Ph.D.’s Guide to Summer’, Inside Higher Education, 10 June 2019, https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/06/10/professional-development-and-careers-activities-phd-students-can-pursue-over.
• ‘Championing open access with online digital history journal’, University of Sussex Press Office, 9 October, 2018, https://www.sussex.ac.uk/news/people?id=46353/.
• Adam Crymble, ‘A Decade of Programming Historians’, Network in Canadian History & Environment, 23 March, 2018, http://niche-canada.org/2018/03/23/a-decade-of-programming-historians/.
• Fred Gibbs, “Sustainable Publishing: Reflections of a Former Programming Historian Editor”, FredGibbs.net, 2017, http://fredgibbs.net/posts/reflections-former-PH-editor.
• Anaclet Pons, “The Programming Historian en español”, Clionauta: Blog de historia, June 14, 2017, http://clionauta.hypotheses.org/16979.
• Seth Denbo, “Historian, Program! Self-Help for Digital Neophytes,” Perspectives on History: The Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association, May 2017, https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/may-2017/historian-program-self-help-digital-neophytes.
• Víctor Gayol, ‘The Programming Historian en español’, Blog de Humanidades Digitales, March 17, 2017, http://humanidadesdigitales.net/blog/2017/03/17/the-programming-historian-en-espanol/.

Projects Using the Programming Historian

• Eva Pfanzelter, “Syllabus: Introduction to Digital Practice in the Historical Sciences”, History Curriculum, University of Innsbruck, Austria, NewsEye H2020 Project (2021).
• Kelly Fitzpatrick, “Caselaw Access Project”, Harvard Law School (2019).
• Paul Spence, Renata Brandao, “Digital Modern Languages Writing Sprint”, Language Acts and Worldmaking (2019).
• James Baker, Caitlin Moore, Ernesto Priego, Raquel Alegre, Jez Cope, Ludi Price, Owen Stephens, Daniel van Strien, Greg Wilson, ‘Library Carpentry: software skills training for library professionals’, Liber Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries, 26(3) (2016).