Teaching | Research | Publication

The Forum for Digital Culture is the cross-departmental center for digital arts and humanities at the University of Chicago.

The Forum’s three pillars are:

• • Teaching digital skills and tools via an M.A. degree program, Ph.D. certificate program, B.A. minor, and non-credit tutorials.
  • Research support for projects through all stages of computational work, from the initial acquisition of data to its long-term archiving.
  • Publication of research data and digital media compositions on the Web plus on-campus outreach via lectures, conferences, and workshops.

Staff, Courses, and Resources

The staff of the Forum for Digital Culture all have an academic background in the humanities or a related discipline. They use and develop software for scholarly research on texts, images, maps, music, cinema, video games, and other cultural media. Practical engagement with coding and data equips them to understand digital computing and engage in discussion and critique of its cultural, social, and philosophical implications.

In addition to teaching courses and tutorials in Digital Studies, the Forum’s staff provide consultation and support for faculty projects, drawing on the many computational resources available in the Forum and in other units of the University of Chicago. The Forum also provides an Online Publication Service for digital materials created or compiled by researchers and artists to make them permanently accessible and reusable.

Contact Us

Please send email to digitalculture@uchicago.edu for more information about the Forum for Digital Culture or to schedule a project consultation.

If you have questions about our master’s degree program or other academic programs in Digital Studies, please send email to digitalstudies@uchicago.edu.