Graduate and Undergraduate Fellowships

The HDW provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in research projects led by Washington University faculty. For information, please email Douglas Knox with a short description of your interest in the program.

Past participants have found it a valuable professional development opportunity. Recent projects have included:

St. Louis Integrated Database of Enslavement (Carl Craver, Philosophy, and Kelly Schmidt, AFAS)
Gender Violence Database (Jami Ake, IPH)
The Qing Emperor's Hindustan Jades (Kristina Kleutghen, Art History)
Greek Meter Database (Tim Moore, Classics)
Creating a Federal Government (Peter Kastor, History & AMCS)
The Spenser Project (Joseph Loewenstein, English)

The ideal fellow has an interest in the application of technology to the humanities. While the needs of each project are different, typical activities include research and the preparation and preliminary analysis of textual and visual materials. Specialized technical skills are not required, though students with some familiarity with or interest in XSLT, CSS, or web programming may find ways to make use of that knowledge.

Summer Fellowships

Summer Student Fellowships

The Humanities Digital Workshop invites applications from undergraduate and graduate students at Washington University in St. Louis for its summer fellowships. The fellowships pair students with humanities faculty engaged in digital humanities projects for 8 weeks, during which time students gain exposure to digital humanities work on campus and at large, work closely with faculty members and other students on an active project, and learn relevant digital humanities tools and standards. Past participants have found it a valuable professional development opportunity. The ideal fellow has an interest in the application of technology to the humanities. While the needs of each project are different, typical activities include research and the preparation and preliminary analysis of textual and visual materials. Specialized technical skills are not required, though students with computational skills may find ways to make use of that knowledge.

The fellowships run from May 28 to July 19, 2024 and involve 30 hours of work per week for undergraduates, and a commitment of 20 hours per week for graduate students.

To apply, send your CV or résumé and a paragraph-long description of your interest in the digital humanities and in the HDW to Douglas Knox.

Applications are due by March 11, 2024.

Our Past Summer Fellows

Undergraduate Semester Fellowships

The Humanities Digital Workshop announces openings for undergraduate students in its Spring 2024 Fellowships. The fellowships pair students with humanities faculty engaged in digital humanities projects for the academic semester, during which time students:

gain exposure to digital humanities work on campus and at large
work closely with faculty members and other students on an active project, and
learn relevant digital humanities tools and standards

Past participants have found it a valuable professional development opportunity.

The ideal fellow has an interest in the humanities and a capacity for interest in the application of technology to them, but is not necessarily a humanities student, nor must he or she be highly technically experienced. Typical activities include markup of textual and visual material in XML or designing the display of same for the web, as well as tasks such as library and bibliographical research, and annotation and organization of primary source material.

Details

The fellowship will involve 5 hours of work per week. Apart from a one-hour weekly meeting, most work will be flexible according to student schedules. Students will have an opportunity to renew the fellowship for the summer and the following year. Compensation is $13 an hour.

For more info, or to apply

To apply, send your CV or résumé and a paragraph-long description of your interest in the digital humanities and in the HDW. Applications or questions can be directed to Doug Knox.

Where our fellows are today

Past fellows in the Humanities Digital Workshop have successfully pursued academic and professional careers growing from the experience and skills developed in working on HDW projects. Read about some of our fellows below.