The Department of Digital Humanities (DDH) is an academic department and research centre in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Kings College London. DDH counts amongst the "most visible" digital humanities centres worldwide. The Departments research activities cover themes such as digital cultures – past and present; technology, media and participation; data worlds; digital economy and society; digital epistemology and methods.
The Department of Digital Humanities is a global leader in researching digital culture and society, and explores the use of advanced technology-related methods in arts and humanities research. It was ranked first in the UK in the latest Research Excellence Framework in its category Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management.
The Department runs a Bachelors degree in Digital Culture which looks at how technological innovations are bringing about new challenges and opportunities in our societies. It also offers the level of a masters degree including in Digital Humanities, Digital Culture and Society, Digital Asset and Media Management, and Big Data in Culture and Society, as well as a PhD research degree in Digital Humanities. Stuart Dunn is Head of Department and among its academics are Kate Devlin, Nick Srnicek, and Mercedes Bunz.
The Department started as a Centre for Computing in the Humanities and was established by Professor Harold Short in 1991. It changed its name in 2011. In honour of Professor Willard McCarty’s contribution to the advances and growth of the field of Digital Humanities and the Department, yearly fellowships have been set up. The Willard McCarty Fellowship supports outstanding scholars whose work interrogates the value of a human-machine dialogue for greater understanding of the human mind, condition, culture, and society.
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