Libraries to Host Third Annual Texas Digital Humanities Symposium, September 24-25

For the third consecutive year, the Baylor Libraries will host the Texas Digital Humanities Symposium, an event that brings together scholars, librarians, data scientists, and humanities faculty for a wide-ranging conversation about the intersection of technology and the humanities. 

This year’s symposium will emphasize the need to chart a path forward in a rapidly shifting landscape where AI, changing funding models, and the evolving needs of higher education are colliding to create a complex landscape.

For the first time since it was established in 2024, the symposium’s keynote will be a librarian: Alyssa Guzman of the UT-Austin Libraries, the Assistant Director of Research & Scholarship who provides “training on digital tools and methodologies to facilitate new means of scholarly inquiry, digital project plans to make unique collections accessible, and related program-focused initiatives,” according to her bio on the UT Libraries site.

Other symposium speakers will present on topics ranging from the use of AI to evaluate historical directories to the creation of a public humanities project drawn from a collection of World War II souvenir maps and much more. Speakers from Rice University, the University of Houston, Texas A&M University, and the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.

Interested parties can view a schedule of presentations and register for free at the symposium’s website