Digital Humanities is an area of strategic importance to the University of Cambridge. Cambridge Digital Humanities (CDH), established in 2017, is an interdisciplinary research centre, homed in the School of Arts and Humanities, shared with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and crossing multiple Schools and other units, including the University Library, Cambridge collections and other research centres. It is currently hosted administratively by CRASSH.

CDH welcomed its first cohort of students for the MPhil in Digital Humanities in 2022 and its first cohort of students for the PhD in Digital Humanities in 2024. The Centre collaborates with researchers to generate and develop Digital Humanities scholarship across the arts and humanities. We create and deliver research projects, explore emerging research areas, and collaborate with international partners.

We work with Cambridge University Library, Cambridge University collections, and multiple faculties and research centres. We collaborate with a wide range of international partners in Europe and the US, and a priority is to develop deeper Global South links.

Our aim is to further an expansive form of Digital Humanities that encompasses work with collections, literature as digital humanities, global digital humanities, critical media theorization, digital media, methodological advancement, future and emerging technologies, including AI and machine learning.

Cambridge Digital Humanities seeks partnerships with philanthropic donors and companies that share our mission. Support from our partners will ensure that the Centre has the resources needed for innovative and interdisciplinary research.

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