stéfan sinclair :: scribblings & musings

Matt Kirschenbaum has done many of us a favour by posting an entry on doing a Ph.D. in digital humanities (or an akin field). This isn’t anything like a Maclean’s ranking of universities, thankfully, it’s more of a compilation of schools to consider where a critical mass of researchers in the area makes it more likely that a graduate student might appropriate academic and intellectual support for pursuing their studies (and though more targeted programmes do exist at the Masters level, the post is useful for those considering an M.A. as well). There aren’t really any institutions that offer cleanly packaged doctoral programmes in digital humanities, but with a bit of resourcefulness, hybrid programmes can usually be designed. A lot of factors go into the choice of graduate programmes, but I think it’s a good idea for students to find researchers they might be interested in working with and contact them to see about the feasibility of a computing-oriented programme (it’s probably not a good idea to choose an institution solely on the basis of only one researcher).

The schools mentioned in Matt’s post and in the comments that follow are especially useful for those with a primary interest in English literary studies (and who are likely to study in North America). For a slightly different focus, it may also be worth considering an information studies type programme, such as UIUC, UofT’s FIS, or UCL’s SLAIS (among many others).