This is the introduction to the DHSI Colloquium Special Issue. The DHSI Colloquium serves as

a forum for emerging scholars to present their own research.This special issue showcases

some of the research presented at the Institute in 2014

Galvin, Mary

Jakacki, Diane

O'Sullivan, James

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4/9/2020 DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: Introduction to the Digital Humanities Summer Institute Colloquium Special Issuewww.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/10/1/000241/000241.html 1/21234DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly2016Volume 10 Number 1Introduction to the Digital Humanities Summer Institute ColloquiumSpecial IssueJames O’Sullivan <j_dot_c_dot_osullivan_at_sheffield_dot_ac_dot_uk>, University of SheffieldMary Galvin <galvin_dot_mg_at_gmail_dot_com>, University College CorkDiane Jakacki <diane_dot_jakacki_at_bucknell_dot_edu>, Bucknell UniversityAbstractThis is the introduction to the DHSI Colloquium Special Issue. The DHSI Colloquium serves asa forum for emerging scholars to present their own research.This special issue showcasessome of the research presented at the Institute in 2014.The DHSI Colloquium was founded in 2009 by Diane Jakacki and Cara Leitch — then doctoral candidates at theUniversity of Waterloo and the University of Victoria, respectively — as the DHSI Graduate Colloquium. As initiallyproposed to Ray Siemens, the Colloquium would serve as a forum for emerging scholars to present their own research.This was particularly valuable in that moment, as research presented at major conferences tended to focus on the workof more established scholars, with graduate students rarely presenting in a capacity other than as research assistants.While many generous and supportive principal investigators and research supervisors encouraged emerging scholarsto take ownership of various components of major research projects, there were not many outlets for presentation ofthe specific student-driven activities. The DHSI Graduate Student Colloquium offered these emerging scholars aplatform to present formal papers and to demonstrate works in progress to an enthusiastic audience comprised of bothestablished and emerging DH practitioners, and most importantly, in an environment that encouraged constructivefeedback and professional guidance.In 2012, after three successful years, Ray and the ad hoc Colloquium Advisory Committee observed that there was anunrealized opportunity to expand the pool of presenters to include more scholars at different phases of their careers,working across different registers. This coincided with a remarkable growth in attendance at DHSI, and so theColloquium, as well as the audience, grew considerably. In order to efficiently respond to the increasing volume ofabstracts submitted for consideration, as well as to accommodate more presenters whose work was at different phasesof development and implementation, the structure of the Colloquium again changed, with a variety of shorter formatsintroduced to accompany the longer, more formal papers.Two years later, in 2014, the Colloquium underwent further transformation when James O’Sullivan and Mary Galvinsucceeded Diane as the event’s Chairs. Struck by the omnipresent sense of community that exists at DHSI, James andMary set about continuing the work of their predecessors by maintaing the Colloquium as a venue to presentgroundbreaking work, remaining attractive to scholars as other DH conference, symposia, and gatherings proliferate.The introduction of a poster session proved hugely successful, a format designed to accommodate those projects thatare not conducive to the constraints of an oral presentation set within a limited timeframe. A mechanism for peer-reviewwas incorporated: reviewers are instructed to offer constructive criticisms, while the final program is developed in aninclusive manner, with space found for any submission deemed to be of an acceptable standard. It is testament to thesupport of Ray, and of course, Daniel Sondheim, Assistant Director of the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab at theUniversity of Victoria, that such a challenging scheduling process is facilitated.We are in an era of firsts for the DHSI Colloquium: this special issue marks the first ever publication to emerge from thegathering; a dedicated website, http://dhsicolloquium.org, was launched, through which proceedings are disseminated;the current CFP features themed sessions, “Gender and the Digital” and “Building an Inclusive DH Community”; and2016’s poster session will be hosted in collaboration with the Electronic Literature Organization. The next iteration willalso benefit from the addition of a local Program Assistant, Lindsey Seatter. But while the Colloquium continues toexpand and progress, its ethos will remain consistent — it is an opportunity for digital humanists, whether curious,fledgling, or established, to present their research, projects, and ideas within an engaging, collegial, and rewarding4/9/2020 DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: Introduction to the Digital Humanities Summer Institute Colloquium Special Issuewww.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/10/1/000241/000241.html 2/25environment. The products of this space — such as the varied, insightful, and rigorous research articles found in thisspecial issue — are sufficient justification of this approach.DHSI is founded on collaborative principles — it is about learning through sharing, encouraging curiosity, it is about thecreation of interpersonal and cross-instutional opportunities — all of which underpin the model adopted by theColloquium. While these principles are its foundation, the presenters are very much the driving force of the Colloquium,and it is this community that will shape its future directions, so that it can continue to serve as a platform for the manyand diverse voices that make our field what it is.

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