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Welcome AADHum's Newest Scholars

The AADHum Scholars Program is a digital and experimental production fellowship that provides support to post-docs, faculty, artists, programmers, GLAM professionals, and independent scholars for the implementation of a #BlackDH project. Cienna Benn ’s research explores the modern development of Black aesthetic theory and its disciplinary logics practiced by Black photographers and filmmakers during social movements and initiatives throughout the twentieth century. Her work utilizes

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We 🖤 #BlackDH

We 🖤 #BlackDH

Digital and experimental arts and humanities work can help us witness the unseen, or to process anew what...

This is not a new normal

This is not a new normal

As for so many, the last few years have not been especially kind to us nor to our...

Peruse portfolios from SMC '21!

Peruse portfolios from SMC '21!

We are pleased to share some of the amazing texts developed by our 2021 Social Media Corps participants!...

Meet our second class of Social Media Corps Fellows!

Meet our second class of Social Media Corps Fellows!

Join us in welcoming our second cohort of Social Media Corps fellows. The SMC program introduces new and...

AADHum's 2022-23 programs are launching!

AADHum's 2022-23 programs are launching!

The Summer 2022 SMC program is up and running, and applications for our numerous other grants, labs, and...

We 🖤 #BlackDH

We 🖤 #BlackDH

In the coming months, we're excited to amplify digital projects from the larger #BlackDH world! For now check...

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram at AADHum on Fri. 4/2 :: Black Computational Poetry Reading & Workshop!

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram at AADHum on Fri. 4/2 :: Black Computational Poetry Reading & Workshop!

We are pleased to announce an upcoming poetry and programming event! Please forward to your networks. This event...

Introducing our Social Media Corps fellowship program! Due 3/12/21

Introducing our Social Media Corps fellowship program! Due 3/12/21

We are dipping in to tell you about an exciting student opportunity we are piloting this semester: the...

Black as X continues! Merle Collins, Amaka Okechukwu, Daryle Williams & Schuyler Esprit ⇢ February 23rd

Black as X continues! Merle Collins, Amaka Okechukwu, Daryle Williams & Schuyler Esprit ⇢ February 23rd

Tuesday, February 23 at 12:30pm Join AADHum scholar Brienne Adams (UMD) in conversation with Elizabeth Alexander (Cornell), Rianna...

Black as X pt.2: Brienne Adams, Elizabeth Murice Alexander, Rianna Walcott, Christin Washington, Dr. Kim Bain

Black as X pt.2: Brienne Adams, Elizabeth Murice Alexander, Rianna Walcott, Christin Washington, Dr. Kim Bain

Brienne Adams in a #BlackDH PhD candidate conversation with Elizabeth Murice Alexander, Rianna Walcott, and Christin Washington, moderated...

Black as X pt.2: Drs. La Marr Jurelle Bruce, Jessica Marie Johnson, Marcia Chatelain

Black as X pt.2: Drs. La Marr Jurelle Bruce, Jessica Marie Johnson, Marcia Chatelain

AADHum — The African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities Initiative — is pleased to present Black as...

Manifesting the New

Manifesting the New

In "Pour One Out For 2020's Wildest Subplots, Twists & Heroes," a recent article in Bustle, poet and...

Electric Marronage Recap

Electric Marronage Recap

In collaboration with Electric Marronage, AADHum director Marisa Parham and assistant director Aleia Brown presented a series of...