Documenting Digital History

An emerging field of practice, Digital History is at the forefront of the so-called "digital turn" in the humanities, a genre of scholarship engaged in conceiving, researching, and developing historical interpretations by creating a new kind of analysis using digital tools and data. As historians begin to explore what history looks like in the digital medium it is important to attempt to define examples of excellent digital historical scholarship, established best practices, and, especially, clear standards of peer review for tenure and promotion in history departments. This section contains a directory of digital historians, guidelines for evaluating digital scholarship, an index of digital scholarship, information on the National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Start-up Grant, Digital History project reviews, and new media tool reviews.

Directory of Digital Historians
A directory of Digital Historians, searchable by name, institution, or field.

Guidelines for Evaluating Scholarship
Criteria for evaluating digital scholarship compiled by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities.

NEH Digital Humanities Grant
Information on the National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Start-up Grant.

Project Reviews
Reviews of digital historical scholarship written by graduate students studying Digital History.

Tool Reviews
Reviews of digital tools written by graduate students studying Digital History.