The Price Lab
@pricelab.bsky.social
The Price Lab for Digital Humanities @ The University of Pennsylvania
Join us once again on Monday 11/24 as we continue our discussion about AI policies in the classroom. We’ll meet in person (Williams 623) with an online option (Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CritAIF25). See you there!
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Join us once again on Monday 11/24 as we continue our discussion about AI policies in the classroom. We’ll meet in person (Williams 623) with an online option (Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CritAIF25). See you there!
Today @natmcgartland.bsky.social, PhD candidate in English at the University of Maryland, spoke to us about data representation through textiles. From Jacquard loom punch cards to crochet patterns to paper weaving, Nat showed us that weaving & textile work has always been a form of data practice 🧶📊
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Today @natmcgartland.bsky.social, PhD candidate in English at the University of Maryland, spoke to us about data representation through textiles. From Jacquard loom punch cards to crochet patterns to paper weaving, Nat showed us that weaving & textile work has always been a form of data practice 🧶📊
The Post45 Data Collective invites graduate students in the humanities or adjacent fields to explore cultural data reflexively and collaboratively in a mini-workshop hosted virtually on Friday, March 13. Details here: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Post45 Data Collective invites graduate students in the humanities or adjacent fields to explore cultural data reflexively and collaboratively in a mini-workshop hosted virtually on Friday, March 13. Details here: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
This week, J.D. Porter speaks to our grad student working group about AI & LLMs—whether you love them or hate them, tools like ChatGPT and Gemini are increasingly hard to ignore in academic research. J.D. will explain how these tools actually work, enabling us to be better users/critics of AI.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This week, J.D. Porter speaks to our grad student working group about AI & LLMs—whether you love them or hate them, tools like ChatGPT and Gemini are increasingly hard to ignore in academic research. J.D. will explain how these tools actually work, enabling us to be better users/critics of AI.
For Penn undergrads with a nascent interest in DH, J.D. Porter’s spring course offers a practical introduction to computational methods for humanities research. No prior programming knowledge is required! More info on Path@Penn.
November 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
For Penn undergrads with a nascent interest in DH, J.D. Porter’s spring course offers a practical introduction to computational methods for humanities research. No prior programming knowledge is required! More info on Path@Penn.
Did you know 🤔 that the Price Lab has office hours ⁉️ Pop by Williams 616 on Fridays from 1pm-3pm to chat with our resident DH experts about tools, projects, dreams, courses, ideas, notions, etc., etc. We’re ready to help!
October 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Did you know 🤔 that the Price Lab has office hours ⁉️ Pop by Williams 616 on Fridays from 1pm-3pm to chat with our resident DH experts about tools, projects, dreams, courses, ideas, notions, etc., etc. We’re ready to help!
This fall, the “Reinventing Aristotle” exhibit opened in Penn's Kislak Center. Curated by Eva Del Soldato, Lynne Farrington, and Hannah Marcus, the exhibit shows how the philosopher has been refigured and reimagined in the centuries since his death.
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This fall, the “Reinventing Aristotle” exhibit opened in Penn's Kislak Center. Curated by Eva Del Soldato, Lynne Farrington, and Hannah Marcus, the exhibit shows how the philosopher has been refigured and reimagined in the centuries since his death.
The discussion will center around AI, technofeudalism, and the role of the university in our evolving digital world. We hope to see you there!
October 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The discussion will center around AI, technofeudalism, and the role of the university in our evolving digital world. We hope to see you there!
For those local to Philly: next Wed., 10/22, our faculty director @whitneytrettien.bsky.social will join @mattseybold.bsky.social and Christopher Newfield to tape an episode of The American Vandal podcast. Join the live audience! 5-7pm in UPenn's Fisher Bennett Hall, room 135.
October 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
For those local to Philly: next Wed., 10/22, our faculty director @whitneytrettien.bsky.social will join @mattseybold.bsky.social and Christopher Newfield to tape an episode of The American Vandal podcast. Join the live audience! 5-7pm in UPenn's Fisher Bennett Hall, room 135.
For the digital edition, Eleanor contributed annotations that identify the legendary and historical characters depicted on the roll, point to sources the roll-makers might have used, and offer important historical context for users.
October 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
For the digital edition, Eleanor contributed annotations that identify the legendary and historical characters depicted on the roll, point to sources the roll-makers might have used, and offer important historical context for users.
History PhD candidate & Summer Mellon Fellow Eleanor Webb joined Prof Emily Steiner’s inter-disciplinary team to help bring a 15th-cent genealogical roll held by @freelibrary.bsky.social online. Created circa 1461-1464, the roll is 15 ft long and consists of 11 sewn parchment membranes.
October 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
History PhD candidate & Summer Mellon Fellow Eleanor Webb joined Prof Emily Steiner’s inter-disciplinary team to help bring a 15th-cent genealogical roll held by @freelibrary.bsky.social online. Created circa 1461-1464, the roll is 15 ft long and consists of 11 sewn parchment membranes.
Join us next Monday 10/13 as we continue our discussion about AI policies in the classroom. We’ll meet in person (Williams 623) with an online option (Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CritAIF25). See you there!
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Join us next Monday 10/13 as we continue our discussion about AI policies in the classroom. We’ll meet in person (Williams 623) with an online option (Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CritAIF25). See you there!
Grad students: join us next Thursday as we discuss some simple & useful tools for DH projects 🧰 3:30pm on 10/16 in Williams 623
October 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Grad students: join us next Thursday as we discuss some simple & useful tools for DH projects 🧰 3:30pm on 10/16 in Williams 623
A sneak peak of some of the exciting (and illuminating) data visualization you'll find in the article
October 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A sneak peak of some of the exciting (and illuminating) data visualization you'll find in the article
Working with imperfect and incomplete archival sources, Jordan gathered photographs, documents, timelines, and biographies into a searchable platform that explores how Black students at Penn in the early 20th century navigated the racial dynamics of predominantly white institutions.
October 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Working with imperfect and incomplete archival sources, Jordan gathered photographs, documents, timelines, and biographies into a searchable platform that explores how Black students at Penn in the early 20th century navigated the racial dynamics of predominantly white institutions.
This summer, Ph.D. student @jdeanross.bsky.social was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to develop his project, Alpha Phi Alpha at Penn: Digitizing Early Black Student Experiences, 1914-1930.
October 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This summer, Ph.D. student @jdeanross.bsky.social was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to develop his project, Alpha Phi Alpha at Penn: Digitizing Early Black Student Experiences, 1914-1930.
Join us on Monday 9/29 as we discuss A.I. policies in the classroom at Penn and beyond. We’ll meet in person (Williams 623) with an online option (Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CritAIF25). See you there!
September 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Join us on Monday 9/29 as we discuss A.I. policies in the classroom at Penn and beyond. We’ll meet in person (Williams 623) with an online option (Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CritAIF25). See you there!
This Thursday 9/25 at the Kelly Writer's House: editors of & contributors to OUTPUT will present a selection of computer-generated texts. Register online: t.e2ma.net/click/kvc06k...
September 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This Thursday 9/25 at the Kelly Writer's House: editors of & contributors to OUTPUT will present a selection of computer-generated texts. Register online: t.e2ma.net/click/kvc06k...
Attn Penn grad students interested in digital humanities: join us this Thursday for our first grad student working group meeting of the year! Meet the crew, hear what the Price Lab is up to, and enjoy snacks on us 🫶 9/18 at 3:30pm in Williams 623
September 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Attn Penn grad students interested in digital humanities: join us this Thursday for our first grad student working group meeting of the year! Meet the crew, hear what the Price Lab is up to, and enjoy snacks on us 🫶 9/18 at 3:30pm in Williams 623
Our Critical Approaches to AI working group will be back at it this Monday 9/15. Join us in person or on Zoom! (Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CritAIF25)
September 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Our Critical Approaches to AI working group will be back at it this Monday 9/15. Join us in person or on Zoom! (Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CritAIF25)
The Price Lab hosted a preceptorial, Design Thinking and Making with Digital Humanities, where new @upenn.edu students like Prisha Saraiya went from brainstorming to sketching to designing vectors to cutting vinyl to make temperature-reactive mugs! #DHMakes
August 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Price Lab hosted a preceptorial, Design Thinking and Making with Digital Humanities, where new @upenn.edu students like Prisha Saraiya went from brainstorming to sketching to designing vectors to cutting vinyl to make temperature-reactive mugs! #DHMakes
Congratulations to our Andrew W. Mellon Summer Fellows! This summer, these students will receive support to pursue research in the digital humanities. Check back in the fall to hear about what they have accomplished 😎
May 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Congratulations to our Andrew W. Mellon Summer Fellows! This summer, these students will receive support to pursue research in the digital humanities. Check back in the fall to hear about what they have accomplished 😎
Dream Lab 2025, over and out 💭 Thank you to all our instructors, participants, and behind-the-scene facilitators, especially our friends at Penn Libraries 🫶 Until next year—keep dreaming!
May 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Dream Lab 2025, over and out 💭 Thank you to all our instructors, participants, and behind-the-scene facilitators, especially our friends at Penn Libraries 🫶 Until next year—keep dreaming!
We did our best to fix tic tac toe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Thanks to Profs John Sharp & @colleenmacklin.bsky.social for illustrating the value of failure & iteration in game design and beyond
May 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We did our best to fix tic tac toe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Thanks to Profs John Sharp & @colleenmacklin.bsky.social for illustrating the value of failure & iteration in game design and beyond
