GW Digital Humanities Institute

19/05/2026

Generative AI makes education transactional. Alexa Alice Joubin’s latest article advocate for restoration of the joy of learning.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/XZVIA6JZU4U9WJHAVCJR?target=10.1111/socf.70077

By reframing human relationships with technology, educators and students can prioritize the affective processes of discovery and community-oriented storytelling.

24/04/2025

GW Digital Humanities Institute co director Alexa Alice Joubin built an open-access AI which will be featured in the exhibit demo session on Friday April 25 at the University of Tennessee’s AI conference! Link in comment. See the AI in action at https://screenshakespeare.org/ and https://criticaltheory.info/

24/04/2025

What do Shakespeare and AI have to say to each other? Virtuality, texts of obscure origin, dream, mirage, neurodiverse modes of relating to the world, collaboration , and more.

Shakespeare and RenAIssance technologies is the topic of Alexa Alice Joubin’s talk on Saturday April 26 at the University of Tennessee’s AI conference.

09/09/2024

Mark your calendar for our flagship event on AI on Wednesday October 22, featuring Professor N. Katherine Hayles. It will take place in person in the GW Textile Museum as well as on Zoom.

Modes of Cognition: Implications for AI Public lecture by Professor N. Katherine Hayles, 11:30 am, Wednesday October 23, 2024 In-person and Zoom hybrid event. Zoom link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/97309041943 Myers Room, George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St NW, Washington,....

10/07/2024

Alexa Alice Joubin advocated for humanistic, interdisciplinary education at the QS Summit on AI

According to Professor Alexa Alice Joubin, meta-cognition and critical questioning skills are among the most important competency in the era of artificial intelligence. Prof. Joubin spoke at the QS Summit.

01/05/2024

In what senses might AI be theorized as a type of RenAIssance technology of re-generation that connects early modern thoughts on mind-body and modern models of ideation? Submit your proposal for our panel on RenAIssance Studies: Techne, Technicity, and Artificial Intelligence at the Renaissance Studies Association in Boston, March 20–22, 2025.

In what senses might AI be theorized as a type of RenAIssance technology of re-generation that connects early modern thoughts on mind-body and modern models of ideation? Submit your proposal for our panel on RenAIssance Studies: Techne, Technicity, and Artificial Intelligence at the RSA in Boston, M...

21/04/2024

AI and writing. Public lecture video (link in comment). How do we write in an era of AI? How does generative AI (as a text-generating mechanism) impact our society's relationship to written words and the future of the craft of writing? Alexa Alice Joubin theorizes AI in the context of epistemic justice and shares examples of successful classroom writing exercises that use AI tools.

Her public lecture was part of the George Washington University "University Seminar on AI and the Humanities" series, April 3, 2024. Link in comment.

18/04/2024

During her talk at the World Bank, GW Digital Humanities Institute co-director Alexa Alice Joubin raised questions about the intersectionality of technology and art. Art is front and center in digital transformations of our society today. Art fosters creativity, and creative thinking leads to social change. To learn more, watch her 10-minute video on YouTube.

During her talk at the World Bank, Alexa Alice Joubin raised questions about the intersectionality of technology and art. Art is front and center in digital transformations of our society today. Art fosters creativity, and creative thinking leads to social change.

15/04/2024

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George Washington University Trustworthy AI Initiative and Digital Humanities Institute seek to employ a research assistant who is proficient in web development and generative AI tools.

12/02/2024

If you're in the UK, consider making a pilgrimage to Oxford (before the 28th of April) to see the multimedia exhibition "Chaucer Here and Now" at the Bodleian Library! You can also check out the associated book, which includes a chapter by DHI co-founder Jonathan Hsy on "Chaucerian Multilingualism, Past and Present" -- the essay showcases works by many of the scholars, translators, and storytellers in the ever-expanding Global Chaucers network.

by Candace Barrington by Candace Barrington After the initial flurry of publicity announcing the Bodleian Library’s Chaucer: Here and Now exhibit, it seems fitting to remind those in and arou…