SIUE IRIS

09/17/2026

One month in, and you’re doing great, Cougars! Join us in the IRIS Center for a little crafting to decompress.

Wednesday, September 23
2:00-4:00
IRIS Center (Peck 2226)
All are welcome! (Students, faculty, and staff — we mean everyone!)
Bring your own project, or use our free supplies.

09/14/2026

Join us this Friday for our Morning Bytes workshop series! This week, we'll learn how to build your own digital archive using CollectionBuilder, which is a free and open-source platform.

09/09/2026

Calling all storytellers! Emplace, a new digital publication, invites community members to contribute stories about how they build community, relationships, and a sense of place in the St. Louis region. We welcome established and emerging voices and a wide variety of formats.

View the full call and submit a proposal at https://emplace.siue.edu/call-for-storytellers/.

08/31/2026

Happy fall, Cougars! Check out this semester's lineup of events. We'll kick things off this Wednesday with our open house from 10:00-1:00 -- grab a donut, explore some projects, learn about the digital humanities minor, and chat with IRIS faculty and staff.

05/06/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Meg Smith! Last week, she received the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award from the Saint Louis University Department of History, where she did her PhD. The award recognizes all the fantastic, collaborative work that goes on in the IRIS Center, supporting history and the humanities at SIUE and beyond!

04/16/2026

Look who's gracing the pages of the Alestle this week - our very own Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt!

Kristine Hildebrandt, chair of the Department of English, published a book detailing an endangered language in September and was awarded status as a distinguished research professor in December.

04/14/2026

Congratulations to our four SIUE presenters at the St. Louis Digital Humanities Showcase!

💿 Kezia Miller, “Beautiful Dreams of the Past: Preserving Family Histories through Textual Recovery”
💿 Maurion Johnson, Rayna Sims, and Colin Strasser, “Digital Storytelling on the Hiking Trail at Saint Stanislaus Conservation Area”

04/13/2026

Recently, our URCAs (undergraduate research assistants) did some fieldwork at St. Stanislaus Conservation Area in Hazelwood, MO. They’re currently working on digital storytelling projects that investigate the site’s history and ecology — so while this looks like fun (and it was!), it’s also research!

If you want to hear what they’ve been up to, join us in person or online tomorrow at the St. Louis Digital Humanities Showcase. They’ll be sharing their work in progress, along with MA student Kezia Miller and students from schools across the region.

St. Louis Digital Humanities Showcase
Pere Marquette Gallery, DuBourg Hall (2nd floor)
Saint Louis University
Tuesday, April 14, 12:30-4:00
Swipe to the end for the registration link!

📸: Maurion Johnson, Rayna Sims, Meg Smith

04/09/2026

Join us for a celebration of student excellence in the field of digital humanities, including presentations by four SIUE students!

Students from institutions around the St. Louis area will share their projects, including mixed-media digital storytelling, studies of applications of artificial intelligence, reflections on video game development, digital analysis of early modern literature, and more.

The showcase will take place at Saint Louis University on Tuesday, April 14. Register for in-person or virtual attendance at https://forms.gle/bQ99goodkcCvL1ww6.

04/02/2026

SIUE Lovejoy Library is hiring a tenure track digital archivist. The successful candidate will steward a wide range of digital content, including legacy digitized collections, born-digital records, and digital exhibits. There are lots of opportunities for collaboration, including with IRIS!

Salary range: $55,000-60,000 per year
Benefit information: https://www.siue.edu/human-resources/benefits/index.shtml
Official application link: https://apply.interfolio.com/184021