Digital History at Clemson

Huge congrats to @ceciliajb.bsky.social! Her paper "Ite's Beetle: Gender and Motherhood in the Shifting Religious Landscape of Ireland from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Century" has won the 2025 EHS Nancy Rupprecht Memorial Graduate Student Essay Prize from the Southern Historical Association.

Zoom Information Sessions for Fall 2025 – History Thinking about applying to Clemson’s groundbreaking Digital History Ph.D. program? Join us for one of our upcoming virtual information sessions!

We are hosting a zoom info session for prospective students this Friday 10/3 at 3pm est.

Join us to learn about the first program of its kind—training historians in both traditional research and digital methods like text mining, GIS, and network analysis.

Zoom Information Sessions for Fall 2025 – History Thinking about applying to Clemson’s groundbreaking Digital History Ph.D. program? Join us for one of our upcoming virtual information sessions!

We are hosting a zoom info session this Friday 10/3 at 3pm est.

Clemson's first-in-the-nation program combines traditional historical research with computational methods. Learn about curriculum, faculty, and funding.

Sign up at: bit.ly/DHPhD-Info
#DigitalHistory #InfoSession

Digital History Ph.D. Tackle the questions of the past with the tools of the future Today’s historians must make sense of ever-growing volumes of data using digital tools. From text mining and GIS to network analysis and AI, digital history opens new pathways for exploring the past. As born-digital sources become more common, technological fluency is essential—not just for using these tools, but for understanding their biases and limitations.

Tackle the questions of the past with the tools of the future.

Clemson's Digital History Ph.D. trains historians in computational methods while keeping historical questions central.

History drives the digital; the digital doesn't drive the history.

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Digital History Ph.D. Tackle the questions of the past with the tools of the future. Today’s historians must make sense of ever-growing volumes of data using digital tools. From text mining and GIS to network analysis and AI, digital history opens new pathways for exploring the past. As born-digital sources become more common, technological fluency is essential—not just for using these tools, but for understanding their biases and limitations.

Clemson's Digital History Ph.D.—the first in the US—trains historians in computational methods alongside traditional research. Students develop expertise in text analysis and GIS while working with faculty on digital history projects.

Applications due Jan 15, 2026

That's a wrap on my first @kzooicms.bsky.social! Thank you to Magistra: A Journal of Women's Spirituality and Sr. Judith Sutera for hosting a wonderful panel, and thank you to my advisor @scmedievalist.bsky.social for supporting my love of weird saints! @clemsondh.bsky.social

Congrats to Clemson Digital History PhD student @amberedwards.bsky.social, named a 2025–26 editorial fellow for @sharingstories.bsky.social! This digital public history project focuses on the 1977 National Women’s Conference—Amber will help make that history accessible! Read more: shorturl.at/XpCsi

Congrats to Clemson PhD student Cecilia Barnard for presenting her paper "Ite's Beetle: Gender & Motherhood in the Shifting Religious Landscape of Ireland from the 11th to 13th Century" at the International Congress on Medieval Studies. Great to see our students presenting at major conferences!

Prospective Students Information for prospective students in the digital history phd program.

The deadline for Clemson’s Digital History PhD program is just over one week away! Don’t miss your chance to join a cutting-edge program combining historical research with digital skills for diverse career paths.

📅 Apply by Dec 1 for Fall 2025! https://buff.ly/3Z4ffNe

Faculty Expertise By Field Clemson University is a leading public research institution located in Upstate South Carolina. Here, researchers create solutions that change the world.

Clemson’s Digital History PhD program offers faculty who can advise students in fields like 19th & 20th century U.S. history, Colonialism & Empire, Women, Gender & Sexuality, and the U.S. South. Join us to explore history through digital innovation!

📅 Apply by Dec 1!

Advising students interested in grad school? Clemson’s Digital History PhD combines rigorous historical scholarship with digital skills like GIS and data visualization, preparing students for careers in academia, public history, and tech.

📅 Apply by Dec 1! https://buff.ly/3Z4ffNe

Clemson’s Digital History PhD program equips historians with advanced digital tools like GIS, data visualization, and computational analysis—while staying true to the core values of historical scholarship. Gain both critical insight and technical expertise for diverse careers. Apply by 12/1.

Interested in exploring history with tools like data analysis, GIS, and computer vision? Clemson’s Digital History PhD program equips students with digital skills essential for a wide range of careers.

📅 Don’t miss the Dec 1 deadline for Fall 2025! https://buff.ly/3Z4ffNe

Prospective Students Information for prospective students in the digital history phd program.

Clemson’s Digital History PhD combines historical research with advanced digital methods like GIS, data visualization, and computational analysis. This interdisciplinary approach opens doors in academia, public history, and tech.

📅 Apply by Dec 1 for Fall 2025!

Welcome @swroberts.bsky.social!

Clemson is sponsoring two more coffee breaks this week. Today (Thursday) from 3:30-4pm and tomorrow (Friday) morning from 8-8:30. Come by and get some caffeine, some swag, and learn more about the nation’s first PhD in Digital History! #DH24

We’ll be back at 3:30pm tomorrow - come get some coffee and some Clemson DH swag #dh2024

Congrats to @hknipp.bsky.social!

Join us on Wed, July 10 from 1-3pm for a workshop led by ACH member @heatherfro.bsky.social on navigating the academic job market. It will cover the hidden curriculum behind applying for academic jobs & what to know ahead of going on the market. Register here: members.ach.org/civicrm/even...

Josh Catalano, one of the architects of our PhD program in Digital History, has won the College of Arts and Humanities Dean's Excellence in Research Award and was nominated for Junior Researcher of the Year. Congratulations @jcatalano.bsky.social!
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Congrats to Digital History Ph.D. student
@hknipp.bsky.social on winning a research fellowship from the Kentucky Historical Society! blogs.clemson.edu/historyblog/...

The upgraded version of "Mapping Inequality," the award-winning, foremost digital resource on New Deal #redlining, just dropped today: dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...
Kudos and many thanks to Rob Nelson and @lwinling.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute to this incredible project!

Clemson University GIS Day presentation “Mapping the Gay Guides: Using Digital History to Explore Historical Travel Guides,” by Dr. Amanda Regan, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Geography, Clemson University @clemsondh.bsky.social

Fascinating Story Map keynote presentation by Allen Carroll, Program Manager, Storytelling at Esri “Narratives for Change: How Interactive Stories and Maps can be Used to Inspire Climate Action,” at #GISDay2023, @clemsondh.bsky.social

Digital History Ph.D. The homepage for the digital history ph.d. program

Our application deadline is coming up on December 1st and we're holding one final zoom information session on Monday, November 20th at 6pm. Please encourage your students to come chat with Clemson faculty about the program and application requirements! For more info on registration see our website.

Representing @clemsondh.bsky.social at the Southern Historical Association conference in Charlotte, NC. Faculty and grad students please stop by the booth to learn more about our digital history PhD program!

Academic Innovation Series: Dr. Joshua Catalano Clemson Libraries and the Watt Family Innovation Center are pleased to kick off the Academic Innovation Series—a new series of discussions intended to highlight innovation in teaching, learning, and...

Our very own @jcatalano.bsky.social is giving the Watt Family Innovation Center's inaugural "Academic Innovation Series" talk. He will present and lead a discussion on doing history in the digital age and will talk about our new Digital History Ph.D. program!
calendar.clemson.edu/event/academ...

Digital History Ph.D. The homepage for the digital history ph.d. program

Hey - we're new here! Clemson has a new & innovative Ph.D. Program in Digital History and we're recruiting students for Fall 2024. Our last info session for the year is Nov 20th at 6pm and applications are due December 1st. Please consider telling your students who are thinking about grad school!