- 2026 Collaborative Book Review: New Digital Worlds: Postcolonial Digital Humanities in Theory, Praxis, and Pedagogy by Roopika Risam.
Chapter 5: Rethinking the Human in Digital Humanities by Meha Gupta. - 2026 Collaborative Book Review: Intersectionality in Digital Humanities edited by Barbara Bordalejo and Roopika Risam
Chapter 2: Beyond the Margins: Intersectionality and Digital Humanities, Roopika Risam. Reviewed by Elisa Castro. Chapter 8: Revaluating Early Modern Princesses’ Letters as a Source for Cultural History and Corpus Linguistics, Vera Fasshauer. Reviewed by Jessica Corona. - 2026 Collaborative Book Review: The AI Con. How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
Chapter 1: It’s Alive: The Hype of Thinking Machines by Alp Eren Pirli Chapter 7: Do You Believe in Hope After Hype? by Rachael Mulvihill - 2025 Collaborative Book Review: The Connectivity of Things. Network Cultures since 1832 by Sebastian Giessmann
Sebastian Giessmann’s The Connectivity of Things is a foundational media history that traces the material and conceptual evolution of networks across time, technologies, and infrastructures. Now available in English for the first time, this German classic offers a richly textured exploration of how the idea of the “net” came to structure our understanding of social,… Read more: 2025 Collaborative Book Review: The Connectivity of Things. Network Cultures since 1832 by Sebastian Giessmann - 2025 Collaborative Book Review: The Dangerous Art of Text Mining by Jo Guldi
Jo Guldi’s The Dangerous Art of Text Mining is a timely and incisive intervention into the intersection of digital technology and the humanities. In an age inundated with text—where over 280 billion emails are sent daily—Guldi makes a compelling case that traditional data science, when applied to humanistic inquiry without critical reflection, can be not… Read more: 2025 Collaborative Book Review: The Dangerous Art of Text Mining by Jo Guldi - 2024 Collaborative Book Review: Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford
“Atlas of AI” by Kate Crawford is an incisive critique of artificial intelligence, dissecting its impacts on society, politics, and the environment. Crawford reveals the hidden costs of AI, from the exploitation of labor and resources to the amplification of inequality and surveillance. Through a blend of rigorous research and compelling narratives, the book maps… Read more: 2024 Collaborative Book Review: Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford - 2024 Collaborative Book Review: Data Feminism by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein
“Data Feminism“ is a groundbreaking exploration of how data science intersects with gender and power dynamics, co-authored by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein. This illuminating work delves into the principles of feminist thought, urging a reevaluation of data practices through an inclusive lens. It challenges the status quo of data science, advocating for a more… Read more: 2024 Collaborative Book Review: Data Feminism by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein - 2023 Collaborative Book Review: The New College Classroom by Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis
This year, Scholars read The New College Classroom, co-authored by HASTAC Co-Founder Cathy Davidson and Christina Katopodis of the CUNY Graduate Center. The text explores what the latest science of learning tells us about inspiring, effective, and inclusive teaching at the college level.
The HASTAC Scholars Program is an innovative, student-driven community of graduate and undergraduate students. Each year, around 100 new Scholars are accepted into a 2-year cohort. Scholars come from dozens of disciplines and have been sponsored by over 200 colleges and universities.