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Textual Studies and Digital Humanities at UW

Interdisciplinary study of the history, present and future of texts, from scrolls, manuscripts and printed books to archival documents, digital texts and textual data. Explore how texts have been written, published, read, circulated, catalogued and archived from antiquity to today.

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Minor in Textual Studies and Digital Humanities

Interdisciplinary Minor for UW students interested in careers in libraries, archives, publishing and in issues related to editing, preservation, storage and access. Learn to work with archival materials in Special Collections and discover techniques for building digital editions and textual databases. Click for more info about curriculum and requirements.

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Students enrolled in any MA or PhD program at the UW can complete a 16-credit Graduate Certificate in Textual and Digital Studies. A complement to a degree program for students interested in digital humanities projects, archival work, and in reflecting on the role of material forms and textual histories of the materials they study. Click for more info.

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Courses in Digital Humanities and Humanities Data Science, The History of Books and Publishing, Archive and Library Studies, Manuscript Studies, Print Culture, among many other areas. Click for 2024-2025 courses.

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Graduates of the Textual Studies and Digital Humanities Minor Accepted to MA Program in the History of the Book

UW Textual Studies Alums Continue to Masters at the School of Advanced Study at the University of London Join us in congratulating recent UW Textual Studies alums, Riley Hull and Jules Lockett, who have been accepted to the MA in the History of the Book program at the School of Advanced Study at the University […]

UW Special Collections Acquires 16th Century Edition of Dante’s Divine Comedy

Beatrice Arduini and Julie Tanaka on New Illustrated 1544 Dante Comedia Acquisition This week on the blog, we’re detailing a recent Special Collections acquisition! Adding to the breadth and depth of UW Libraries’ rare books holdings, UW Special Collections has purchased a new item to add to its inventory of Italian works—a 1544 edition of […]

UW Textual Studies and UW Global Literary Studies Host Printmaking Social Hour

Linocut Printing with TXTDS and GLITS: Fall Quarter Event Recap To close out the fall quarter, the UW Textual Studies Program and the UW Global Literary Studies Program partnered up to host a Printmaking Social Hour. Held at the HUB, the event gave students enrolled or interested in the Textual Studies minor and Global Literary […]

UW Textual Studies Alum Produces Digital Humanities Project on the Poetry of the Puget Sound

Graduate Student Spotlight: Molly Porter on Creating a Digital Anthology of Seattle’s Regional Poetry Along with its undergraduate minor, the UW Textual Studies Program offers opportunities for MA and PhD students enrolled in any program at the UW to earn a Graduate Certificate in Textual and Digital Studies. Designed for students researching cultural and literary […]

UW Textual Studies Spring 2025 Courses

UW Textual Studies Unveils New Classes for Spring Quarter 2025

Upcoming Classes in the Textual Studies Minor and Graduate Certificate Programs The UW Textual Studies Program has unveiled new courses for Spring 2025! In this blog, we’ll give you all the details of these upcoming classes. From book arts to manuscripts, to Scandinavian mythology, there’s tons to explore in TXTDS courses. Read on to find […]

Letterpress equipment with "UW Textual Studies minor interns with Seattle-based printing non-profit" overlaid on top of it.

UW Textual Studies and Digital Humanities Minor Interns with Seattle-Based Letterpress Printing Non-Profit

Cassidy Vierling Completes Capstone Project with Partners in Print During the summer quarter, UW Textual Studies student Cassidy Vierling completed her culminating Capstone project as part of the requirements for the UW Textual Studies and Digital Humanities Minor. Working with Seattle-based letterpress printing non-profit, Partners in Print, Cassidy learned the ins and outs of letterpress […]