The Scholars' Lab

We're the UVA Library's community lab for the practice of experimental scholarship in all fields, informed by digital humanities, spatial technologies, & cultural heritage thinking. We provide training, consultations, and collaboration on the latest software, equipment, and methods for digital research, scholarship, and teaching.

We offer mentoring, collaboration, and safe & supportive community for anyone curious about learning to push disciplinary and methodological boundaries through new approaches. We’re foremost a space for learning together—about anything—by trying stuff.

Our Staff

Our Teaching Philosophy

We think digital humanities technologies and methods are cool, we love teaching folks how to use them, and we always learn something when we explore these methods with new people. No beginner is too much of a beginner, and no question is a bad question. Let’s learn together!

Upcoming Events!

Consultations

Our strengths in digital humanities, spatial technology, and humanities-informed critical making inform all our consultations for experimental scholarly projects. The Scholars' Lab's international reputation, and external leadership and service, mean we can connect you effectively to external communities, opportunities, and trends.

Makerspace

The Makerspace is open to everyone; students, faculty, staff, and community members. We provide tools and support for all your making needs including sewing machines, 3D printers, laser cutter/engraver, electronics, and more.

GIS Technologies

Our GIS Technologies team provides training, consultations, and collaboration on the latest Geographic Information Systems software, equipment, and methods. We can help you find and curate GIS data, download ArcGIS software, and provide instruction one-on-one or in our series of GIS drop-in workshops offered in the Fall and Spring semesters.

Critical Digital Humanities

We offers expertise in digital humanities (DH) and experimental scholarship pedagogies, including at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels. We offer consultation, syllabus review, co-teaching, and other forms of support for developing digital pedagogy and implementing it in the classroom. Areas of support include roject management, web design and development, programming pedagogy, digital collections & exhibitions, data management, text analysis.

Graduate Fellowships

Digital Humanities Fellowship

Sixth-year funding for a dissertation-level research project of your own design, with regular support from staff on scoping and implementation.

Praxis Program

Introduction to DH for a group of early-career PhD students, which includes collaborative projects and activities and experience with a broad range of approaches to DH praxis and pedagogy

Get in Touch!

Visit ScholarsLab.Org or email scholarslab@virginia.edu to set up a time to talk with us about your work and interests!

Scholars' Lab research co-conspirators: IATH

Since 1992, the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities has collaborated with humanities researchers on a remarkable range of transformative, original research projects during selective fellowships. Faculty Resident and Associate Fellowship programs support UVA faculty doing humanities research, especially larger projects needing applications development and grant planning.