‘Beyond Boundaries’ explores campus collaborations between humanities and sciences

What does computer-generated poetry look like? How can EEG experiments inform our understanding of musical compositions? These questions and more will be explored in “Beyond Boundaries: A Symposium on Hybrid Scholarship at Yale University,” taking place on Friday, April 8, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High St.

At the event, Yale undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty and staff, will present projects that highlight the questions that can be asked and explored via digital methods and collaborations between the sciences and humanities. The symposium is hosted by the Digital Humanities Lab and Yale STEAM, and is co-sponsored by Yale University Library.

The symposium will begin with coffee and refreshments at 9:30 a.m. before a welcome by Peter Leonard, director of the Digital Humanities Lab. Presentations by undergraduate and graduate students will take place 10:05 a.m.-11 a.m. Their talks will be followed by a roundtable discussion 11 a.m.-11:55 a.m., during which faculty and staff will discuss the benefits and challenges of digital methods and collaborations for research and teaching. Featured speakers include Rebekah Ahrendt, assistant professor of music in the Department of Music; Aniko Bezur, the Wallace S. Wilson Director of the Technical Studies Lab at the Institute for the for Preservation of Cultural Heritage; Amy Hungerford, professor of English and American Studies and director of the Division of Humanities; Ian McClure, the Susan Morse Hilles Chief Conservator at the Yale University Art Gallery; and Holly Rushmeier, professor in the Department of Computer Science.

Susan Gibbons, university librarian and deputy provost for libraries and scholarly communication, will offer closing remarks at 11:55 p.m. From noon to 1 p.m., guests are invited to view a poster session showcase of projects by students, faculty, and staff.

Yale community members interested in presenting their work can contact the Digital Humanities via email.