How do we share and sustain the courses and materials we build? This week explores open-access publishing, curricular sustainability, and the rapidly evolving AI landscape. As you finalize your teaching statement, consider how your course materials might be shared via GitHub or Humanities Commons as part of the NEH project’s open-access mission.

NEH Workshop 6: Agentic Futures, Curricular Sustainability (July 22, 10 AM - noon, CHDR) — The final workshop looks ahead at agentic AI tools and considers how to build courses that can adapt as the technology changes. Students are encouraged to attend and reflect on how their materials might contribute to a shared digital humanities teaching community.

No discussion post this week. Focus on completing your Teaching Statement.

Assignments

• Teaching Statement (150 points) — A one-page teaching philosophy for job applications reflecting your approach to AI and the humanities. Due July 26.

Readings

• Cohen, Dan. “The Reboot of Digital Humanities Now.” Humane Ingenuity.
• Cohen, Dan. “Books, AI, and the Public Good.” Humane Ingenuity.
• Willison, Simon. “2025: The Year in LLMs.” simonwillison.net. December 31, 2025.