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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded Southern Illinois University Edwardsville a two-year $100,000 Humanities Access Grant for the creation of an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on digital storytelling. By building digital narratives about what it means to be a child,...Read More

Dr. Jessica DeSpain and IRIS scholars lead digital humanities clubs for students from Madison and Venice as part of the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation’s STEM meets Humanities initiative....Read More

This summer, local students have been exploring East St. Louis’s history and culture in a program run by the IRIS Center and STEM Center at SIUE.  Check out this article from Ed Glen Today to find out what they’ve been up to this summer: http://www.edglentoday.com/articles/details/siues-digital-east-st-louis-inspires-local-students-to-explore-citys-history-and-culture-22268.cfm#.WXi7OcaZNSy  ...Read More

Hi all!  My name is Katie Knowles, and I am the new Lab Technician for the IRIS Center.  I am very excited to be getting started, and I cannot wait to learn more about some of the Center’s current and up-and-coming projects and the people behind them....Read More

Of the more than 6,000 languages spoken in the world today, only about 20% of these have established and community-embraced writing systems (orthographies). The other languages have survived through time through oral traditions and transmissions to younger generations....Read More

On January 28th, IRIS hosted its annual open house. Faculty and students from across the university came to the Center to learn about current projects and resources for faculty and students....Read More