Purpose: Expand DH beyond English or History departments

Approach: Collaborative seminar in French literature

Focus: Student agency, authority, labor, professional development

Outcome: Digital mapping project for scholarly engagement

Importance of Language Preservation

Contributes to linguistic diversity and cultural preservation

Supports academic research on language revitalization

Essential for cultural continuity and honoring historical experiences

Educational programs crucial for safeguarding Jewish linguistic and literary heritage

Focus: Preservation of Yiddish songs as Holocaust memory

Purpose: Documenting Jewish life during and after the Holocaust

Insights: Songs as historical artifacts revealing inner lives of Jewish communities

Significance: Bridge between past and present, preventing loss of victims' voices

Using Yiddish and the Yiddish Book Center as a case study, digital humanities offers various disciplines opportunities and initiatives to explore how culture and history intersect with the preservation and exploration of language.