Digital Humanities at Brock University
@brock-ddh.bsky.social
The Department of Digital Humanities is a teaching and research unit that focuses on the intersection of interactive technologies and the humanities.
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Grad student sprints ahead with gaming subculture research
Driven by a long-standing curiosity about the world of digital gaming and the subcultures within it, Stuart Gritter (BA '07, BSc '12) is looking deeper into the unique stories of the humans behind the...
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Grad student sprints ahead with gaming subculture research – The Brock News brocku.ca/brock-news/2... #brocku
Check out the now complete Nuremberg Trails Project. nuremberg.law.harvard.edu
Nuremberg - Explore the Nuremberg Trials!
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November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Check out the now complete Nuremberg Trails Project. nuremberg.law.harvard.edu
Check out our very own @aaronmauro.bsky.social, who will be talking about “AI Risks and Opportunities in Canadian Research and Teaching Infrastructure” this week!
Thu., Nov. 20, 6:30 pm – St. Catharines Public Library (New Merritt Branch) #brocku
experiencebu.brocku.ca/event/307829
Thu., Nov. 20, 6:30 pm – St. Catharines Public Library (New Merritt Branch) #brocku
experiencebu.brocku.ca/event/307829
Brock Talks: AI Risks and Opportunities in Canadian Research and Teaching Infrastructure
Discover unique opportunities at! Find and attend events, browse and join organizations, and showcase your involvement.
experiencebu.brocku.ca
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Check out our very own @aaronmauro.bsky.social, who will be talking about “AI Risks and Opportunities in Canadian Research and Teaching Infrastructure” this week!
Thu., Nov. 20, 6:30 pm – St. Catharines Public Library (New Merritt Branch) #brocku
experiencebu.brocku.ca/event/307829
Thu., Nov. 20, 6:30 pm – St. Catharines Public Library (New Merritt Branch) #brocku
experiencebu.brocku.ca/event/307829
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I was interviewed for this article in Wired about how the far right is using and abusing LOTR in their social posts to gain support for their bullshit:
Musk and the DHS have used “The Lord of the Rings” references to push anti-immigration messaging, seemingly positioning themselves as underdogs to justify oppression. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk and the Trump Administration Really Don’t Get Tolkien
Musk and the DHS have used “The Lord of the Rings” references to push anti-immigration messaging, seemingly positioning themselves as underdogs to justify oppression.
www.wired.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I was interviewed for this article in Wired about how the far right is using and abusing LOTR in their social posts to gain support for their bullshit:
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Come work with me!
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
Assistant Professor Digital Arts, Game Arts 2026 (71102)
The Department of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Game Arts at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning in Fall 2026. The successful ca...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Come work with me!
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
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Now it is official! The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Games is now, like, actually, surely, coming out! (This has been in the pipeline since 2018.) I have a piece here on this brand new thing called 'magic circle'. Everyone will be talking about it.
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Games
Playing games is a basic human activity, and games raise a great number of fascinating philosophical questions. What, exactly, are we doing when we play a game? What is the value of games for human li...
www.routledge.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Now it is official! The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Games is now, like, actually, surely, coming out! (This has been in the pipeline since 2018.) I have a piece here on this brand new thing called 'magic circle'. Everyone will be talking about it.
Check out @emmavphd.bsky.social's webinar session on Oct 18th at 12 pm (EST) entitled "Voices of Women and Gender Diverse Gamers"! Hosted by the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights: www.jhcentre.org/news-and-eve... #brocku
New learning session series to focus on online safety, discrimination, and policy building — John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights
These online learning and discussion sessions will dive into digital safety, online harms, and youth rights in policy spaces.
www.jhcentre.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Check out @emmavphd.bsky.social's webinar session on Oct 18th at 12 pm (EST) entitled "Voices of Women and Gender Diverse Gamers"! Hosted by the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights: www.jhcentre.org/news-and-eve... #brocku
Grad student sprints ahead with gaming subculture research – The Brock News brocku.ca/brock-news/2... #brocku
Grad student sprints ahead with gaming subculture research
Driven by a long-standing curiosity about the world of digital gaming and the subcultures within it, Stuart Gritter (BA '07, BSc '12) is looking deeper into the unique stories of the humans behind the...
brocku.ca
October 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Grad student sprints ahead with gaming subculture research – The Brock News brocku.ca/brock-news/2... #brocku
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Always look forward to CGSA every year. Great games scholarship and good vibes
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Conference // Conférence
Version française ci-dessous The 2026 CGSA/ACÉJ annual conference will be a hybrid event co-hosted by the Technoculture, Art and Games Lab (TAG) at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec&nbs…
gamestudies.ca
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Always look forward to CGSA every year. Great games scholarship and good vibes
gamestudies.ca/conference-c...
gamestudies.ca/conference-c...
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EA's bombshell deal to go private could be good for investors, but bad for employees. Leveraged buyouts almost always lead to immediate mass layoffs, and more than half of EA's current cash flow will likely go toward servicing the debt.
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
EA's Deal to Go Private Could Be Good for Investors, Bad for Employees
Leveraged buyouts almost always lead to cost-cutting in the form of big layoffs
www.bloomberg.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
EA's bombshell deal to go private could be good for investors, but bad for employees. Leveraged buyouts almost always lead to immediate mass layoffs, and more than half of EA's current cash flow will likely go toward servicing the debt.
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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📢 Call for Proposals: DH2026
📍 Daejeon, South Korea 🇰🇷
📅 July 27-31, 2026
🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submissions: Oct 8 - Dec 8, 2025
Hybrid conference w/ AI translation support
More info: dh2026.adho.org/cfp/
#DH2026 #ADHO #KADH
📍 Daejeon, South Korea 🇰🇷
📅 July 27-31, 2026
🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submissions: Oct 8 - Dec 8, 2025
Hybrid conference w/ AI translation support
More info: dh2026.adho.org/cfp/
#DH2026 #ADHO #KADH
CFP – DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea
The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites submissions for its annual conference, DH2026, to be held in Daejeon, South Korea, from July 27 to 31, 2026.
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September 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
📢 Call for Proposals: DH2026
📍 Daejeon, South Korea 🇰🇷
📅 July 27-31, 2026
🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submissions: Oct 8 - Dec 8, 2025
Hybrid conference w/ AI translation support
More info: dh2026.adho.org/cfp/
#DH2026 #ADHO #KADH
📍 Daejeon, South Korea 🇰🇷
📅 July 27-31, 2026
🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submissions: Oct 8 - Dec 8, 2025
Hybrid conference w/ AI translation support
More info: dh2026.adho.org/cfp/
#DH2026 #ADHO #KADH
Campus changemakers, including our own Jeremy Leipert, celebrated with inaugural Indigenous engagement awards! #brocku
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Campus changemakers celebrated with inaugural Indigenous engagement awards
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October 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Campus changemakers, including our own Jeremy Leipert, celebrated with inaugural Indigenous engagement awards! #brocku
brocku.ca/brock-news/2...
brocku.ca/brock-news/2...
Feminist Digital Humanities (open access) www.bibliopen.org/9780252048302
September 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Feminist Digital Humanities (open access) www.bibliopen.org/9780252048302
Check out @aaronmauro.bsky.social's lecture, "AI, Security, and the Future of Education," delivered as part of Brock's Homecoming events! #brocku #AI #cybersecurity #edtech
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUlw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUlw...
AI & Cybersecurity with Dr. Mauro
YouTube video by Brock University
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September 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Check out @aaronmauro.bsky.social's lecture, "AI, Security, and the Future of Education," delivered as part of Brock's Homecoming events! #brocku #AI #cybersecurity #edtech
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUlw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUlw...
Check out this article in the Brock Press on “Exploring the origins of an ethical, feminist research project and how I got the chance to become involved”: brockpress.com/mapping-mamm... Featuring our very own @aaronmauro.bsky.social! #brocku
Mapping MAMM #1: Exploring the origins of an ethical, feminist research project and how I got the chance to become involved | The Brock Press
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September 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Check out this article in the Brock Press on “Exploring the origins of an ethical, feminist research project and how I got the chance to become involved”: brockpress.com/mapping-mamm... Featuring our very own @aaronmauro.bsky.social! #brocku
Join us on September 19th at noon for @aaronmauro.bsky.social's webinar on AI, Security, and the Future of Education: brocku.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx... #brocku
Brock University | Ticketing - Homecoming Webinar
Join us on Friday September 19th from 12-1pm for a webinar presented by Aaron Mauro, Chair of Brock’s Digital Humanities Department and Associate Professor of Digital Media. In the webinar, Dr. Mauro ...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Join us on September 19th at noon for @aaronmauro.bsky.social's webinar on AI, Security, and the Future of Education: brocku.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx... #brocku
Game on at the Canadian National Exhibition brocku.ca/brock-news/2... #brocku
Game on at the Canadian National Exhibition
Visitors to Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) got early access to the future of gaming at the beloved annual event’s opening day. Brock University’s Interactive Arts and Science (IASC) and ...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Game on at the Canadian National Exhibition brocku.ca/brock-news/2... #brocku
Emerging Voices in Black Games @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social from last year. We had a moment to discuss this great panel featuring @theblackblackmage.bsky.social, Cyan DeVeux, and Steven Dashiell. #brocku www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YX...
Emerging Voices in Black Games Studies [FULL GUEST LECTURE]
YouTube video by TheGamesInstitute
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August 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Emerging Voices in Black Games @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social from last year. We had a moment to discuss this great panel featuring @theblackblackmage.bsky.social, Cyan DeVeux, and Steven Dashiell. #brocku www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YX...
Brock champions ethical educational technology use: brocku.ca/brock-news/2...
Brock champions ethical educational technology use
New Brock research and initiatives are helping to ensure educational technology enhances the student experience rather than creating barriers or widening inequities. The University's recently released...
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August 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Brock champions ethical educational technology use: brocku.ca/brock-news/2...
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In "Indigenomicon," @arsavium.bsky.social examines the differences between settler colonial studies and Indigenous studies by bringing video game studies into conversation with Black studies, queer studies, and Indigenous feminist critique. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/RM90jF8
August 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In "Indigenomicon," @arsavium.bsky.social examines the differences between settler colonial studies and Indigenous studies by bringing video game studies into conversation with Black studies, queer studies, and Indigenous feminist critique. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/RM90jF8
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Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint
Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity...
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August 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
Check out the amazing new collection edited by our very own @emmavphd.bsky.social! Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be is free to access here:
punctumbooks.com/titles/histo... #brocku
punctumbooks.com/titles/histo... #brocku
July 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Check out the amazing new collection edited by our very own @emmavphd.bsky.social! Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be is free to access here:
punctumbooks.com/titles/histo... #brocku
punctumbooks.com/titles/histo... #brocku
Award-winning grad student levels up accessibility in game design brocku.ca/brock-news/2... #brocku
Award-winning grad student levels up accessibility in game design
The best part of Adam Henderson’s (BA ’20) job as a game designer is knowing that children with disabilities are playing — and loving — his video games. The Brock Game Design graduate says he believes...
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July 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Award-winning grad student levels up accessibility in game design brocku.ca/brock-news/2... #brocku
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Our Queer Analog Game Studies Special Issue is now LIVE.
Kaelan Doyle-Myerscough on PbtA as queer platform, Brandon Blackburn on solo journaling games, Susan Haarman on queer domesticity in Yazeba's, and PB Berge & Percy Hornak on lyric games and trans life.
Check it out!
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Kaelan Doyle-Myerscough on PbtA as queer platform, Brandon Blackburn on solo journaling games, Susan Haarman on queer domesticity in Yazeba's, and PB Berge & Percy Hornak on lyric games and trans life.
Check it out!
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Analog Game Studies
analoggamestudies.org
July 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Our Queer Analog Game Studies Special Issue is now LIVE.
Kaelan Doyle-Myerscough on PbtA as queer platform, Brandon Blackburn on solo journaling games, Susan Haarman on queer domesticity in Yazeba's, and PB Berge & Percy Hornak on lyric games and trans life.
Check it out!
analoggamestudies.org
Kaelan Doyle-Myerscough on PbtA as queer platform, Brandon Blackburn on solo journaling games, Susan Haarman on queer domesticity in Yazeba's, and PB Berge & Percy Hornak on lyric games and trans life.
Check it out!
analoggamestudies.org