James C. Caldwell
howhumanistsread – observing research methods in transition
Description: I'm a Professor of History at The University of Western Ontario in Canada and a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada (2018-25). My research involves computational history, big history, and science and technology studies (STS) with a focus on methods. Two of my new projects…
I’m a Professor of History at The University of Western Ontario in Canada and a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada (2018-25). My research involves computational history, big history, and science and technology studies (STS) with a focus on methods. Two of my new projects focus specifically on (1) electronics, sound, and esoterica in modular synthesis; and (2) a disability studies / disability history approach to astrobiology and security studies. I a
I am the author of Spark from the Deep (JHU 2013) and The Archive of Place (UBC 2007). The second revised edition of my open access, open content and open source textbook Digital Research Methods with Mathematica (2020) can be downloaded from this site.
In the fall semester this academic year (2021-22), I am teaching the undergraduate International Relations capstone course on decolonizing disability, and a fourth-year course called “Spy vs Spy” that is designed to teach collaborative close reading and the techniques of structured intelligence analysis. In the spring I am teaching a third-year course on global 21st-century history and a cross-listed undergraduate/graduate course on digital research methods using Mathematica .
James C. Caldwell
howhumanistsread – observing research methods in transition