2026 Conference – Digital Humanities Workshops

CSA 50th Annual Conference
Kingston, Jamaica | June 1–5, 2026
Theme: Caribbean Vibes and Vibrations: Culture, Identity and Development in
Transformative Times
#CSA2026 | #CSA50 | #CSAKINGSTON | #CSAGOLD

Greetings CSA Members,

We are pleased to invite you to register for the CSA 2026 Digital Humanities Workshops. All workshops will take place in the Pelican Lab, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, located on the second floor of the Main Library (Transportation will be provided). Registration is required and limited to 30 participants per workshop. Spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve your place, please complete the workshop registration form: https://forms.gle/aKy3ecxnGfeBsaBK7

Workshop Host

Schuyler Esprit is the Founder and Director of Create Caribbean Research Institute, the first digital humanities center in the Caribbean. Her research areas of interest include Caribbean literary and cultural studies, environmental and ecological humanities, and digital humanities. In addition to her writing for several magazines, journals and newspapers on topics related to Caribbean studies, Dr. Esprit writes and publishes on Caribbean literature, including on the impact of reading in communities in real and virtual spaces. Dr. Esprit is also a Lecturer of Literatures in English at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.

Digital Humanities Workshops || Create Caribbean Research Institute & UWI Mona

Visualizing Caribbean Studies Data (3 hours)
This workshop will introduce participants to methods, tools and contexts of digital scholarship that allow for finding, analysing and visualizing research about the Caribbean. From archival documents and artifacts to digitized newspapers and field notes, to live social media content, the workshop aims to show how a digital approach to research “data” can expand the depth and breadth of research questions, methodologies and arguments. In the session, we will learn use tools to encounter data, learn about options for analyzing and the pragmatic and ethical questions surrounding our choices, then experiment with options for visualizing our findings. Using computational software (Voyant Tools, WebScraper, etc) and medium to large data projects, the workshop will introduce participants to the advantages and possibilities that emerge from applying computational methods and futurist methodologies to our interpretive toolkits in critical analysis, theoretical engagement, and literary historical investigation.

Sunday, May 31 | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Wednesday, June 3 | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Telling Caribbean Stories with Maps (2 hours)
This workshop introduces participants to spatial-temporal analysis as a critical framework, applying discourses of space and place to our understanding of fields of study in the humanities and social sciences. Using various methods and tools in Geographic Information (GIS), the workshop will give participants a hands-on experience with using mapping technologies to analyze and present research, and to add dimension and impact to sharing research and to invite public engagement to scholarly work of significance to our communities.

Sunday, May 31 | 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Wednesday, June 3 | 2:00 – 4:00 pm

Please contact Dr. Schuyler Esprit for more info: schuyleresprit@gmail.com

We’re looking forward to welcoming you all in Kingston.

Best,

Dr. Rashana Vikara Lydner
Program Chair, CSA2026