SIUE IRIS

05/06/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Meg Smith! Last week, she received the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award from the Saint Louis University Department of History, where she did her PhD. The award recognizes all the fantastic, collaborative work that goes on in the IRIS Center, supporting history and the humanities at SIUE and beyond!

04/16/2026

Look who's gracing the pages of the Alestle this week - our very own Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt!

Kristine Hildebrandt, chair of the Department of English, published a book detailing an endangered language in September and was awarded status as a distinguished research professor in December.

04/14/2026

Congratulations to our four SIUE presenters at the St. Louis Digital Humanities Showcase!

💿 Kezia Miller, “Beautiful Dreams of the Past: Preserving Family Histories through Textual Recovery”
💿 Maurion Johnson, Rayna Sims, and Colin Strasser, “Digital Storytelling on the Hiking Trail at Saint Stanislaus Conservation Area”

04/13/2026

Recently, our URCAs (undergraduate research assistants) did some fieldwork at St. Stanislaus Conservation Area in Hazelwood, MO. They’re currently working on digital storytelling projects that investigate the site’s history and ecology — so while this looks like fun (and it was!), it’s also research!

If you want to hear what they’ve been up to, join us in person or online tomorrow at the St. Louis Digital Humanities Showcase. They’ll be sharing their work in progress, along with MA student Kezia Miller and students from schools across the region.

St. Louis Digital Humanities Showcase
Pere Marquette Gallery, DuBourg Hall (2nd floor)
Saint Louis University
Tuesday, April 14, 12:30-4:00
Swipe to the end for the registration link!

📸: Maurion Johnson, Rayna Sims, Meg Smith

04/09/2026

Join us for a celebration of student excellence in the field of digital humanities, including presentations by four SIUE students!

Students from institutions around the St. Louis area will share their projects, including mixed-media digital storytelling, studies of applications of artificial intelligence, reflections on video game development, digital analysis of early modern literature, and more.

The showcase will take place at Saint Louis University on Tuesday, April 14. Register for in-person or virtual attendance at https://forms.gle/bQ99goodkcCvL1ww6.

04/02/2026

SIUE Lovejoy Library is hiring a tenure track digital archivist. The successful candidate will steward a wide range of digital content, including legacy digitized collections, born-digital records, and digital exhibits. There are lots of opportunities for collaboration, including with IRIS!

Salary range: $55,000-60,000 per year
Benefit information: https://www.siue.edu/human-resources/benefits/index.shtml
Official application link: https://apply.interfolio.com/184021

04/01/2026

Another big congratulations to Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt! Yesterday, she received her Distinguished Research Professor award and was recognized for her tremendous accomplishments in endangered language documentation, digital and public humanities, and innovative pedagogy. we are lucky to have her!

03/27/2026

Did you catch former IRIS Faculty Fellow Ezra Temko in the E Today? His digital humanities project on Iowa gender balance legislation is on display in SIUE Lovejoy Library! Ezra worked on this project over the course of a year with support from the IRIS Center, as well as from several grants he received.

This project will be on display on the first floor of Lovejoy Library throughout the month of March.

Iowa Gender Balance History Project
Now through Tuesday, March 31
Lovejoy Library: 1st Floor

03/27/2026

Ever wonder what's hiding in the archive? CODES 123 students found out this week! They explored primary sources, did real archival research, and maybe uncovered a mystery or two...

At SIUE, the CODES program provides an alternative general education experience that connects students’ coursework to the St. Louis region. In CODES 123, students focus on building ethical research plans and using both qualitative and quantitative methods to solve problems across disciplines.

Want to learn more? Visit https://www.siue.edu/diversity/codes/about/index.shtml

Thanks for visiting University Archives, future researchers!

03/17/2026

Introducing Manifold!

The IRIS Center now supports Manifold, a web publishing platform that enables the creation of rich, interactive texts. Manifold also facilitates reader engagement through social annotation and reading communities, making it a great choice for OER, student projects, and public scholarship.

This Friday, come learn about Manifold at our monthly Morning Bytes.

Friday, March 20, 10:00 AM
CFDI (Lovejoy, 2nd floor)

03/06/2026

How does early modern Irish history help us think about AI ethics in the 21st century? Check out this new piece from Meg Smith to find out!

"Do the strategies employed by subjects of empire offer productive models of resistance and subversion?"