About Us
Humanities Technology is the technology partner for faculty, staff and students in the Humanities Division at UCLA. From email to 3D modeling; from quick advice to programming and development, our focus is on improving humanities instruction and research. We are here to partner on digital projects and offer technical expertise and solutions. We are also an important node in the digital humanities community at UCLA.
- Inform, guide, teach and consult with humanities faculty, students and staff about technology;
- Connect humanities faculty, students and staff with expertise and resources;
- Provide technical expertise, support and infrastructure;
- Develop and innovate with technology to improve humanities education and work.
Our History
The department was founded on September 8, 1987, as a dedicated resource for humanists within the Dean’s office. To this day, it remains dedicated to that role.
In October 2018 we changed our name from the “Center for Digital Humanities” to “Humanities Technology (HumTech)”. As stated by then Dean of Humanities, David Schaberg, in his announcement of the change, HumTech “… more accurately reflect[s] this organization’s role as the technology solutions and support center for the Humanities Division.” In short, our charge is to provide technology expertise to the humanities, including but not exclusive to the digital humanities. And still, amidst a thriving cross-campus “DH@UCLA” community, HumTech remains an important node for DH capacity in a distributed network of groups and resources doing digital humanities.