ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the institutional history and evolution of Digital Humanities at University College London (UCL) and its engagement with Chinese digital humanities, positioning itself within the broader context of this edited volume. While UCL’s most notable DH milestone is the establishment of the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities (UCLDH) in 2010, earlier scholars made substantial contributions. By studying the narratives and experiences of early DH development at UCL spanning from 1970 to 2023, we offer new insights into scholars’ collaborative patterns, and through a co-authorship network analysis, we find that UCL’s collaborative approach holds the potential to challenge exclusionary practices. This is followed by a critical evaluation of UCL’s role in pedagogy development within digital humanities, with a focus on the current graduate programme and the new BSc ‘Information in Society’. UCLDH, along with the UCL Department of Information Studies, has consistently engaged with the global communities in teaching and research, and this chapter also highlights its connections with digital humanities centres and practitioners in China. Ultimately, we argue that UCL has played an important role in transforming the digital humanities research and teaching through its global engagement.
