I wanted to bring your attention to an opportunity for any undergraduate students you know who are interested in Digital Humanities. The JapanLab, a joint project between the History and Asian Studies department, is recruiting students for three teams for Spring Semester 2023. As part of these teams, students will get first-hand experience creating digital humanities resources, including educational games and historically-accurate 3D models. They will also be eligible to receive 3 credit hours through the COLA internship program. No prior knowledge of computer science or Japanese language/history is necessary, though experience in either of those areas will be considered beneficial. We’re looking to recruit widely, so if you could forward the following to any students you know who might be interested, we would be very grateful! Applications are due on Nov. 12th, and we’ll reach out for interviews shortly thereafter. I’m happy to answer any questions that you or your students may have about this opportunity.
JapanLab, recruitment for Fall 2023
Fascinated by history? Love video games? Here’s your chance!
JapanLab is looking to recruit interns for Spring 2023 to develop three interactive history games: a virtual re-creation of a bustling port using state-of-the-art 3D modeling, digitized board games (sugoroku) to understand the people of the Japanese Empire, and a visual novel about the machinations that led to medieval Japan’s sixty-year civil war
JapanLab seeks to recruit around 12 students for projects starting in Spring 2023. The projects can be seen here (as well as in the attached poster):
https://www.utjapanlab.com/apply
