The digital humanities project is led by Dr. Olly Ayers (Senior Lecturer, NCH at Northeastern) and generously supported by CSSH and the Digital Scholarship Group. Since January, the team has been using Geographic Information Systems to examine how wartime London shaped, and was shaped by, diverse groups of black people at a pivotal moment in global history. In Spring semester, Will Whitworth, Doctoral Student in History, worked on the project as a CSSH Experiential Fellow. The project now has an online home as part of the Digital Cities Research Network, a TIER 1-funded initiative that will build further links between Boston and London over the coming years. Please join us at this virtual launch event to hear more about the project and the larger plans of the network - and do take a look at the project's interactive map in advance if you can!

Interactive Map: https://dcrn.northeastern.edu/home/mapping-black-london-in-world-war-ii/