Studies from Hofstra University Yield New Information about History (Introduction: Honoring David Kammerling Smith and the Digital Public Sphere).

This article discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on academic institutions and the shift to online learning. It highlights the efforts of the Society for French Historical Studies to honor David Kammerling Smith through a virtual conference on digital humanities. The research concludes that the papers presented at the conference have been expanded and a new theme of "critical digital humanities" has been developed. The article provides contact information for further inquiries and includes keywords related to the topic. [Extracted from the article]