#538: Python in Digital Humanities

Digital humanities sounds niche, until you realize it can mean a searchable archive of U.S. amendment proposals, Irish folklore, or pigment science in ancient art. Today I’m talking with David Flood from Harvard’s DARTH team about an unglamorous problem: What happens when the grant ends but the website can’t. His answer, static sites, client-side search, and sneaky Python. Let’s dive in. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code talkpython26 Command Book Talk Python Courses Links from the show Guest David Flood : davidaflood.com DARTH : digitalhumanities.fas.harvard.edu Amendments Project : digitalhumanities.fas.harvard.edu Fionn Folklore Database : fionnfolklore.org Mapping Color in History : iiif.harvard.edu Apatosaurus : apatosaurus.io Criticus : github.com github.com/palewire/django-bakery : github.com sigsim.acm.org/conf/pads/2026/blog/artifact-evaluation : sigsim.acm.org Hugo : gohugo.io Water Stories : waterstories.fas.harvard.edu Tsumeb Mine Notebook : tmn.fas.harvard.edu Dharma and Punya : dharmapunya2019.org Pagefind library : pagefind.app django_webassembly : github.com Astro Static Site Generator : astro.build PageFind Python Lib : pypi.org Frozen-Flask : frozen-flask.readthedocs.io Watch this episode on YouTube : youtube.com Episode deep-dive : talkpython.fm/538 Episode transcripts : talkpython.fm Theme Song: Developer Rap 🥁 Served in a Flask 🎸 : talkpython.fm/flasksong ---== Don't be a stranger ==--- YouTube : youtube.com/@talkpython Bluesky : @talkpython.fm Mastodon : @talkpython@fosstodon.org X.com : @talkpython Michael on Bluesky : @mkennedy.codes Michael on Mastodon : @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Michael on X.com : @mkennedy

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#538: Python in Digital Humanities is an episode from Talk Python To Me - Python conversations for passionate developers by Michael Kennedy.

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This episode was published on Feb 28, 2026.

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