James Cummings (academic)

James Cummings
Born
James Cummings

1971 (age 54–55)
Regional_Municipality_of_Waterloo, Canada
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom, Canada
OccupationsReader in Digital Textual Studies and Late Medieval Literature, Newcastle University
Known for
Board member of
SpouseLucienne Cummings (m. 1999)
Children0
Academic background
EducationKitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School
University of Toronto (BA (hons))
University of Leeds (MA, PhD)
ThesisContextual Studies of the Dramatic Records in the area around The Wash, c. 1350-1550 (2001)
Peter Meredith
Academic work
Discipline
InstitutionsUniversity of Leeds
University of East Anglia
University of Oxford
Newcastle University
Websitehttps://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/people/profile/jamescummings.html

James Cummings (born 1971) is an Anglo-Canadian academic in the fields of digital humanities and late medieval English drama. He is the reader in digital textual studies and late medieval literature at Newcastle University (UK).[1] In the field of digital humanities, he is most associated with contributions to the Text Encoding Initiative, where, after many years on the TEI Technical Council (2005-2019), he was elected to their board of directors in 2019 and became chair of the board of directors in 2026.[2] Outside text encoding, Cummings founded and directed the Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School (2010-2017). He was one of the founders of Digital Medievalist and served on their executive board (2003-2012). He was the founder and remains 'main instigator' of an annual grassroots openly nominated openly voted Digital Humanities awareness activity 'DH Awards' (2012-Present).[3] He is on the board of directors of the long-running Records of Early English Drama project.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Staff Profile: James Cummings". ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "TEI Guidelines: Preface and Acknowledgement". TEI-C.org. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "DH Awards". dhawards.org. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Staff Profile: James Cummings". ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
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