Centre for Digital Humanities

Education

New CDH Education Program open to staff & students: register now!

We are pleased to present the Fall Education Program 2024 of the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH). Take your first steps into the world of digital humanities or refine your existing skills. Registration is now open!

Every six months, we launch a new series of workshops and lectures within the field of Digital Humanities (DH). The sessions in the CDH Education Program are free, mostly at entry level and require a relatively modest time investment.

For whom?

All staff members of the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University (UU) are warmly invited to register for our free events. Some of our events are especially tailored to educators, while others are more suitable for researchers. Students are also welcome to participate in most of the activities. Please register early to secure your place, as spots are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Hybrid lunch seminar for humanities teachers

We are kicking off the season on 16 September with a lunch seminar on Digital Humanities (DH) resources in education, which you can also join online. If you are a teacher at the Faculty of Humanities, make sure not to miss this one! This session is specifically designed by the CDH and the DH Team at the University Library to help you integrate digital skills for students into your courses.

Digital humanities workshops for staff & students

We offer a diverse range of workshops, featuring DH topics such as formatting professional documents in LaTeX, Python for beginners (with DCU compensation), exploring cultural datasets, searching through extensive online newspaper archives, automatic speech recognition, qualitative data analysis using NVivo software, data ethics, and network visualization.

Special guests

Dr. Lia Costiner, Assistant Professor in the History of Art (Digital Art History) at Utrecht University, will deliver a brand-new workshop on AI Image Generation for teachers on 18 October. Do you use images in your teaching? Are you curious how to get your students more engaged by using AI tools? Then you are very welcome to join this workshop on ‘Digital Creativity in the Classroom, an Introduction to AI Image Generation’ either in person or online.

Prof. Tobias Blanke, University Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Humanities at the University of Amsterdam, will deliver a hybrid lecture on digital humanities on 28 November. He is working on an exciting new project about ‘deep culture’. This lecture is open to all those interested in joining either in person or online.

Personalized consultancy sessions

Would you like guidance or advice on how to successfully integrating DH methods into your research & funding proposal? We offer you the opportunity to brainstorm one-on-one with DH specialists in computational and quantitative methods.

You can sign up for a personalized consultancy session on computational methods hosted by CDH strategic advisor prof. Antal van den Bosch, accompanied by a scientific developer from the CDH Research Software Lab and a DH expert from Utrecht University Library.

If you wish to explore quantitative methods for your research, you can register for a personalized consultancy session on quantitative methods with CDH director prof. dr. Hugo Quené and statistical advisor Kirsten Schutter.

Weekly DH walk-in hours

Are you just getting started in the field of digital humanities and do you need some expert guidance to shape your research or education? Or do you have a more specific question about research software, digital sources, programming, or statistics?

All humanities teachers, researchers and students are welcome to visit our weekly Digital Humanities walk-in hours. You do not need an appointment, feel free to join us on Thursdays from 14:00 to 15:00 hrs in the Digital Humanities Workspace or online! The DH walk-in hours will resume on Thursday, 12 September.

The CDH team looks forward to meeting you in our courses, workshops, consultancy sessions, lectures and weekly DH walk-in hours!

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