Webinar series to learn how to work with CLARIAH Media Suite In the spring semester 2022, the CLARIAH Media Suite team offers a webinar series that introduces participants to working with the audiovisual collections, tools and methods made available in the Media Suite. Each webinar starts with a theoretical introduction followed by a hands-on session. The team starts the series with an introductory session focusing on […] Read more
Become an eScience Center Fellow The Netherlands eScience Center is looking for individuals who have the ambition to promote or improve the use of research software within their organization or discipline. They invite them to apply to become an eScience Center Fellow. Deadline to apply is April 11, 2022. This Fellowship is aimed at those who want to make a difference […] Read more
Affiliated member Pim Huijnen awarded by eScience Center The project of Pim Huijnen, affiliated member of the Centre for Digital Humanities, was approved by the Netherlands eScience Center. In April of this year, he will start the two-year project for which the eScience Center will build cutting-edge research software. The Netherlands eScience Center has set out this open call to help researchers from […] Read more
Wanted: Part-time C++ developer or student programmer The department for Information and Computing Sciences at Utrecht University is looking for a part-time C++ developer or student programmer to assist with a project related to Human-Centered AI. Vacancy:The department is looking for a software developer with experience of C++ development to extend and improve the stability of the open source model-checker MCMAS for […] Read more
ASReview needs your valuable feedback for version 1 ASReview is approaching the release of ASReview LAB version 1 (see Github). To make sure version 1 meets your expectations and runs smoothly, the creators want to involve you, as a user, in its development. The latest version of ASReview LAB, free and open-source software that accelerates systematic text screening is installed about every 5 minutes by […] Read more
AI Labs call to action – new deadlines for 2022 AI Labs has issued a second call to action for new project ideas, with 1 March 2022 as the deadline. About AI Labs AI Labs are a collaborative fund from the faculties of Science, Geosciences and Humanities. Utrecht University encourages more collaborative, transdisciplinary, long-term and sustainable research projects with public and private organisations. With the […] Read more
CDH Education Program Jan-May 2022 We are proud to present the new staff education program of the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH). We again offer a diverse program with lectures and hands-on workshops on all kinds of different aspects of digital humanities. Registration is open. Attendance to CDH courses and workshops (not the webinars) will be compensated by the Centre for Digital Humanities in […] Read more
Call for Participants: Working Group for Linked Manuscript Descriptions Day: 15 & 16 DecemberTime: 17:00 – 19:00 UTCVia Zoom The organizers of this working group seek to create a common Linked Open Data vocabulary for the description of medieval manuscripts from the Middle East. They are gathering an online community of scholars to begin work on this shared vocabulary. That is why they invite […] Read more
AI and Digital Humanities: three projects to start in 2022 The first round of AI Labs’ ‘call to action’ has resulted in three Digital Humanities projects being funded. AI Labs In the AI Labs at Utrecht University, academic researchers collaborate with external partners on societal issues that involve artificial intelligence and/or data science. With the AI Labs’ ‘call to action‘, UU encourages collaborations between researchers from the faculties […] Read more
Walk-in consultation hour DH Lab cancelled Due to the new Corona measures, we have decided to cancel the walk-in consultation hour on Wednesday from 14-15.00h at the Digital Humanities Lab (DH Lab). It remains possible to set up an online no-obligation consultation at a day and time that suits you. The DH Lab offers these consultations to the staff of the Faculty of Humanities […] Read more
Posen Fellowship in Digital Humanities & Indexing The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization seeks to create a cohort of 10-15 Fellows in Digital Humanities & Indexing with graduate level work in digital humanities, digital archiving, or metadata and indexing, as well as a passion for Jewish Studies. Fellows will spend the bulk of their time working with the primary sources […] Read more
Automated systematic text reviewing in the Living Lab Digital Humanities Since the summer, Prof. dr. Rens van de Schoot has been making weekly use of the Living Lab Digital Humanities in the Utrecht University Library City Centre with his Automated Systematic Review group (ASReview group). He talks about the added value of the Living Lab DH, working during the lockdown and expectations for the future. The Living […] Read more
Looking for patterns in readers’ reviews of translated books using DIOPTRA-L What do English readers expect from translated literature? And how about the Dutch? Professor Haidee Kotze and her research team used big data to look for patterns in the way that ordinary readers review translated literature. Together with the Digital Humanities Lab they developed DIOPTRA-L, a corpus with 280.000 reviews of more than 150 books […] Read more
Two vacancies for scientific Information Specialists: Humanities Utrecht University Library is looking for two scientific Information Specialists (0.8-1.0 FTE). These positions focus specifically on subject-specific services for a number of disciplines within the Humanities. One position focuses on library support for Digital Humanities and the other function focuses on publishing and open access services. In these roles you are among others responsible for the selection of relevant […] Read more
Call for papers and workshop on Natural Language Processing for Digital Humanities Rootroo, a Finnish company that specializes in AI solutions for natural language processing (NLP), and the University of Helsinki have issued a call for papers that combine Natural Language Processing with Digital Humanities. On the 16th or 19th of December 2021 they will organize a Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Digital Humanities, which will […] Read more
The Digital Humanities Lab develops digital toolset for major European research project ‘People and Parliament’ The Utrecht Digital Humanities Lab will collaborate with the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) on the political-historical research project ‘People and Parliament’. This collaboration between software developers and historians enables groundbreaking research into parliamentary data. ‘People and Parliament’ is an ambitious project. The research focuses on the use of political language in the national parliaments of […] Read more
Walk-in hours Research Data Management Support @Living Lab Digital Humanities Do you have any questions about creating datasets, or sharing them? Or do you want to know more about data security? Feel free to ask these and other questions during the walk-in hours of Research Data Management Support in the Living Lab Digital Humanities. You are welcome every other week on Monday afternoon from 3 – […] Read more
Historical data available via Yoda Utrecht University Library has developed a new way for UU employees to digitally access the raw data of millions of newspaper articles dating as far back as 1785. The text corpora of the following historical datasets are now accessible and downloadable via Yoda: Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Guardian & Observer (1791-1909 & 1910-2003) Nineteenth Century […] Read more
NWO Spinoza Prize for media scholar José van Dijck Media scholar Professor José van Dijck, advisory board member of the Centre for Digital Humanities, has been awarded a NWO Spinoza Prize of 2.5 million euros. The Spinoza Prize is the highest scientific distinction in the Netherlands. Van Dijck is University Professor of Media and Digital Society and is a top player in the international field of […] Read more
Education Program Fall 2021 The Centre for Digital Humanities will offer the following education program in the fall of 2021. You can now register for all courses and lectures. For some courses the number of participants is limited, so register as soon as possible (first come, first served). The Centre for Digital Humanities aims to promote digital literacy amongst […] Read more