Austrian Delegation visits Data School on Responsible AI Practices

Last week, a delegation of high-ranking Austrian civil servants visited Utrecht University and various public management organizations across the Netherlands. The visit aimed to gain insights into the Dutch approach to responsible AI governance, as highlighted by the Netherlands’ top ranking in the 2024 Responsible AI Index. In recent years, Data School has supported Austrian civil […] Read more

Vacature stageplekken Data School 2025

Data School heeft in 2025 weer nieuwe stageplaatsen beschikbaar.  Deadline 15 december 2024 Stageperiode Blok 3 en/of blok 4 (3 februari 2025 t/m 27 juni 2025) Omvang Eén blok fulltime of twee blokken parttime (20 uur p/w) Stagevergoeding €400,- / maand bij fulltime€200,- / maand bij parttime Locatie Data School, Drift 13, Utrecht. Thuiswerken is […] Read more

Upcoming Data School workshops for humanities staff & students

Are you a staff member or student at the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University (UU)? Then this is your chance to join a free workshop hosted by digital humanities (DH) experts from the Data School team! As part of the CDH Education Programme, we are organising introductory workshops on data ethics, network visualisation and […] Read more

ATRIUM Project: Researcher survey

Are you a researcher from the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences? The ATRIUM Project needs your participation in their Researcher Survey!  The goal of ATRIUM (Advancing fronTier Research In the arts and hUManities) is to bridge leading research infrastructures in arts and humanities (DARIAH), archaeology (ARIADNE), languages (CLARIN), and open scholarly communication in the social […] Read more

CDH Newsletter October 2024

The Centre for Digital Humanities’ newsletter for October 2024 has been published. You can read the newsletter in your browser by clicking the button below. Read the CDH Newsletter October 2024 Would you like to receive the monthly CDH newsletter directly in your inbox? Sign up for the newsletter by clicking the button below and […] Read more

How can I-Analyzer work better for you? Share your wishes!

Have you ever used I-Analyzer? Are there certain features or corpora you would like to see in I-Analyzer? This user survey is your chance to share your ideas with the scientific developers from the Research Software Lab of the Centre for Digital Humanities. All of the questions in this survey are optional, and your responses are completely anonymous. […] Read more

Data School Call for Workshop Ideas: Making a Difference. Societal Impact through Collaborative Research

The transdisciplinary conference Making a Difference. Societal Impact through Collaborative Research (7-8 April 2025, organised by Data School) aims to connect practitioners from the public sector and media industries with researchers working on societal challenges linked to digital technologies. By facilitating dialogue and exchange, the conference provides a forum for exploring new ways of gaining insights into […] Read more

Self-Reflection Guide for Human-Related Big Data Research (MBDO)

The Faculty of Humanities (Utrecht University) and the FEtC-H (Faculty Ethics Assessment Committee – Humanities) have introduced the mandatory Self-Reflection Guide for all researchers conducting MBDO. The Self-Reflection Guide has become a standard tool to help humanities researchers make informed decisions, ensuring their research is responsible and efficient. If you are researching big data from […] Read more

CFP: Human-centered Artificial Intelligence grants

Are you conducting collaborative interdisciplinary research in the field of human-centered artificial intelligence, or are you planning to? Then be sure to apply for one of the small grants of the Utrecht University focus area Human-centered Artificial Intelligene (HAI) by 28 October 2024. Application form Download the complete call (Intranet login required) for more information, […] Read more

Vacature: Student-assistent digitale ethiek bij Data School

Uren per week: 8-12 (0.2 – 0.3 fte) Universiteit Utrecht, Faculteit Geestestwetenschappen, Data School (Centre for Digital Humanities) Uiterlijk reageren op: 3 november 2024 Functie Het Data School team van de Universiteit Utrecht zoekt een student-assistent digitale ethiek. Data School hoort bij het Centre for Digital Humanities en werkt samen met overheidsorganisaties om data ethiek […] Read more

Wanted: Examples of data and AI literacy support in education

The NPuls pilot hub Data and AI is looking for practical examples that support teachers and students in developing data and AI literacy. This could be training courses, teaching materials or projects that you have experienced or developed. Your input can help the Data and AI pilot hub explore the possibilities for a toolkit to […] Read more

Vacancy: Postdoctoral position in NLP for Historical Research (Copenhagen)

The Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), has announced an opening for a Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) with a focus on multilingual historical texts from 1600 to 1900. The position is full-time and fixed-term for 2 years starting from 1 February 2025, or as soon as […] Read more

CFP: Applied Data Science research grants

The focus area Applied Data Science (ADS) at Utrecht University (UU) again provides funding to finance research projects within the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of Applied Data Science. The aim is to foster the application of data science techniques in research areas where they are not yet applied and to accelerate the development of data science techniques […] Read more

UU knowledge base ‘Responsible use of AI in teaching’ updated

Utrecht University (UU) has updated the knowledge base on ‘Responsible use of AI in your teaching’ for humanities teachers. You can find the information on Intranet (UU staff login required). The material consists of three informative documents: two presentations (or slide decks) and a white paper. You will also find the template for the allowed […] Read more

CDH Newsletter September 2024

The Centre for Digital Humanities’ newsletter for September 2024 has been published. You can read the newsletter in your browser by clicking the button below. Read the CDH Newsletter September 2024 Would you like to receive the monthly CDH newsletter directly in your inbox? Sign up for the newsletter by clicking the button below and […] Read more

Interview with CDH director Hugo Quené: past, present and future of the CDH

In 2020, the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) at Utrecht University was officially launched. In this interview, prof. dr. Hugo Quené, Professor of Quantitative Methods of Empirical Research in the Humanities and CDH founding director, reflects on the past four years since its inception, and shares his thoughts on the future. How should digital humanities evolve […] Read more

Report publication: FRAIA in action

The report ‘FRAIA in action‘ summarises the results of the pilot in which Data School (Centre for Digital Humanities, Utrecht University) collaborated with the Rijks ICT Gilde (RIG) for the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. Over the Fall of 2023 and Spring of 2024, a range of government bodies applied the FRAIA to […] Read more

Book publication: Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society

In Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society: Methods and Practices for Investigation and Intervention, Mirko Schäfer and Karin van Es (both Data School, Centre for Digital Humanities, Utrecht University), together with Tracey P. Lauriault (Carleton University), provide concrete tools for conducting collaborative academic research. The volume is available in open access. Societal engagement of universities “Today’s universities seek to appear, or actually be, […] Read more

Humanities researchers: SSHOC-NL Task 3.1 survey

The Social Science and Humanities Open Cloud for the Netherlands project (SSHOC-NL) invites humanities researchers to fill out a survey (5 mins) on which types of data enrichment tools are being used. Within the SSHOC-NL project, such information will enable them to provide tailored support and information to users as part of Task 3.1 on methodologically sound data […] Read more

Call for Abstracts: AlgoSoc International Conference 2025: The Future of Public Values in the Algorithmic Society

A call for abstracts has been published for ‘The Future of Public Values in the Algorithmic Society’, a two-day international conference hosted by AlgoSoc, taking place at Felix Meritis in Amsterdam on 10 & 11 April 2025. The submission deadline is 30 September 2024. Public Values in the Algorithmic Society (AlgoSoc) is an interdisciplinary research programme which […] Read more

CFP: BNAIC/BeNeLearn 2024

A call for papers has been announced for the upcoming BNAIC/BeNeLearn 2024 conference, the reference conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. This year’s combined 36th BNAIC and 33rd BeNeLearn conference will be held from 18-20 November 2024 in Utrecht (Jaarbeurs). The organizers invite researchers to submit their […] Read more

CFP: Open Science Infrastructure

The Dutch national programme for Open Sciene (Open Science NL) has opened a call for funding of Open Science Infrastructure. This call focuses on the development of digital infrastructures that support open science practices. It covers the entire spectrum of open science and is deliberately broad in scope to be inclusive of the community’s diverse […] Read more

CFP: USO Education Innovation 2025

Interfaculty projects at Utrecht University (UU) that innovate and improve education are made possible annually by the Utrecht Education Incentive Fund (USO, ‘Utrechts Stimuleringsfonds Onderwijsvernieuwing’ in Dutch).  USO Innovation projects: Themes This year, three themes have been defined in which projects up to €250,000 can be applied for: Terms and conditions These cross-faculty USO projects […] Read more

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 […] Read more

CFP Data School: Impact Projects

Data School has published a call to action for Impact Projects: support for impact-focused research projects in the humanities with societal partners. For the past 10 years, Data School has been at the forefront of researching the impact of AI in society. Working across disciplines and in close collaboration with external partners we conduct research around […] Read more

Data School research in the media

The Centre for Digital Humanities’ Data School often appears in the media with their innovative and news-worthy data research. PhD candidate Joris Veerbeek from Data School regularly shares interesting findigs from his data research in the independent and progressive Dutch weekly news magazine De Groene Amsterdammer. Recently, two more articles based on his research were […] Read more

Blog post: Data School at CPDP 2024

Authors Julia Straatman and Lysa Ngouateu have published a (Dutch) blog post on the Data School website about Data School‘s visit to the yearly Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) conference. This year, the conference took place in Brussels (Belgium) from 22-24 May. Data School moderated two panels and hosted an interactive workshop. Data School at CPDP 2024 […] Read more

Interview with Tijmen Baarda (CDH), Leonard Rutgers & Stefan Dingemans: interactive map of Jewish migration in Europe in Roman times

“Digital research is the future, also in humanities” Professor Leonard Rutgers and his colleagues research how Jewish migrants spread over Europe in Roman times. Thanks to a grant of the FAIR Research IT programme, the team was able to digitise a large number of sources and incorporate them into an interactive map. Other scholars can now use […] Read more

SURF interview: prof. dr. Antal van den Bosch on AI and GPT-NL

Prof. dr. Antal van den Bosch has given an interview to SURF, the cooperative association of Dutch educational and research institutions. The interview is titled ‘AI lets scientists work magic with language’. In the interview, he speaks about his career in AI and his thoughts on the future of AI. He also shares his ideas […] Read more

Call for Participants: Utrecht Summer School 2024

From 5-9 August 2024, Data School offers a full week of hands-on workshops and inspiring guest lectures at Utrecht University during the summer course Exploring Culture Through Data: Digital methods & Data practices. By the end of this week you will be able to work with digital methods to collect, analyze and visualize complex data […] Read more

HOLYLAB: Research Fellowship in Digital History in Trento, Italy

The Italian-German Historic Institute (ISIG) and Università Roma Tre are co-hosting a one-year fellowship in Digital History to collaborate with the ERC Project HOLYLAB in Trento, Italy. The project studies the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, a thirteenth-century organisation funded to maintain the Holy Sepulchre and the friars’ presence in the Holy Land. HOLYLAB […] Read more

Centre for Digital Humanities has reached 1,000 LinkedIn followers

The Centre for Digital Humanites (Utrecht University) has officially reached 1,000 followers on LinkedIn! If you are not one of them yet, please follow us on LinkedIn here. You may also be interested in following the LinkedIn pages of Data School and Utrecht University – Faculty of Humanities. You can subscribe to the monthly CDH newsletter here to receive […] Read more

UU interview: Core team Human Artificial Intelligence

An interview with Dr. Pim Huijnen and Dr. Evelyn Wan has been published on Intranet, the internal website for Utrecht University staff. Together with Dr. Tejaswini Deoskar and Dr. Dominik Klein, Pim and Evelyn make up the core team Human Artificial Intelligence. The interview is part of the series: ‘educational innovation through the eyes of the four […] Read more

Data School: Research report ‘Playing with fire’ translated to English

The research report that was originally published as ‘Spelen met vuur’ in October 2023 has now been translated from Dutch to English. Researchers from Utrecht University’s Faculty of Humanities and Data School investigated the dynamics between political debate in the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) and reactions, comments and framing on social media. Analyses […] Read more

Vacatures bij CDH: Linux/DevOps-Specialist & System Engineer

Het Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) zoekt momenteel collega’s voor de posities van: We staan open voor zowel junior als meer senior kandidaten en zijn bereid om de functie af te stemmen op basis van je ervaringsniveau en professionele interesses. Dus zoek je een plek waar je met jouw technische expertise maatschappelijke impact kan hebben? Reageer dan […] Read more

Data School DEDA seminar: submission deadline May 31st

Utrecht University’s Data School will host its first international DEDA seminar on September 25th, 2024. The deadline for submission is May 31st. The Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA), a toolkit developed by the Data School, maps ethical issues in data projects. It documents the deliberation process and stimulates accountability towards the various stakeholders and the public.  This […] Read more

Last Spring DH Walk-In Hour on May 30

On Thursday, May 30, the last Digital Humanities (DH) walk-in hour of this academic year will take place from 14:00 to 15:00 hrs in the Digital Humanities Workspace. The DH walk-in hour on May 23 is cancelled. We will resume our weekly walk-in hours on Thursday, September 12, 2024. All staff and students of the Faculty […] Read more

Join the launch of the NLP@UU Special Interest Group

On Thursday, May 16th, Utrecht University launches its newest Special Interest Group (SIG) NLP@UU. This SIG is an expansion of the existing SIG Text Mining, and welcomes a broader community of colleagues in Natural Language Processing (NLP) from across Utrecht University’s campuses. At the launch meeting, researchers from different domains and groups will share insights […] Read more

Humanities teachers gather to explore digital methods in education

During the CDH Inspiration Session on April 19, teachers and education coordinators from the UU Faculty of Humanities came together to generate ideas and engage in discussions on how to effectively integrate data-driven and computational methods into their curriculum. The Digital Humanities (DH) in Education Inspiration Session, held at the Winkel van Sinkel in Utrecht, […] Read more

NRC article about the Babylab of the Institute for Language Sciences

In the linguistic labs of the Institute for Language Sciences (ILS), experiments are carried out on both adults and babies, employing methodologies such as eyetracking, EEG, and head turn preference. NRC recently published an article on the research of linguistics researcher Iris van der Wulp within the Babylab. Van der Wulp is currently engaged in […] Read more

Interview with Karin van Es and Dennis Nguyen: Exploring the potential of data donations

Data donation presents a new and unique approach to collecting digital trace data, liberating researchers from platform dependencies and restrictions. A consortium of six Dutch universities has now started building its own digital data donation infrastructure. Within this initiative, Karin van Es and Dennis Nguyen from the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University, supported by […] Read more

Interview Lorena De Vita: Using Transkribus to decrypt the diaries of a German jurist

During her research Lorena De Vita stumbled upon the personal diaries, spanning from 1932 to 1989, of Otto Küster, a German jurist who dedicated a significant portion of his professional career seeking reparations for Holocaust survivors. His handwriting, however, was almost illegible. De Vita participated in a Trankskribus workshop offered by the UB and CDH […] Read more

Vacature: Communicatie- en onderwijsmedewerker bij CDH

Het Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) zoekt van 1 juni tot 1 december 2024 een collega communicatie en onderwijscoördinatie in verband met een zwangerschapsverlof. Reageren kan t/m 26 maart 2024. Wat ga je doen? Je komt te werken in een professioneel en enthousiast team. We zien en spreken elkaar regelmatig, digitaal en op locatie. Je bent […] Read more

Data School on impact: ‘We want to take part in shaping the digital society’

Data School’s Mirko Schäfer and Iris Muis are keen to push for a broader definition of impact at university level. Although they do not find the time to publish as often as they would like, their research is having significant impact, with their work used in Austria, Sweden, Finland and Greece. Schäfer: ‘If you really want to achieve an impact, […] Read more

FAIR Research IT interview with Berit Janssen

This interview is part of a series conducted by UU FAIR research IT, aimed at showcasing the impact of their projects on FAIR research IT. This TextMiNER project, led by the CDH Research Software Lab, has been made possible through a FAIR Research IT Innovation Grant. ‘You get much more out of a text corpus with […] Read more

Vacature: Postdoc digitale ethiek in het openbaar bestuur bij Data School

De Faculteit Geestestwetenschappen van de Universiteit Utrecht zoekt een postdoctoraal onderzoeker Digitale ethiek in het openbaar bestuur voor 28 tot 32 uur per week. Je zal worden ingebed bij de Data School, waar je gaat meewerken aan het doorontwikkelen van hun tools, waaronder De Ethische Data Assistent (DEDA) en het Impact Assessment Mensenrechten en Algoritmes (IAMA), en het […] Read more

Responsible use of AI in education: A guide for the humanities

A humanities project team of experts, coordinated by the Centre for Digital Humanities, aims to guide teachers at the Faculty of Humanities in promoting responsible use of AI in the classroom. The team has now developed educational material to support teachers in incorporating Generative AI, such as ChatGPT, into their courses responsibly. The material includes […] Read more

Invitation for input: Daidalos – A Digital Social Sciences and Humanities Summer/Winter School on Research Software

The CDH Research Software Lab is actively engaged in the ‘Daidalos – A Digital Social Sciences and Humanities Summer/Winter School on Research Software’ project. Daidalos is part of TDCC SSH Bottleneck Projects, and is centered around the development of a Digital Social Sciences and Humanities (Summer/Winter) School. This project is in development and welcomes your […] Read more

Launch of new education program of Spring 2024

The Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) is pleased to present the staff education program for Spring 2024. Take your first steps into the world of digital humanities methods or refine your existing skills. Registration is open! Our program includes a variety of brand new workshops, featuring an introduction to web scraping, formatting professional documents in […] Read more

DH Walk-in Hours: last session on December 14, resuming on January 25

Do you have a question related to digital humanities? The final Digital Humanities (DH) Walk-in Hour of 2023 will be held on Thursday, December 14th. We will resume these weekly consultation sessions on January 25th, 2024. During the Walk-in Hours, open to all humanities staff and students, our advisory team will be available to address […] Read more

Vacature: Management-/Office- & Communicatieassistent (0,8 fte) bij het CDH

Voor de ondersteuning van de ketens Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) en Onderwijsondersteuning en Studentzaken (OSZ) zoekt de faculteit Geesteswetenschappen van de Universiteit Utrecht een management/-office- & communicatieassistent. In deze functie zul je beide organisatieonderdelen ondersteunen. Je kunt reageren tot uiterlijk 15 januari 2024. Binnen deze functie kom je terecht in professionele en enthousiaste teams. […] Read more

Text search and exploration tool I-Analyzer now open source

I-Analyzer, the user friendly text and data mining tool developed and maintained by the CDH Research Software Lab (RSLab), is now open source. By making the source code freely available, RSLab has significantly progressed in their commitment to promoting FAIR principles. In March 2023, the Research Software Lab received two FAIR Research IT Innovation Grants from the […] Read more

Blog Julian Gonggrijp: ‘How to ensure that others can run your code’

“If your code only runs on your computer with your files on it, in January under easterly wind while the moon is waning, then your colleagues will likely find it difficult to run your code.” How can you unsure that your freshly developed software is accessible and usable by your colleagues for their research? Julian […] Read more

National Digital Humanities Network Meeting on October 26: a brief recap

On October 26, CLARIAH and the Centre for Digital Humanities of University of Utrecht jointly organized the very first National Digital Humanities Network Meeting. The aim was to strengthen the national network of organizations ‘with a DH (Digital Humanities) agenda’. Representatives from nearly all Dutch DH centers and organizations were in attendance. Developments in the […] Read more

Use I-Analyzer tool for informed voting in Dutch Elections on November 22

Would you like to gain insight into what statements politicians or parties have made on a particular subject? The Dutch Parliamentary Speeches, from 1815 to 2022, have now been added to the text search and exploration tool I-Analyzer. Developed and maintained by the CDH Research Software Lab, this open-source software is accessible to anyone interested […] Read more

Historical fortress wall discovered in man’s backyard using ‘georeferenced’ map from Utrecht University

Dutch version of this article. While deepening a pond in his garden, Erwin Jesterhoudt from the Zeeland village of Philippine, stumbled upon a piece of an old wall in early October. Using a digital historical map from Utrecht University, he learned that it was a section of an 18th-century fortress wall. The Centre for Digital […] Read more

Data School research shows interaction between debates in the Dutch House of Representatives and social media

What is the dynamic between political debate in the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) and reactions, commentary and framing on social media? Researchers from Data School and the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University analyzed large amounts of data of publicly accessible groups and accounts on X and Telegram and identified words that may […] Read more

Vacature: Managementassistent voor Centre for Digital Humanities en Onderwijsondersteuning en Studentzaken (0,7 fte)

Functie De faculteit Geesteswetenschappen zoekt een managementassistent voor de ondersteuning van de ketens Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) en Onderwijsondersteuning en Studentzaken (OSZ). In deze functie zul je beide organisatieonderdelen ondersteunen. Wat ga je doen: Naast de bovenstaande taken is er ook ruimte om andere werkzaamheden naar je toe te trekken. Profiel Onze ideale kandidaat […] Read more

Iris Muis nominated for Women in AI Award

Iris Muis, Team Leader at Data School, has been nominated by Women in AI (WAI) Netherlands for a Responsible AI Leader award. The upcoming summit on October 10 will showcase 35 female nominees, across 6 categories, who are making an impact in the field of AI in the Netherlands. The winner of the award will be […] Read more

DBNL Corpus Now Available in I-Analyzer

The CDH Research Software Lab has now added the Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren, DBNL, in Dutch) to the online text and data mining tool I-Analyzer. DBNL is a digital collection of texts from Dutch literature, linguistics, and cultural history, from the year 1200 to 1890. Millions of visitors […] Read more

Call for Papers: Engaging with Big and Small Historical Data

Interested scholars are invited to submit proposals for one or more chapters in the edited Volume titled ‘Engaging with Big and Small Historical Data’, as part of the Routledges ‘Engaging with…’ series. The deadline for proposals is October 15, 2023. The material that historical research – and humanities scholarship in general – is based on […] Read more

Large Language Models: Do it yourself – Lecture by Antal van den Bosch

On Thursday, September 28th, Professor Antal van den Bosch invites you to explore the latest open-source Large Language Models (LLMs) in this upcoming lecture, organized by the Centre for Digital Humanities. LLMs are the driving force behind chatbots like ChatGPT. Thanks to platforms like Huggingface, both closed and open-source LLMs have become increasingly accessible for […] Read more

Lezingenreeks Studium Generale: Wie is er bang voor AI?

Komend najaar organiseert Studium Generale de lezingenreeks Wie is er bang voor AI? waarin ze ingaan op de vraag of de angst voor Artificial Intelligence terecht is. Gedurende drie avonden vertellen zeven wetenschappers over AI met betrekking tot werk, kunst en democratie. De voertaal is Nederlands. […] Read more

Weekly CDH Walk-in Hours resuming on September 7th

Starting Thursday, September 7th, from 14:00 to 15:00 hrs, we’re resuming our CDH Walk-in Hours. During these weekly consultation sessions, all humanities staff and students are welcome to ask their Digital Humanities (DH) questions, ranging from beginner to advanced levels. Our advisory team comprises a scientific developer from the Research Software Lab, a member from Research Data Management […] Read more

Now accepting submissions: NWO Open Science & HAI funding calls

We’d like to bring your attention to two recently opened calls: the Open Science Fund 2023 call offers an opportunity to propose grants of up to €50.000, dedicated to supporting projects aimed at implementing and advancing open science practices. NWO aims to encourage open science by providing incentives and rewards to researchers who are already […] Read more

Data School joins Katapult consortium Data and Knowledge Hub Healthy Urban Living

Over the next four years, Data School will be participating in the Katapult consortium Data and Knowledge Hub Healthy Urban Living. The hub is an independent and open public-private platform initiated by Utrecht University, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and the Economic Board Utrecht. Together with several other partners, as well as […] Read more

Vacancy: postdoc in Wording Repair: Digitally Unveiling the History of Reparative Justice in the Words of a Forgotten Diary

Would you like to help connect the field of digital humanities to historical research on twentieth-century German history? The Department Of History and Art History at Utrecht University is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join the project of Dr. Lorena De Vita as a part-time Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of Digital Humanities for […] Read more

Heise.de features Data School’s Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA)

In the recent article Künstliche Intelligenz: Drei Beispiele für das Scheitern von Algorithmen (Artificial Intelligence: Three Examples of Algorithm Failures) on Heise.de, a prominent German ICT news site, the importance of regulating Artificial Intelligence is discussed. Mirko Schäfer, the Faculty of Science Lead at Data School, shares insights into the Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA). […] Read more

Stories from the Lab: AI & Media Lab – Beyond the frenzy of the day

The AI & Media Lab, a cooperation between Utrecht University, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and Media Perspectives, works on exploring AI applications in the media and the gaming world. Operating under the umbrella of AI Labs, it actively collaborates with a varied network of partners from the IT sector and creative industry. In […] Read more

HAI Call: Small Grants Summer 2023

The focus area Human-centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) bundles the various AI-activities undertaken at Utrecht University. The HAI focus area started in January 2020, and currently comprises nine Special Interest Groups (SIGs). They now announce the eight call for projects to receive funding from HAI. The projects resulting from this call will be accommodated by the […] Read more

Interview with Jeroen Bakker and Sander Prins: A simple way of harvesting and analyzing social media data with 4CAT

In this series of interviews the FAIR Research IT Innovation Fund shows what contribution projects can make to FAIR research IT. The research teams of the projects have received a grant from them. Good news for scientists whose technological skills are limited, but who want to work with social media data in their research: now […] Read more

CLARIN is looking for a student assistant

Are you a student with an academic background and/or interest in digital humanities, language study corpus linguistics, and natural language processing? CLARIN ERIC is looking to hire a student assistant (on average 0.3 – 0.4 FTE depending on availability) during the period of August-November 2023, with a possible extension after this period. The tasks will […] Read more

Interview Jeroen Salman: “The network allows researchers to learn about each other’s expertise”

Between 2016 and 2018, Jeroen Salman led the EDPOP project. What digital techniques has he used in the project? What role did Utrecht University Library and the Research Software Lab of the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) play in EDPOP? And are such roles ever played out? The EDPOP project (European Dimensions of popular print culture) is […] Read more

Invitation to participate in Summer School 2023 ‘Exploring Culture Through Data’

Are you a (humanities) student or (beginning) researcher seeking a hands-on introduction to digital methods? Join the Summer School week Exploring Culture Through Data, organized by Data School from August 14th to 18th, 2023. This engaging week-long summer school offers a comprehensive program with hands-on workshops and prominent guest lecturers. The team of hosts comprises […] Read more

CDH presents its Fall staff education program

The Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) is pleased to announce its education program for the upcoming Fall 2023, catering all staff and students of the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University. Staff education program We offer a diverse range of workshops and lectures, covering digital humanities (DH) topics such as network visualization, Python for beginners, an introduction […] Read more

Data School participates in Responsible AI Panel at CPDP Conference in Brussels

Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (HSSH) visiting professor Mirko Schäfer, along with his colleague Iris Muis from Data School, took part in a panel discussion at the Conference for Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) in Brussels. The panel focused on the practicalities of responsible AI and data practices, informed by the latest […] Read more

Article by Data School and De Groene on the sources of ChatGPT

Violations of copyright, private data and fake news: for Dutch texts, OpenAI’s filter is of rather poor quality, conclude Joris Veerbeek (Data School) and Eva Hofman (De Groene Amsterdammer). In this article they investigate which Dutch sources are used to train chatbots such as ChatGPT. Read article (in dutch) The Utrecht Data School (UDS) regularly collaborates with De […] Read more

Vacancy: PhD position in Digital Art History (1.0 FTE)

The Department of History and Art History at Utrecht University is looking for a candidate in the field of digital art history for the PhD-project “The (R)evolution of Reconstruction: an analysis of digital facsimiles”. This project analyses the value of digital facsimiles for researchers, heritage institutions, and museum visitors, in the past, present and future. […] Read more

Cancelled: Digital Humanities Walk-In Hours on Thursday of June 1

Due to circumstances, the Digital Humanities (DH) Walk-in Hours of Thursday June 1 is cancelled. On June 8, 2023, the last DH Walk-in Hours of this academic year will take place. We will resume the DH Walk-in Hours on Thursday September 7, 2023. In the meantime, all staff and students of the Faculty of Humanities with questions […] Read more

Antal van den Bosch new chair Domain SSH and member of NWO’s Executive Board

Professor Antal van den Bosch, Strategic Advisor at the Centre for Digital Humanities, is appointed new chair of the Domain Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and also a member of the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Executive Board as of 1 July, 2023. Read more […] Read more

Trouw interviews with Iris Muis

In December 2022, the Algorithm Register (Algoritmeregister) was established in the Netherlands to map all automated selection processes used by the government. However, it still doesn’t work as intended. The Dutch newspaper Trouw spoke with Iris Muis, Lead Operation at Data School, about data ethics and the Fundamental Rights & Algorithms Impact Assessment (FRAIA), a […] Read more

New name for Digital Humanities Lab: Research Software Lab

From 1 May 2023 onwards, the Digital Humanities Lab, part of the Centre for Digital Humanities, will continue under the name: Research Software Lab. Why ‘Research Software Lab’? The reason for the new name is to provide more clarity about the various parts that fall under the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) of Utrecht University. […] Read more

New name for Utrecht Data School: Data School

From 1 May 2023 onwards, the Utrecht Data School will have a new name and logo. Utrecht Data School will continue under the name Data School and the logo will be adapted to Utrecht University’s latest style guidelines. Why ‘Data School’? Utrecht University’s brand policy stipulates that names of organisational units may no longer contain the […] Read more

Mirko Schäfer member of new advisory committee for governmental institutions

On March 17, 2023, the Analytics Advisory Committee (Adviescommissie Analytics) has officially started. This committee, consisting of academics and experts, will provide solicited and unsolicited advice to the Ministry of Finance, the Tax Administration, Customs and Service Surcharges on how to deal with risk models and algorithms. Risk models and algorithms can increase efficiency and […] Read more

Research Software Lab collaborates on new interactive platform for researching historical Jewish migration data

To further map the mechanisms and underlying structures of Jewish migration in Europe, the new project ‘Interactive Geo-Spatial Platform for Modelling Jewish Historical Migration’ has been launched. This project has been awarded a FAIR IT Grant. Professor of Late Antiquity Leonard Rutgers, master’s student Stefan Dingemans and developer Tijmen Baarda (Centre for Digital Humanities) will together shape the new […] Read more

Interview with Edo Storm, winner of the Digital History Thesis Award 2023

Edo Storm used a combination of computational methods and close reading to conduct research into the history of the term ‘the West’. It earned him this year’s Digital History Thesis Award. Storm: ‘I wouldn’t have seen the big overarching narrative without this computational method.’ Fellow students sometimes joked about him and his ‘digital stuff’ when […] Read more

Launch of the Frisian dialects project

The Digital Humanities Lab, together with a group of researchers from Utrecht University and Fryske Akademy, launched the Frisian dialects application to collect Frisian language data in an online experiment in the form of a game. The Frisian dialects application, built by developer Ben Bonfil, tests the knowledge of language variation within Frisia (Northern part […] Read more

Student-assistent gezocht bij Centre for Digital Humanities (0,2 – 0,3 fte)

Binnen de geesteswetenschappen wordt steeds meer gebruik gemaakt van gedigitaliseerde data en tools om deze data te bewerken en analyseren. Om onderzoek en onderwijs op dit gebied te ondersteunen is aan de faculteit Geesteswetenschappen van de Universiteit Utrecht een Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) ingericht, waarmee bestaande activiteiten versterkt en gebundeld worden. Zo worden in het Research […] Read more

CDH awarded two FAIR Research IT Innovation Grants

The Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) has been awarded two FAIR Research IT Innovation Grants. These will allow the CDH to host its own server instance of 4CAT, a webbased toolkit enabling researchers and students to collect and process social media data in a well-secured virtual self-service setting, as well as the addition of a […] Read more

As a humanities scholar, are you struggling with your quantitative research design?

Statistical Advisor Kirsten Schutter organizes ‘Quantitative research design meetings’ in March, April and May. These meetings are intended for staff at the Faculty of Humanities who are interested in or are struggling with the quantitative component of their research designs. During this meetings, researchers can present and discuss their ideas. According to textbooks on research methodology, doing quantitative […] Read more

Centre for Digital Humanities zoekt full-stack ontwikkelaar (0,8 – 1,0 fte)

Het Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) zoekt een full-stack ontwikkelaar voor het Portal Development onderdeel (PortalDev). PortalDev is een klein team van developers dat verantwoordelijk is voor het onderzoeken, ontwerpen, bouwen en beheren van uiteenlopende portals en andere toepassingen ten behoeve van de onderzoeks- en onderwijsinfrastructuur van de faculteit Geesteswetenschappen. Reageren kan tot en met […] Read more

Now online: Database with Dutch dialect idioms

The Digital Humanities Lab relaunches the ‘Dutch Dialect Idioms’ database, developed by linguists from Utrecht University and KU Leuven. This is a renewed version of an online database of idioms in 13 Dutch dialects. Idioms are special, linguistically speaking, because they have a meaning that does not follow from their parts: when someone ‘kicked the […] Read more

Stageplaats aangeboden bij het Centre for Digital Humanities: eventorganisatie Digital Humanities Day

Het Centre for Digital Humanities zoekt een enthousiaste stagiaire om twee events in het najaar 2023 te organiseren. Zoek jij een uitdagende stage met veel verantwoordelijkheid en de mogelijkheid om jezelf te ontwikkelen? Lees dan verder. Binnen de geesteswetenschappen wordt steeds meer gebruik gemaakt van gedigitaliseerde data en tools om deze data te bewerken en […] Read more

Release of ‘Situating Data – Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture’

The Department of Media and Culture Studies (MCW) at the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University just released the edited volume Situating Data – Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture (Amsterdam University Press). This collection was initiated because the MCW researchers wanted to bring together the work around data in the department. The collection brings together various […] Read more

TikTok’s recommendation algorithm is harmful to people prone to eating disorders – Research by Data School

Together with news magazine De Groene Amsterdammer and television news service RTL Nieuws, Data School conducted research into TikTok’s recommendation algorithm. The researchers created 12 automated accounts that started with an initial interest in dieting, fitness, or slim women; within half an hour they spiraled into a constant stream of videos relating to eating disorders. “The happiest place on earth”, […] Read more

New: Introductory lecture Automatic Speech Recognition

Wat are the (im)possibilities of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)? How does ASR work, what are the current speech recognizers and what will (hopefully) change in the coming months? Sign up for the hybrid introductory lecture by researcher Language and Speech Technology Arjan van Hessen on Thursday 16 March from 10:00 to 12:00 hrs. Automatic Speech Recognition – […] Read more

Job alert: Specialist wetenschappelijke informatie Digital Humanities en Linked Open Data (0,8 – 1,0 fte)

Heb je ervaring met Digital Humanities, programmeren en Linked Open Data? Ligt je passie bij het ondersteunen van kwalitatief onderzoek en onderwijs? De Universiteitsbibliotheek van de Universiteit Utrecht is op zoek naar een specialist Digital Humanities om het bestaande team te versterken. Deadline om te reageren is 26 februari 2023. Bekijk de vacature hier. […] Read more

Blog by Hugo Quené – Open art: Rudolf Stingel

During the Christmas holidays, I was introduced to the work of Rudolf Stingel (1956). I saw fascinating similarities in his work to Open Science, and especially to two of its themes: FAIR Data and Software, and Public Engagement. FAIR Data and Software In 1988, Stingel started working on “silver paintings”, large canvases with monochrome backgrounds, […] Read more

Data School at #PrivacyCamp23

On January 25, Data School attended a panel in the 11th edition of Privacy Camp in Brussels. Privacy Camp is an annual conference that brings together digital rights advocates, activists, academics and policy-makers from all around Europe and beyond to discuss the most pressing issues facing human rights online. The panel to which the Data […] Read more

CDH Interview: How did we perceive animals and plants in the Netherlands over the past centuries? Language model GysBERT assists with mapping it out

How did a sixteenth-century Dutch inhabitant experience the animals and plants around him? And how did that change in the centuries that followed? When did the rabbit change from food into pet and the horse from means of transportation into pleasure animal? Literary texts, scientific texts and folk tales, in particular, offer a unique glimpse […] Read more

Questions about data, Python, R or any other aspects of digital humanities? Visit the Digital Humanities Walk-in Hours

Do you have a question about data, Python, or R? Or are you just finding your way in the field of digital humanities and need some guidance? All humanities staff and students are welcome to visit our weekly Digital Humanities Walk-in Hours on Thursdays from 14:00 to 15:00 hrs. Looking for a suitable digital tool to […] Read more

Internships at Data School

Data School is looking for new interns in block 3 and/or block 4 (February 6 to June 30, 2023). As an intern at Data School, you will participate in existing projects and you will have the opportunity to contribute and develop your own research project (possibly combined with writing a thesis). As an intern you […] Read more

Open Science Recognition and Rewards video: Digital Humanities Lab fulfills unique role between academics and support staff

Utrecht University presents its new vision on Recognition and Rewards in a series of videos. Our developers Luka van der Plas, Berit Janssen and head of DH-IT Andre van Kooij explain in this video how the Digital Humanities Lab (DHLab) fulfills a unique hybrid role between academics and support staff. The scientific developers of the DHLab develop […] Read more

CDH staff education program spring 2023 – New: workshops on demand

We are proud to present the new Staff Education Program of the Centre for Digital Humanities for January to June 2023. We again offer a diverse program with lectures and hands-on workshops in the field of digital humanities. In addition to the regular program, we now also offer Extra Workshops and Tailor-made Workshops on request. This is to ensure that the […] Read more

Monthly quantitative research design meetings for humanities staff – Sign up as presenter or participant

From February 2023, Statistical Advisor Kirsten Schutter will organize monthly ‘Quantitative research design meetings’ in the Living Lab Digital Humanities. These meetings are meant for humanities staff who are interested in or struggling with the quantitative component of their research designs. During this meetings researchers can present and discuss their ideas. According to textbooks on […] Read more

From 2023 the Digital Humanities Walk-in Hours move to Thursdays

From January 2023, the Digital Humanities Walk-in Hours will shift from Wednesdays to Thursdays. The time from 14:00 to 15:00 hrs will remain the same. All humanities staff and students are welcome to visit the Digital Humanities Walk-in Hours for face-to-face advice about all kinds of questions related to research data, digital humanities software, Python, statistics and […] Read more

Data School as ethical guide for the digital government

Iris Muis has just returned from a trip to the European Parliament, where she presented the Fundamental Rights & Algorithms Impact Assessment (FRAIA) together with Mirko Schäfer from Data School. Muis: ‘Organizations are increasingly using algorithms to make work more efficient and to hire fewer people. But if you use technology, you also have a […] Read more

Final SKILLNET Conference on November 17-18: Digital approaches to the Republic of Letters

On November 17 and 18, scholars and developers from all over Europe will come to Utrecht to discuss Digital Humanities-analysis and infrastructure on the final conference of the ERD project SKILLNET ‘Digital approaches to the Republic of Letters: text-mining, network analysis and infrastructures’. The Utrecht Digital Humanities Lab collaborated on this project. This two-day conference […] Read more

Vacature onderzoeksassistent ‘Journalistiek & Democratie: Coronaberichtgeving’

Voor een interdisciplinair onderzoeksproject binnen de context van de AI Labs Digital Humanities zoekt de Utrecht Data School (UDS) een onderzoeksassistent voor 0,25 fte vanaf 1 december 2022, voor 10 maanden. Het salaris is in lijn met dat van een student-assistent. De UDS zoekt iemand met datavaardigheden die kan helpen bij het analyseren van coronaberichtgeving […] Read more

Centre for Digital Humanities launches two Calls to Action for teachers

The possibilities of digital humanities (DH) appeal most to students when they are introduced by their own teachers with applications in their own field. The Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) has launched two ongoing Small Grants programs: one to promote the integration of digital humanities methods into the courses of the Faculty of Humanities and […] Read more

Job alert: Lecturer in Digital Humanities at Leiden Centre for Digital Humanities

The Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities (LUCDH) is looking for a lecturer in Digital Humanities (0.5 FTE) to teach Digital Humanities courses as well as support the advancement of digital research skills and tools at the Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University through workshops and other educational activities. In particular, they are looking for candidates that […] Read more

BOLD Profiler – an application to track bias in linked open data

With a grant from the SIDN Fund, the Utrecht Data School built the BOLD Profiler. This application detects bias in commonly used knowledge bases such as Wikidata. Disinformation is not always spread with a deliberate plan, but can also (unintentionally) originate from incorrect information, missing data or misrepresentation. For example, Wikidata is considered very reliable, […] Read more

Pim Huijnen and Joris van Eijnatten win Deswarte Prize in Digital History

With their paper ‘Something Happened to the Future: Reconstructing Temporalities in Dutch Parliamentary Debate, 1814–2018’ assistant professor Pim Huijnen and professor Joris van Eijnatten won the Richard Deswarte Prize, awarded each year to the best of digital history internationally. Pim Huijnen is affiliated member and Joris van Eijnatten is advisory board member within the Center […] Read more

Antal van den Bosch strategic advisor at the Centre for Digital Humanities

As of October 1, 2022, Antal van den Bosch has been officially appointed as strategic advisor at the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH). Based on his extensive experience, Van den Bosch will advise the CDH in the field of future vision, interdisciplinary collaboration and focal points. He will focus in particular on the use of […] Read more

North-West University visits the Centre for Digital Humanities

The Centre for Digital Humanities was pleased to receive a delegation of three professors from the humanities faculty of North-West University (NWU) in South Africa. The visitors wanted to explore the possibilities of integrating more digital humanities methods within several education tracks in their own faculty. To gain inspiration, they made a trip to various […] Read more

Philosophy professor Rainer Hegselmann comes to Utrecht for lecture on Opinion Dynamics

On Friday November 18th, Rainer Hegselmann, philosophy professor at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, will visit Utrecht to give a hybrid lecture for the Centre for Digital Humanities. Sign up now to join this lecture. Hegselmann is well-known in the field of Opinion Dynamics. Together with mathematician Ulrich Krause, he developed the Hegselmann-Krause […] Read more

Renewed Python course for humanities staff

This fall, the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) has decided to teach the Python workshop in four course days, with one week in between each of them. This gives the participants more opportunity to practice with the material and to make the knowledge stick better. After feedback from past semester on the Python workshop, the […] Read more

Digital Humanities Webinar: Talking XTC – Distant and close reading of digitized newspaper and radio data archives

Interested in using digital humanities methods in media archives? During this webinar on Friday October 21, media researcher Berrie van der Molen will talk about the ‘leveled approach’ he has used for his dissertation on the use of the term ecstasy in the public debate in the Dutch media since the 1980s. For this research Van der […] Read more

Job opening: Data Station Manager Humanities at DANS

DANS Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS-KNAW) is the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data. They are a service provider that helps researchers to make their data available for reuse. With more than 200,000 datasets, dozens of European projects and a staff of 60, DANS is among the leading data repositories […] Read more

Interview: How Mirko Tobias Schäfer relates to the theme of the conference “Rethink Impact”

This year’s theme of the ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association) 2022 conference in Denmark is ‘Rethink Impact’. The organization of the conference interviewed Mirko Schäfer on this theme. Schäfer is cofounder and Faculty of Science Lead of the Utrecht Data School and Associate Professor at UU. Read the interview here. […] Read more

Digital Humanities Lab presents READ-IT tool with international partners

At the SHARP Conference 2022, the Digital Humanities Lab (DHLab) recently presented the results of the international READ-IT project. With the Horizon2020 grant of 250,000 euros the DHLab built an advanced interface for this project. READ-IT (Reading Europe Advanced Investigation Tool) is a large-scale study of reading culture in Europe from the 18th century to […] Read more

Showcase text and data mining application I-Analyzer – The Age of Revolution through the lens of historical newspapers

Researchers and students are more and more interested in the use of text- and data-mining (TDM) for studying large quantities of digitally available text corpora, such as newspapers and journals. With TDM you can systematically experiment on and query sources as newspapers and periodicals in bulk, so that you can discover the evolution of concepts […] Read more

Hugo Quené introduces himself as track leader FAIR data & software

The UU Open Science Programme introduces new members of the Open Science community. This time, Hugo Quené, professor in quantitative methods of empirical research in the humanities, director of the Centre for Digital Humanities at UU and the new leader of FAIR data & software within the Open Science programme.  Who is Hugo Quené? Originally, […] Read more

eScience Center Call: Digital approaches to the Humanities

This call for proposals, launched by the Netherlands eScience Center, aims to help researchers in the Humanities who require research software or digital tooling to answer their research problem. Researchers new to applying digital research methods as well as experienced users are encouraged to apply. A successful proposal should address a research question in a […] Read more

Digital Humanities Walk-in Hours – Python, R, Digital Humanities software and Research Data Management

Do you have questions about creating datasets, sharing them or data security? Struggling with your Python script? Looking for a suitable digital tool to use for your research project? Do you have questions on how to analyse your data with R? You are welcome to visit the Digital Humanities Walk-in Hours for face-to-face advice about […] Read more

Digital Humanities Lab launches AuChAnn

The Digital Humanities Lab (DHLab) recently launched AuChAnn, the Automatic CHAT Annotation tool. AuChAnn is a python library that can read a Dutch transcript and interpretation pair and generate a fitting CHAT annotation. Scientific developers Sheean Spoel and Mees van Stiphout of the DHLab developed AuChAnn in collaboration with Frank Wijnen, Professor of psycholinguistics at […] Read more

Open Science grant awarded to Digital Humanities Lab

The scientific developers of the Utrecht Digital Humanities Lab (DHLab) have been awarded a grant from the Open Science Fund. The main objective of the rewarded project is to make the past and future research software of DHLab as FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) as possible. The Open Science Fund is an opportunity for Utrecht University and […] Read more

Department of Media and Culture Studies and Digital Humanities Lab launch of Digital Atlas of Europe: postcolonial intellectuals

In collaboration with the Digital Humanities Lab, Professor of Media, Gender and Postcolonial Studies Sandra Ponzanesi and research assistant Julia de Lange launched the Digital Atlas of Postcolonial Europe: Postcolonial Intellectuals. The Digital Atlas of Europe aims to visualise the connections of postcolonial intellectuals across time and space, within and beyond Europe. It offers a symbolic selection of major postcolonial figures […] Read more

CDH Staff Education Program Sept – Dec 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 now. Attendance to CDH courses and workshops (not the webinars) will be compensated by the Centre for Digital Humanities […] Read more

Hugo Quené becomes track leader within the UU Open Science Programme

The Open Science Programme was established by Utrecht University to stimulate and facilitate researchers to put open science into practice. Hugo Quené, director of the Centre for Digital Humanities, will lead the FAIR data & software track within this programme. Utrecht University wants to promote open science as part of its promise to make science […] Read more

Text-mining platform Constellate offers free summer workshops

This June and July the Constellate platform offers free workshops to teach you the skills – or advance them to a new level – to work with Constellate, a service that provides all the tools for proficiency in data analysis and digital literacy. The Utrecht University Library currently offers access to this platform which allows […] Read more

Antal van den Bosch appointed Professor of Language, Communication and Computation

As of 1 September 2022, CDH Advisory Board member, prof. Antal van den Bosch, has been appointed Professor of Language, Communication and Computation at the Faculty of Humanities of Utrecht University. Van den Bosch is a pioneer in the field of language technology and artificial intelligence. He works on applications in language and communication sciences and, […] Read more

Mirko Schäfer appointed Visiting Professor to University of Helsinki

For the coming three years, CDH programme team member Mirko Schäfer has been appointed Visiting Professor at the Helsinki Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities (HSSH). Developing the Utrecht Data School at Utrecht University, Mirko Schäfer has built a track-record of societally engaged research for inquiring datafication and algorithmization at government organisation in the Netherlands. […] Read more

Utrecht Summer School courses open for registration

Again this summer, the Utrecht Summer School offers an interesting range of courses related to data science and digital humanities. The courses last four or five full days. Data science and digital humanities summer courses: Data science: Statistical Programming with R: 4 July – 8 July 2022 Data science: Introduction to Text Mining with R: […] Read more

Utrecht Data School and De Groene Amsterdammer win ‘Tegel’ award

The article ‘Misogynie als politiek wapen’, a collaboration between Joris Veerbeek and Sahra Mohamed (Utrecht Data School) and Coen van de Ven and Karlijn Saris (De Groene Amsterdammer), has won a ‘Tegel’ in the category ‘CBS Data’. The Tegel is the most important Dutch award for journalism. The Utrecht Data School (UDS) regularly collaborates with […] Read more

Big discount on Transkribus services through CDH subscription

Transkribus is a comprehensive solution for the digitization, AI-powered text recognition, transcription and searching of historical documents. As a staff member of the Faculty of Humanities you can now use this platform at a very reduced rate. The Centre for Digital Humanities has purchased a READ-COOP subscription, so that all staff of the Faculty of […] Read more

One year of Living Lab Digital Humanities, how does it work in practice?

Joint programming in Python, the best place for hybrid meetings and fiddling with screens and microphones. The Living Lab Digital Humanities, a collaboration of the University Library and the Centre for Digital Humanities, was launched a year ago. Who uses this ‘workshop’ for digital research and education? What can you do there and what could be […] Read more

CLARIAH opens Fellowship Call 2022

CLARIAH opens the Fellowship Call 2022 in order to further improve the CLARIAH infrastructure and encourage its use. This infrastructure consists of a wide variety of tools, services and datasets. The CLARIAH Board distinguishes two kinds of fellowship: Research Fellowships and Teaching Fellowships. Every person who is employed by an organization that is eligible for […] Read more

Gerda Henkel Fellowship in Digital History

With the generous support of the Gerda Henkel Foundation, the German Historical Institute (GHI) and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at the George Mason University (RRCHNM) invite applications from postdoctoral scholars and advanced doctoral students based in Europe for a 12-month fellowship in digital history. This fellowship aims to connect scholars […] Read more

Ontwikkelaar Digital Humanities gezocht bij Utrecht Centre for Digital Humanities

Het Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) zoekt een programmeur/ontwikkelaar voor de periode van een jaar (0,8-1,0 fte) die meewerkt aan diverse projecten. Binnen de geesteswetenschappen wordt steeds meer gebruik gemaakt van gedigitaliseerde data en tools om deze data te bewerken en analyseren. Om onderzoek en onderwijs op dit gebied te ondersteunen is aan de faculteit […] Read more

Two more Digital Humanities projects awarded by AI Labs Call to Action

The second ‘call to action’ of the AI Labs at UU has resulted in two more 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 […] Read more

Interview with Suzanne Ros, winner of the Digital history thesis award

During her research into the term ‘Anthropocene’ for her bachelor’s thesis in history, Suzanne Ros discovered that the subject was much larger than she had expected. She decided to dive into digital methods that could help her with her analysis, and she taught herself Python through YouTube videos. Successfully. She won the recently created thesis […] Read more

Vacancy: Assistant Professor in Art History (with a focus on digital approaches) (1.0 FTE)

The Art History Section within the Department of History and Art History seeks to appoint a fulltime Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) in Digital Art History, with expertise in digital and/or computational methods in art history, the proven ability to apply these methods in teaching and research in the field of art and architectural history, and […] Read more

Sciences and Humanities join forces in Centre for Digital Humanities

The Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities join forces in the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) at Utrecht University. Investigating the implications of AI and datafication for our digital society requires concerted interdisciplinary and even transdisciplinary efforts. The CDH aims to effectively respond to this urgent need, and to connect better with various societal partners to different […] Read more

Places available for the Statistics for Humanities beginner’s course on March 18 and June 3

Due to the cancellation of this workshop last week, we are now organizing two replacement workshops of the course ‘Basics of Statistics – Hands-on training day for humanities/researchers’. The first will take place on Friday, March 18, and the second on Friday, June 3. Workshop content Data are becoming increasingly important in the humanities. In […] Read more

Vote for the Carla Atzema Soroptimistprijs

The article ‘Misogynie als politiek wapen‘, for which Joris Veerbeek and Sahra Mohamed conducted the data research, has been nominated for the Carla Atzema Soroptimistprijs, an award for an outstanding journalistic project on the position and rights of women. You can vote now! The nominated article on the sexism that female political representatives have to […] Read more

Utrecht Data School joins CDH

Starting March 1st, 2022, Utrecht Data School (UDS) will become part of the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) at Utrecht University under the joint deanship of the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities.  Investigating the implications of AI and datafication for our digital society requires concerted interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary efforts. Over the past years, UDS developed collaborative projects with societal […] Read more

CDH@RUG presents: Digital Hands ON webinar series – Discussing the handling of historical texts through DH tools

Digital Hands ON is the new webinar series of the Groningen Centre for Digital Humanities, highlighting new tools and methods. Historical texts are crucial across Humanities fields, and a variety of digital methods both enhance and expand our possibilities for studying, exploring, editing, and manipulating them. This series brings together scholars and researchers from different domains to […] Read more

Vacancy: knowledge and data engineer

The Utrecht Data School and the department of Computer Science at Utrecht University are looking for a ‘knowledge and data engineer’ for a project on Bias in Open Knowledge Graphs. Deadline to respond is February 25, 2022. Job description The candidate will develop an application to automatically detect the different kinds of bias in Linked […] Read more

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

Call KB researcher-in-Residence

Are you a researcher working with or interested in the digital collections of the National Library of the Netherlands (KB)? The KB is seeking proposals for its fully paid Researcher-in-Residence program in 2022. This program offers a unique chance for early career researchers of all disciplines to work in the library with the Digital Scholarship […] Read more

Vacancies developer and web developer

Do you want to work as a (web)developer in the midst of the latest developments in the field of Digital Humanities (DH)? The Centre for Digital Humanities is looking for a DH developer and a DH web developer. Find more info here (the vacancies are in Dutch): Ontwikkelaar Digital Humanities (0,6 – 1,0 fte) Webdeveloper […] Read more

New source material now available via I-Analyzer

A new corpus consisting of the annual reports (1957 – 2008) of 304 companies are now available via I-Analyzer, the online text- and datamining application of the Digital Humanities Lab. The reports are offered in two categories: financial- and non-financial companies. You can log in with your Solis ID or create your own account. The source material is archived […] Read more

New HAI Call out now!

The new HAI call is the fourth call for projects to be funded by HAI (Human-centered Artificial Intelligence). The projects resulting from this call will be accommodated by the existing SIGs. This is the first call where it is also possible to request up to €8000 for compensation for teaching and administrative tasks to write […] Read more

CDH training days for staff

‘Glad I now have a little more understanding of the programs, of what they can do and how they work.’ On 17 and 24 June, The Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) organized the first two training days for staff in the DH Living Lab. Both courses on the basics of text mining and network analysis […] Read more

AI Labs – call to action

Utrecht University encourages more collaborative, transdisciplinary, long-term and sustainable research projects with public and private organisations. With the start of the AI Labs, we aim to provide external parties and sectors with the means to address their (societal) challenges through AI and Data Science research and techniques, and to collaborate with interdisciplinary science teams at Utrecht University. […] Read more

CFP: CHR2021

The Computational Humanities Research (CHR) community is an international and interdisciplinary community that supports researchers with an interest in computational approaches to the humanities. The 2021 edition of the Computational Humanities Research conference will be an online event. Read more […] Read more

Call KB Researcher-in-Residence 2022

The KB is seeking proposals for its fully paid Researcher-in-Residence program in 2022. This program offers a unique chance for early career researchers of all disciplines to work in the library with the Digital Scholarship team and KB data. […] Read more

Netherlands eScience Center – Team Manager in the Social Sciences & Humanities domain

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Technical help and inspiration in the Living Lab Digital Humanities

On the 20th of May, the Living Lab Digital Humanities will open in the University Library City Centre. Prof. Dr. Hugo Quené, Professor of Quantitative Methods of Empirical Research in the Humanities, talks about this cooperation between the Centre for Digital Humanities and the library. What is the Living Lab Digital Humanities?The Living Lab Digital Humanities will be a […] Read more

CFP: Eighth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLiC-it 2021)

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Arabic corpora

In this project two large Arabic Corpora will be prepared for analysis: The massive Shi’i encyclopedia of legal texts Oceans of Light (written around 1700, in 110 volumes). A collection of fourteen encyclopedic anthologies of poetry and belles-lettres, all written, from the 9th to the 18th century, in the Sunni world. The legal texts will […] Read more

Geesteswetenschappers dreigen digitale boot te missen

Lees hier de oproep van Joris van Eijnatten op DUB. […] Read more