Interview Jeroen Salman: “The network allows researchers to learn about each other’s expertise” 18/07/2023 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’ 07/07/2023 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 04/07/2023 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 30/06/2023 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 08/06/2023 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
Cancelled: Digital Humanities Walk-In Hours on Thursday of June 1 01/06/2023 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 23/05/2023 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 22/05/2023 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 28/04/2023 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 24/04/2023 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 13/04/2023 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 06/04/2023 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 06/04/2023 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 30/03/2023 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) 24/03/2023 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 15/03/2023 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? 13/03/2023 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) 24/02/2023 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 23/02/2023 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 16/02/2023 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
