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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…