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…

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…

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 –…

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…

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…

23 March 2023 @ 13:00 – 14:00 – The ‘Quantitative research design meetings’ meetings – organized and hosted by Statistical Advisor Kirsten Schutter- are meant for humanities staff that is interested in or is struggling with the quantitative component of …

23 February 2023 @ 13:00 – 14:00 – The ‘Quantitative research design meetings’ meetings – organized and hosted by Statistical Advisor Kirsten Schutter- are meant for humanities staff that is interested in or is struggling with the quantitative component of …

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…

16 March 2023 @ 10:00 – 12:00 – During this hybrid lecture, Arjan van Hessen, researcher language and speech technology, will talk about the possibilities of using Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR). He will explain the (im)possibilities of the …

07 March 2023 @ 13:00 – 15:00 – In this workshop, Sander Prins and Jeroen Bakker, researchers at Utrecht Data School, will introduce you to social media data collection and analysis. After this hands-on session, you will be …

15 May 2023 @ 09:30 – 16:30 – Data are becoming increasingly important in the humanities. In this one day course, intended for researchers and teachers in the humanities, you will learn the basics of statistical data analysis. …

23 March 2023 @ 15:00 – 16:15 – For his PhD research, Gerwin van Schie delved into the data systems of Dutch government bodies to look at the algorithms used there. During this webinar, he will talk about …