Are you just getting started in the field of digital humanities and do you need some expert guidance to shape your research or education? Or do you have a more specific question about research software, digital sources, programming, or statistics?

All teachers, researchers and students at the Faculty of Humanities of Utrecht University are welcome to visit our weekly Digital Humanities walk-in hours. You do not need an appointment, feel free to join us on Thursdays from 14:00 to 15:00 hrs in the Digital Humanities Workspace!

During the DH walk-in hours various digital humanities specialists will be present to provide you with consultancy whether you are a beginner or more advanced in digital humanities. The team is comprised of a scientific developer from the Research Software Lab, support staff from the Data School, a member of Research Data Management (RDM) Support and a DH specialist of the University Library.

We can advise on, for example:

• how to get started with digital humanities in your humanities research or education;
• how to develop or adapt your courses to match the new ‘digital literacy’ end terms;
• the technical component of your research (funding) proposal;
• finding appropriate existing research software, the development of new tailor-made applications or how to optimize your self-written code;
• creating and sharing datasets, data security or privacy issues;
• how to analyze your data with R or Python;
• acquiring, archiving, and accessing qualitative and quantitative data;
• using digital humanities methods in education;
• automatic optical character or handwriting recognition;
• digitized full-text corpora and Linked Open Data;
• your quantitative research design, and which methods and statistical analysis to use.

Where and when?

If you want to visit the DH walk-in hour in person, you are welcome at the Digital Humanities Workspace, located in the University Library City Centre, Drift 27, Room 0.32. The DH walk-in hours take place every Thursday from 14:00 to 15:00 hrs, you can view a list of the upcoming DH walk-in hours here.

Not in Utrecht? Contact us!

Are you unable to be physically present in Utrecht on Thursdays? Feel free to email us at cdh@uu.nl and we will gladly help you on our way.