Are you new to the field of digital humanities and looking for expert guidance to shape your research or education? Or do you have a 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. No appointment is needed – just drop by on Thursdays from 14:00 to 15:00 hrs in the Digital Humanities Workspace!

During the DH walk-in hours, a scientific developer from the Research Software Lab and a DH specialist of the University Library will be present to assist you, whether you are a beginner or more advanced in digital humanities. Additional expertise from the Data School, Research Data Management (RDM) Support, and our statistical advisor is available on short notice. 

We can advise on topics such as:

• 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?

The DH walk-in hours take place every Thursday from 14:00 to 15:00 in the Digital Humanities Workspace, located at the University Library City Centre. The Spring semester walk-in hours start on 22 January and end in June. Note: the walk-in hour on 19 March will take place ONLINE. Find a list of the upcoming DH walk-in hours here.

Not in Utrecht? Contact us!

If you’re unable to attend in person, feel free to reach out by email at cdh@uu.nl. We’ll be happy to help you on our way.