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
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
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
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
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
The Department of History and Art History at Utrecht University is looking for a candidate in the field of digital art history for the PhD-project “The (R)evolution of Reconstruction: an analysis of digital facsimiles”. This project analyses the value of digital facsimiles for researchers, heritage institutions, and museum visitors, in the past, present and future. […] Read more
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
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
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
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