Hugo Quené introduces himself as track leader FAIR data & software

The UU Open Science Programme introduces new members of the Open Science community. This time, Hugo Quené, professor in quantitative methods of empirical research in the humanities, director of the Centre for Digital Humanities at UU and the new leader of FAIR data & software within the Open Science programme.  Who is Hugo Quené? Originally, […] Read more

eScience Center Call: Digital approaches to the Humanities

This call for proposals, launched by the Netherlands eScience Center, aims to help researchers in the Humanities who require research software or digital tooling to answer their research problem. Researchers new to applying digital research methods as well as experienced users are encouraged to apply. A successful proposal should address a research question in a […] Read more

Digital Humanities Lab launches AuChAnn

The Digital Humanities Lab (DHLab) recently launched AuChAnn, the Automatic CHAT Annotation tool. AuChAnn is a python library that can read a Dutch transcript and interpretation pair and generate a fitting CHAT annotation. Scientific developers Sheean Spoel and Mees van Stiphout of the DHLab developed AuChAnn in collaboration with Frank Wijnen, Professor of psycholinguistics at […] Read more

Open Science grant awarded to Digital Humanities Lab

The scientific developers of the Utrecht Digital Humanities Lab (DHLab) have been awarded a grant from the Open Science Fund. The main objective of the rewarded project is to make the past and future research software of DHLab as FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) as possible. The Open Science Fund is an opportunity for Utrecht University and […] Read more

Department of Media and Culture Studies and Digital Humanities Lab launch of Digital Atlas of Europe: postcolonial intellectuals

In collaboration with the Digital Humanities Lab, Professor of Media, Gender and Postcolonial Studies Sandra Ponzanesi and research assistant Julia de Lange launched the Digital Atlas of Postcolonial Europe: Postcolonial Intellectuals. The Digital Atlas of Europe aims to visualise the connections of postcolonial intellectuals across time and space, within and beyond Europe. It offers a symbolic selection of major postcolonial figures […] Read more

CDH Staff Education Program Sept – Dec 2022

We are proud to present the new staff education program of the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH). We again offer a diverse program with lectures and hands-on workshops on all kinds of different aspects of digital humanities. Registration is open now. Attendance to CDH courses and workshops (not the webinars) will be compensated by the Centre for Digital Humanities […] Read more

Hugo Quené becomes track leader within the UU Open Science Programme

The Open Science Programme was established by Utrecht University to stimulate and facilitate researchers to put open science into practice. Hugo Quené, director of the Centre for Digital Humanities, will lead the FAIR data & software track within this programme. Utrecht University wants to promote open science as part of its promise to make science […] Read more

Text-mining platform Constellate offers free summer workshops

This June and July the Constellate platform offers free workshops to teach you the skills – or advance them to a new level – to work with Constellate, a service that provides all the tools for proficiency in data analysis and digital literacy. The Utrecht University Library currently offers access to this platform which allows […] Read more

Antal van den Bosch appointed Professor of Language, Communication and Computation

As of 1 September 2022, CDH Advisory Board member, prof. Antal van den Bosch, has been appointed Professor of Language, Communication and Computation at the Faculty of Humanities of Utrecht University. Van den Bosch is a pioneer in the field of language technology and artificial intelligence. He works on applications in language and communication sciences and, […] Read more