Training Programme
Every semester, the Centre for Digital Humanities presents a new Training Programme with workshops, courses and lectures. All CDH events are free and require a relatively small time investment, and most workshops are at entry-level.
For whom?
All staff members and students of the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University (UU) are warmly invited to register for our free events. UU staff from other faculties are also welcome to participate in most activities. Parts of our programme – particularly the lecture series – are open to all who are interested. Please check the event-specific details in the training calendar to see what applies to each activity.
Registration
You can find registration forms at the bottom of every event page. Please register early to secure your place, as spots are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Our CDH team looks forward to meeting you in our workshops, lectures, other events and weekly Digital Humanities walk-in hours!
Lecture: How the presence of Big Tech reshapes values in healthcare
During this online lecture, Lotje Siffels examines the expansion of Big Tech in the Dutch health sector. She argues that by buying into the technologies of Big Tech, we also adopt their underlying logics and values. How should we respond to this? For over a decade, Big Tech companies have been expanding their presence in […] Read more
The Digital Humanities Dialogue for Students – 2nd edition
Could digital methods help you unlock something new with your humanities studies? Come and find out at The Digital Humanities Dialogue on 23 October! Have you ever wondered how digital research methods could be useful for your research? Or are you already using digital methods and curious to hear about the experiences of others? At […] Read more
Lecture: Language models and the homogenization of scientific culture
LLMs can both reflect and reshape the norms of the communities that form them. What if reshaping becomes homogenisation? Institutions need to address challenges arising with using language models in scientific writing, but to assess the issues, data is required. […] Read more
Workshop: Entry-level Python in four days
This entry level Python course is designed for humanities teachers, researchers, and students who want to learn the basics of this popular programming language. Led by the scientific developers of the CDH Research Software Lab, this hands-on training spans four Wednesdays, starting on 18 November 2026. Why learn Python? With computers being fast and widely available, […] Read more
Workshop: Capturing objects in 3D – Photogrammetry in heritage research
Photogrammetry is a powerful and accessible technique for creating detailed 3D models using photography. In this workshop, Sjors Nab and Sanne Frequin from the UU ArtLab will guide you through the process of transforming ordinary images into high-quality digital 3D representations of objects. What once required specialized scanning equipment can now often be achieved with […] Read more
Cursusdag: Werken met SASTA: Semi-Automatische Spontane TaalAnalyse
SASTA is een webapplicatie die clinici en onderzoekers helpt bij het uitvoeren van een spontane taalanalyse van taalsamples van kinderen met een normale taalontwikkeling of een taalontwikkelingsstoornis en van personen met afasie. De applicatie kan taalsamples analyseren volgens TARSP (Schlichting, 2005, 2017), STAP (Verbeek et al., 2007, van Ierland et al., 2008) en ASTA (Boxum […] Read more
Lecture: On prompting and AI – How students “talk” to Generative AI Chatbots
Better understanding students’ communication practices with GenAI could help with identifying risks to learning and assessment, while scoping what students’ educational needs are: both in relation to their respective study programs and to critical AI literacy in general. By utilising data donations, Dennis Nguyen and Karin van Es secured the ChatGPT logs of 16 university students in the […] Read more