Topic: Digital methods
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Lecture by Steven E. Jones: “A New Humanism”: Expo ’58, Roberto Busa, and the First Humanities Computing Center. Recording and interview.
Learn moreLecture by Prof. Dr. Steven E. Jones, University of South Florida, and exclusive interview for the C²DH’s ‘New Horizons’ lecture series.
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Transatlantic Perspectives on Digital Hermeneutics
Learn moreOn 10-12 October 2019, the international conference ‘Digital Hermeneutics: from Research to Dissemination’ took place at the German Historical Institute (GHI) in Washington DC. The conference aimed to critically reflect on the radical impact of the digital turn on all stages of historical research, including archiving, research, analysis, interpretation and dissemination on a transatlantic level.
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A guide to using collections of digitised newspapers as historical sources
Learn moreThe impresso team has prepared a guide for scholars on using collections of digitised newspapers as historical sources, published on the PARTHENOS platform.
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International Oral History Workshop
Learn moreThis July 2019 workshop at C²DH was focused on digital oral history in the United States, its evolution over the past 20 years, and the prominent tools and methods currently available in the field. We used a combination of demonstrations, hands-on exercises, contributions from participants, and open discussion to facilitate an intercontinental dialogue, all aimed…
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Lecture by Jane Winters: Reflections on the past, present and future of digital archives. Recording and interview.
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Nibbling at text: identifying discourses on Europe in a large collection of historical newspapers using topic modelling
Learn moreHow can computer-assisted methods help us to solve problems that are fundamental to historical research? In a series of two blog posts we discuss a research pilot that aims to identify anti-modernist discourses on Europe in historical Swiss newspapers from the period 1939-1945.
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Lecture Tim Hitchcock – Beyond Close and Distant Reading: recording and interview
Learn moreLecture by Tim Hitchcock, Professor of Digital History at the University of Sussex, and exclusive interview for the C²DH’s ‘New Horizons’ lecture series.
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Experimenting with the use of interactive digital storytelling in academia
Learn moreOn 19 and 20 March, the C²DH hosted a two-day hands-on workshop on the use of interactive digital storytelling for academic historians with Sandra Gaudenzi, one of the leading experts in interactive storytelling and a senior lecturer at the University of Westminster.
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Integrating the digital into the academic curriculum of history – How to engage your audience
Learn moreAfter launching the Ranke.2 teaching platform on digital source criticism in autumn 2018, I assumed that its appearance and form – short colourful animations and easy-to-digest chunks of information – would soon catch the attention of lecturers and encourage them to use it in their courses. But a recent meeting with colleagues made me realise…
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