This interactive workshop, with Prof. James Baker (University of Southampton), will examine how those involved in digital research infrastructure, whether researchers themselves, Research Software Engineers, GLAM professionals or others, can take decisions and actions to reduce the environmental impact of their infrastructure. This workshop will take place in person only in Edward Boyle Library, level...
Join Wikimedia and Open Research Adviser Lucy Hinnie alongside us in DCCH, to learn how you can build Wiki into your arts and humanities research. Wiki isn't just Wikipedia: from Wikidata to Wikimedia Commons, Wiki promotes open and reproducible research across disciplines, including the arts and humanities. This session will discuss some of the basics...
The Digital Humanities Research Group and the Institute for Medieval Studies are delighted to welcome you to a seminar by Liz Hebbard, Assistant Professor of French/Francophone Studies in the Department of French and Italian at Indiana University, and founding co-director of the Indiana University Book Lab. Dr Hebbard is a specialist of the music and...
Day workshop introducing low-cost multi-spectral imaging of cultural heritage artefacts. No previous experience necessary. Open to N8 Researchers only. The workshop uses case studies from collections to demonstrate how one can deploy multi-spectral imaging technology on a budget of less than £1,000. Attendees will learn how a commonly-available mirrorless RGB camera can be used and...
The Society for Italian Studies in the UK and Ireland (SIS) and the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies invite you to join their conference exploring how the field of Italian Studies has responded to the ‘digital turn’. Please complete your registration by Thursday 15 May 2025.
This workshop, designed for beginners, is a short ‘taster’ session that aims to showcase the value of Social Network Analysis (SNA) – in which the relationships between individuals and/or groups that interact with each other are examined – with humanities research in mind. It furthermore functions as an introduction to the software package Gephi, which...
Mapping has always played an important part in humanities research, but the growth in accessibility of digital mapping technology has changed how humanists use maps, both for research and to tell stories from that research to a range of audiences. This workshop looks at ‘story maps’, that is, maps that tell a story from humanities...
Session looking at how researchers are reimagining open research practices for their own discipline. Event open to all staff and students at the University of Leeds. Lunch provided.
Since 2019, 3841 volunteers from around the world helped transcribe 11,416 pages of Sir Humphry Davy’s notebooks and lecture notes, most of which are held in the Royal Institution in London. In this talk, Professor Sharon Ruston will discuss the highs and lows of a crowdsourcing project and reflect upon some of the findings that...