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 one-day symposium (FOR N8 RESEARCHERS ONLY) will feature keynote talks, position papers and discussion from researchers and practitioners across disciplines. Bringing together expertise from across the humanities and machine learning. The event will be in person and hybrid.
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...
Supported by Open Research Adviser Kikachukwu Oluonye from the Library, DoRIs are uniquely placed to advocate for open research within their disciplinary specialism and to help us understand discipline specific challenges and barriers. At this online event we will hear from Kikachukwu about progress since the launch, and from Dr Myles Gould and Dr Roger Beecham, DoRIs both based...
Join Dr. Samantha Blickhan for an introduction to online crowdsourcing for Digital Humanities and GLAMs. This one-hour session will include an overview of the Zooniverse Project Builder, with a specific focus on Digital Humanities tools and infrastructure (including new and experimental tools, such as OCR correction), as well as examples of past DH projects and a discussion...