An Open Research Series organized by the Perseus Digital Library, the Tufts Department of Classics and by the Alexander von Humboldt Chair of Digital Humanities at the University of Leipzig.
Talks will take place in Eaton Hall on the Medford Campus of Tufts University and in Paulinum 402 at the University of Leipzig. All talks will be broadcast as Google Hangouts and published on YouTube.
The URLs for the Google Hangouts and for the Youtube recordings will be posted in this web page.
Part 1. Introducing Digital Humanities
What is digital humanities? Why does it matter to you? All humanities disciplines welcome.
| Date | Time | Location | Topic & Speaker | Links |
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| 29 Feb 2016 | 12:00-1:00 pm EST | Eaton Hall 202 | Language, Digital Philology and the Humanities in a Global Society. Gregory Crane, Winnick Family Chair and Professor of Classics, Tufts University; Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Digital Humanities, University of Leipzig |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8gB0QxfTCE |
| 2 Mar 2016 | 12:00-1:00 pm EST | Eaton Hall 202 | Digital Humanities: Everything you wanted to know but haven’t yet asked. Thomas Koentges, Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities, University of Leipzig |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1HDQKiOvkE |
| 7 Mar 2016 | 12:00-1:00 pm EST | Eaton Hall 202 | Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods. Thomas Koentges, Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities, University of Leipzig Melinda Johnston, prev. Cartoon Specialist, National Library of New Zealand. |
http://youtu.be/ZrRW81j9hOs |
Part 2. Digital Humanities Showcase
Ask the experts! Hear and discuss use-cases of recent DH research and teaching.
| Date | Time | Location | Topic & Speaker | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar 2016 | 4:00-5:00 pm EST | Eaton Hall 123 | Valid and Verified Undergraduate Research. Christopher Blackwell, Forgione University Professor, Furman University Marie-Claire Beaulieu, Assistant Professor, Tufts University |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypUKtYkI0F0 |
| 14 Mar 2016 | 12:00-1:00 pm EDT | Eaton Hall 202 | eLearning and Computational Language Research. Thomas Koentges, Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities, University of Leipzig |
http://youtu.be/5DR-E5MKfaE |
| 4 Apr 2016 | 12:00-1:00 pm EDT | Eaton Hall 202 | Rediscovery of Postclassical Latin and European Culture. Neven Jovanovic, Associate Professor of Latin, University of Zagreb Petra Sostaric, Lecturer, University of Zagreb |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7CpD5o-LEk |
| 11 Apr 2016 | 12:00-1:00 pm EDT | Eaton Hall 202 | Visualizing Literary and Historical Social Networks. Ryan Cordell, Assistant Professor of English, Northeastern University |
http://youtu.be/1VR5TQvmpY8 |
| 11 Apr 2016 | 5:00-6:00 pm EDT | Eaton Hall 123 | From Archive to Corpus: Bottom-Up Bibliography for Millions of Books. David A Smith, Assistant Professor College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University |
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| 25 Apr 2016 | 12:00-1:00 pm EDT | Eaton Hall 202 | Spatial and Chronological Patterns in Historical Texts. Maxim Romanov, Postdoctoral Researcher, Digital Humanities, University of Leipzig |
https://youtu.be/3AGvYSJnO3g |
| 27 Apr 2016 | 12:00-1:00 pm EDT | Eaton Hall 202 | Digital Art History. Chiara Pidatella, Lecturer in Art History, Tufts |
http://youtu.be/sjitphA8gl0 |
| 2 May 2016 | 12:00-1:00 pm EDT | Eaton Hall 202 | Representing Influence: writing about text reuse when everything is online. Ioannis Evrigenis, Professor of Political Science, Tufts University Monica Berti, Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities, University of Leipzig |
TBA |