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Upcoming events
The number of degree programs in Digital Humanities is increasing, raising questions about curricular content. The explicit inclusion of theories and theory-oriented questions remains rare in these DH programs. While there is no unified definition of "theory" in DH, the DHd working group "Digital Humanities Theory" aims to identify relevant, classic, or widely-cited items in this field and organize them in a structured, modular format for self-study and, more importantly, for teaching purposes. In addition to classical texts, the selection also includes projects, reports, software, and datasets. The modules are designed to incorporate university-level didactic elements, such as questions and learning objectives. Access to this "Starter Kit for DH Theory" is intended to be multiperspectival. The poster consolidates the working group's activities on the starter kit to date, outlines the current progress, and invites discussion and participation in its further development.
The poster will be exhibited at the conference ‘Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum 2025’ from 3 to 7 March in Bielefeld.
Persons involved: Jonathan Geiger, Tessa Gengnagel, Philipp Hegel, Rabea Kleymann, Alexa Lucke
Past events
This talk focuses on examining the role and development of theory-building in the Digital Humanities, engaging with current debates and controversies in the field. Central to this discussion is the exploration of the diverse contexts in which the concept of "theory" is applied, encompassing perspectives from the humanities, computer science, computational linguistics, and statistics. Through case studies, the interplay of different theoretical approaches within specific research settings is analyzed. The talk aims not only to encourage reflection on theory-building in the Digital Humanities but also to propose new approaches for participatory and collaborative theory development.
The talk will be held in German and is part of the lecture series "Digital Humanities: Grundlagen, Methoden und Reflexion in interdisziplinärer Perspektive" at the University of Hamburg.
Persons involved: Rabea Kleymann, Julia Nantke, Heike Zinsmeister
This lecture is part of the workshop "(Generative) AI for Cultural and Text Data" held from November 4-5, 2024, in Weimar and will be conducted in collaboration with Julian Schröter, Munich. The workshop is organized by the DHd-AG Angewandte Generative KI in den Digitalen Geisteswissenschaften. The working group is dedicated to the research and application of generative artificial intelligence, particularly large language models (LLMs), in the digital humanities.
Persons involved: Rabea Kleymann, Julian Schröter among others.
The "I, Expert" conference at Chemnitz University of Technology promotes the scientific dialogue on the latest research findings of the partners from Chemnitz and Zaragoza. The participants will report on topics such as recontextualisation in science communication, the discourse of different genres of science communication and their own experiences in science communication. Students and young scientists will also present their research projects and receive valuable feedback. In a workshop, the participants will draw up a list of genres in science communication and characterise these genres. The list will be used to create the best practice collection during the autumn school.
Persons involved: Rabea Kleymann, Marina Ivanova among others.
