GhentCDH
The Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities (GhentCDH) engages in the field of ‘Digital Humanities’ at Ghent University, ranging from archaeology and geography to linguistics and cultural studies. It develops DH collaboration and supports research projects, teaching activities and infrastructure projects across the faculties.
Digital heritage
The Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities actively supports projects in digital heritage, public participation and virtual exhibitions. We help researchers, educators, and students in creating, managing, and presenting their digital collections.
Geospatial analysis
The Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities offers advice, support and training in geospatial data management, analysis and visualization.
Digital text analysis
The Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities is committed to advancing the study of textual sources through the use of digital tools. We offer guidance on a wide range of technologies, including Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and the processing of tabular and layout data.
Collaborative databases
The Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities assists researchers in collaboratively managing and working with research data, offering tailored solutions to suit their needs. We provide guidance on tools like Nodegoat, a web-based platform for data management, analysis, and visualization. Our services also include advice on best practices for data standards, long-term storage, interoperability, and linked data integration.
News
Open Research Week 2026
Open Research Week 2026 is a collaboration between the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, Edge Hill University, and the University of Essex. It is a week that celebrates and promotes open research for researchers and colleagues who support open research. Whilst some sessions are UK-focused, others will be of interest to colleagues around the world. (source: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/open-research/open-research-week-2026/)
SSH Open Marketplace hands-on workshop to strengthen FAIR and digital research skills
The SSH Open Marketplace Editorial Board is happy to invite you to a series of 8 hands-on workshops to strengthen FAIR and digital research skills. The learning objectives of this training series, spread across the year, are to understand Open Science, FAIR and CARE principles in practice, navigate and critically use the SSH Open Marketplace, integrate digital resources into research workflows, contribute to and curate resources, apply domain-specific standards, resources and research practices and leverage the SSH Open Marketplace for community-specific applications.
Flemish Research Data Network International Love Data Week
Join GhentCDH, supported by CLARIAH-VL+, for the following in person "watching event” on topics on research, data, open science and research infrastructure.
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