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 GhentCDH offers support in regards to digital heritage, participation and virtual expositions. GhentCDH helps researchers, teachers and students to create, manage and enrich their own digital collections and set up virtual exhibitions around them.
Geospatial analysis
The GhentCDH offers advice, support and training regarding geospatial data management, analysis and visualisation to the humanities and social sciences researchers at the Ghent University.
Digital text analysis
The GhentCDH aims to improve digital text analysis at Ghent University by offering support and information to researchers. You can contact us for advice on TEI and digital editions, working with digital text analysis tools, and using computer-assisted qualitative data analysis.
Collaborative databases
The GhentCDH offers advice and support for collaborative databases at Ghent University. It helps researchers to develop a database instance, powered by e.g. Nodegoat. It provides advice regarding data standards and linked data.
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Workshop QGIS
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) help you structure, analyze, and visualize information with a spatial dimension. This workshop will introduce you to the fundamental principles of GIS and the types of data used within these systems. You will work hands-on with QGIS, a widely used open-source GIS tool that allows you to create maps and analyze geodata.
The workshop will be led by Hans Blomme from the Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities, who has extensive experience in applying GIS for historical and social research.
Student developers at GhentCDH: DevOps and Text Annotation Component Development
We, the research software engineers at the Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities (GhentCDH), dive deep into the fascinating world of Digital Humanities at Ghent University. From aiding access to ancient artifacts to mining the mysteries of medieval texts, we’re all about using tech to explore the humanities. Our team offers support and advice on digital tools and does custom development work, ensuring that every project can reach its full potential.
Educational projects at GhentCDH (2023-2024)
GhentCDH supports teaching activities and educational projects in the Arts and Humanities faculty. Whether you have a project idea in mind or are curious about incorporating digital tools into your teaching, we are here to assist you.
These are this year’s educational projects that have enriched teaching and learning experiences at Faculty Arts and Humanities at Ghent University.
Monthly archive
- September 2024 (1)
- July 2024 (8)
- June 2024 (2)
- May 2024 (7)
- April 2024 (8)