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
Discovering hidden comics using AI
The Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) houses an enormous collection of historical popular press magazines (similar to today’s Cosmopolitan, Time or Dag Allemaal). However, getting an overview of the contents of the whole corpus would be almost impossible if done manually. Current knowledge about these sources is based on qualitative research with narrow scopes to make the research feasible to do by hand.
Lecture: Teaching Digital Tools Transnationally: Tropy & Omeka S
We are delighted to announce that researcher Laura Brannan Fretwell from the Roy Rosenzweig Centre for History and New Media will give a presentation "Teaching Digital Tools Transnationally: Tropy and Omeka S in the Undergraduate Classroom” at the Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities.
When? 3 December 2024, 10 - 12am. UFO Building, History Department, 3rd Floor, Malpertuis.
No registration required.
Kick-off Event Artemis - project
Op 26 november 2024 organiseert het Artemis-project zijn officiële kick-off in de belvédère van de Boekentoren in Gent. Het event biedt een uniek onderzoeks- en netwerkforum voor iedereen die werkt met (historische) ecologische data. Dit is dé kans om kennis te maken met het project en om in contact te komen met vakgenoten uit verschillende sectoren.
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