Doctoral Training Unit “Digital History & Hermeneutics”

The new “Deep Data Science of Digital History” (D4H) will launch soon.
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AI and Humanities: AI Ethics and AI & Art

The field of digital humanities (DH) is born from the encounter between traditional humanities and computational methods. But the nature of this encounter, between two…

Digital hermeneutics and the European Historic Towns Atlas project: The digital and interactive historical town atlas of Luxembourg City as a “trading zone”

“Digital cartography & mapping technologies” is one of the thematic areas of the DTU. In the DTU’s proposal to the FNR PRIDE research programme the…

Training the trainer: being a PhD supervisor of a digital historian in the making – A short opinion paper

The launch of the Doctoral Training Unit in Digital History and Hermeneutics (DTU-DHH) coincided with my joining a new research centre, the Centre for Contemporary…

Ariadne’s thread – some remarks on digital classics and hermeneutics

Given the nature of current discussions on the impact of digital technologies and methods on classical studies, you could be forgiven for feeling like Theseus…

When will an algorithm identify a sleeping lion as an emblem of a vigilant ruler?

Hans Brandhorst 17 Dec 2020 | 14:00-15:00 Online Lecture | Registrations welcome under following email address: vanessa.napolitano@ext.uni.lu Systematic iconography which transforms the raw data of…

Some reflections on the flow of knowledge in digital history

Digital humanities as a diverse concept In this blog post, I will present some reflections on the epistemic potential and limits of digital history and,…