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78307-01 - Field trip: DHCH Digital Humanities in Rome (3 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2026 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Peter Fornaro (peter.fornaro@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Digitization of cultural heritage remains a key and long-standing focus within the Digital Humanities. Over the past two decades, initiatives like e-codices and national libraries, such as the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, have made their historical (hand-)written documents accessible to the public. This access has not only stimulated paleographic and codicological research but has also enabled significant progress in machine learning areas, particularly automatic text recognition (and indirectly guided progress with visual language models). While current state-of-the-art methods allow us to process large volumes of documents with good results, this data reuse has only marginally advanced the methodologies in the humanities, which primarily focus on qualitative questions. This year's DHCH summer school aims to facilitate discussions among researchers, GLAM specialists, digitization experts, and the wider DHCH community. With the goal to support the next generation not only to profit from the developments but also to rethink approaches to the material of the past. In workshops, hands-on exercises, and discussions, the participants will learn about the intricacies of digitization and text recognition processes, while developing (and testing) their own approaches. The Summer School is organized in connection with SCOOP (Source Code of the Past), e-Codices ORD, the Flow (SNSF-Project) This year’s DHCH26 will take place from the 15th to the 17th of June 2026. If you are a PhD student or an MA student considering a PhD and would like to attend the conference, you have to submit a on page PhD research proposal focused on the topics of: Manuscript work, Big Data or AI to adhere to this year’s chosen research focus. Please also submit a 250-word researcher bio so we can introduce you properly at the conference. For current MA students wanting to participate, please also keep in mind that you will have to fund 1/3 of the costs for the trip yourself which would be approximately 350Fr. Deadline for abstract submission is the 31st of March 2026. |
| Comments | You will have to participate for the costs of the trip to Rome with about CHF 350.-. |
| Admission requirements | You are planning to do a PhD in Digital Humanities. You have a vision for a DH project. You are doing a Master in Digital Humanities. You are ready to present a project in Rome. |
| Course application | Apply with a abstract for a short presentation in Rome and your CV. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Doktorat Digital Humanities: Empfehlungen (PhD subject: Digital Humanities) Modul: Digital Humanities, Culture and Society (Master's degree subject: Digital Humanities) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | For students of Digital Humanities only. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Digital Humanities Lab |