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Digital Humanities

There is growing interest in employing computationally intensive research methods in the Humanities and using HPC to expand the possibilities for research.



Overview

Computationally Intensive Research (CIR) is now employed in many disciplines across the humanities, including anthropology, archaeology, classics, history, linguistics and languages, law, politics, literature, music, philosophy, religion, and the visual arts. Specific topics include:

  • Corpus Linguistics
  • Geographical Information Systems
  • Digital footprint analytics
  • Digital creative
  • Cultural heritage preservation/dissemination


Academic Theme Leads

The Theme Leads for each institution are:

  • Durham - Prof Alexandra Cristea , Professor, Department of Computer Science
  • Lancaster - Prof Ian Gregory, Professor of Digital Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Leeds- Dr Mel Evans, Lecturer in English Language, School of English
  • Liverpool -Position Vacant
  • Manchester - Dr Luca Scholz, Lecturer in Digital Humanities and History, Art History and Cultural Practices
  • Newcastle - Dr James Cummings, Reader in Digital Textual Studies and Late-Medieval Literature
  • Sheffield - Michael Pidd, Director, The Digital Humanities Institute
  • York- Dr Mike Stuart, Lecturer, Department of Philosophy

Connect with researchers across the N8

You asked for a mechanism to talk directly with researchers across the N8. To facilitate this we have created a dedicated N8 CIR Slack workspace where you can share recent publications and ideas you would like to find new collaboration partners for, discuss upcoming funding calls and suggest meetings and sandpit events you'd like us to host. Join us by clicking the link below or find out more on our webpage.

Join the N8 CIR Slack workspace

If you are having trouble signing in, go to https://n8cir.slack.com/ and select the 'Create an account' link in the top right-hand corner using your university email account.

This workspace is only available to those currently working or researching at Durham University, Lancaster University, the University of Leeds, the University of Liverpool, the University of Manchester, Newcastle University, the University of Sheffield or the University of York.


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