There is growing interest in the use of computationally intensive methods such as machine learning in humanities research across many disciplines, 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
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 - Prof Mark Towsey, Professor of the History of the Book, Department of History
- Manchester - Dr Łukasz Szulc, Director, Centre for Digital Humanities
- Newcastle - Dr James Cummings, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics
- Sheffield - Michael Pidd, Director, The Digital Humanities Institute
- York - Dr Mike Stuart, Lecturer, Department of Philosophy
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