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Root number
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516365 |
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Semester
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FS2026 |
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Type of course
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Block Course |
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Allocation to subject
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Digital Humanities |
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Type of exam
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Presentation |
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Summer School: Text Recognition and Big Data in the Humanities: Critically Leveraging Machine Learning |
| Description |
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)
Application
Up to 20 participants will be accepted for the summer school. Registration priority will be given to students from DHCH Universities. There are no fees for the summer school; however, participants or their home universities must cover their travel and accommodation costs in Rome.
The sign-up deadline is April 2nd, 2026. Acceptance decisions will be communicated during the week of April 9th.
Please send your application with a short CV and (if available) a link or description of your PhD project to:
alessia.fontesduarte@unibas.ch
Students and PhDs from the University of Basel: Reach out to Alessia Fontes Duarte: alessia.fontesduarte@unibas.ch
Students and PhDs from the University of Bern: Reach out to Christa Schneider: christa.schneider@unibe.ch (stipends for travel and stay available for DH Doctoral Program members) |
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ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course)
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Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible).
ILIAS
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| Lecturers |
Prof. Dr.
Tobias Mathias Hodel, Walter Benjamin Kolleg (WBKolleg) ✉
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ECTS
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3 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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Yes |
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Grading
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passed/failed |
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| Dates |
Tuesday 16/6/2026 08:00-18:00
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Wednesday 17/6/2026 08:00-18:00
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Rooms
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| External rooms |
Externe Summer School in Rom, kein Raum in Bern benötigt.
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| Students please consult the detailed view for complete information on dates, rooms and planned podcasts. |
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