In February 2017, CREATE project leader Julia Noordegraaf spoke with Folia Magazine about the use of GIS (Geographic Information System) in humanities research. She explained that ‘by making digital maps with GIS, you can uncover new patterns or relations. Information that you will not findREAD MORE
In this Salon (14 Feb, 15:00-17:00) we’ll explore the exciting field of Automated Historical Text Analysis, with presentations by: Dr. Kaspar Beelen (University of Amsterdam) on his paper ‘Women at Westminster since 1945: have they changed the debate?’ To what extent has the increasing presenceREAD MORE
The CHAT (Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory) 2017 conference on ‘Heritage, Memory, Art, and Agency’ is organised in cooperation with the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM). The conference will explore the relationship between contemporary and historical archaeology and cultural memoryREAD MORE
The Historical Network Research group is pleased to announce its 4th annual conference. Following conferences in Hamburg in 2013, Ghent in 2014, and in Lisbon in 2015, the 4th conference will be held at the University of Turku in Turku, Finland, on 17-20 October 2017READ MORE
Project Cornelia/ Coral is an international and interdisciplinary research project supported by the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) and the Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen). The project focuses on “the coral reef of culture” (Gombrich) as it was developed in 17th-century Antwerp and Brussels. Thus,READ MORE
Jan Vos (ACT) is collecting the data for The Amsterdam City Theatre Database (1774-2016). This database will contain information of the repertoire of this central theatre venue. Advertisements, yearbooks, programme books, etc. from are already found in different archives around Amsterdam. The mentioned dates ofREAD MORE
Twice a year ACE Venture Lab organises the Bootcamp – an intensive training program for MSc students, researchers and professionals (University of Amsterdam). Offering unique workshops and mentoring from the best startup experts, the Bootcamp helps you to convert your idea into a successful business.READ MORE
Have you ever wondered about the geographic and material aspects of your research? Have you ever been curious to find out what your data would look like when plotted on a map? As the “spatial turn” in history, the rise of interdisciplinary “area” studies, andREAD MORE
Lia van Gemert (CREATE / UvA) and Lucas van der Deijl (TOPIC) will conduct a research pilot (January – June 2017) granted by Nederlab on the dissemination of Spinozist terminology in digitised early modern texts made available for analysis by Nederlab. The pilot will evaluateREAD MORE
Ivan Kisjes (CREATE) and Tessa Wijckmans (COLEM) will start a research project at Nederlab about orthographic variation in in Early Modern texts in January 2017. Historical Dutch texts are characterized by its unstable orthographies, which troubles automatic processing and analyzing of the texts. By usingREAD MORE