Two birds, one stone: Bridging cultural heritage collections with crowds and niches Crowdsourcing is a valuable source of data and metadata in cultural heritage. In this workshop speakers from Naturalis, the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision and the Rijksmuseum will provide their insights onREAD MORE
In two weeks our ACHI-CREATE conference will take place. Preparations to facilitate this international and interdisciplinary conference are in full swing. The full program and info on the venues are now available online. If you would like to visit our Conference, please fill in theREAD MORE
After having studied Applied Economics in Belgium, I moved to Amsterdam to pursue my strong interest in Film Studies. I’ve been living in this city for three years now, and I continue to be amazed by and benefit from Amsterdam’s plethora of cinemas, theatres andREAD MORE
At the beginning of this month, I became a pre-PhD fellow Cinema History. So, let me introduce myself. In 2012, I graduated from Vrije Universiteit, where I studied Comparative Arts and Media Studies. My curiosity towards cinema history was piqued by the course The ArtREAD MORE
Combining the old and the new: that is what CREATE does. It stands in the present by developing new research tools and opening a whole field of questions that could not be asked, let alone be answered. It also looks to the past and showsREAD MORE
It has been two weeks since I started my research at CREATE and still the irony strikes me sometimes that I, of all people, am specialising in digital text analysis. As a bibliophile and – among friends – an infamous luddite, I kept a safeREAD MORE
The third annual Digital Humanities Day (DHD) will take place on the 28 October 2016 in Groningen. The aim of the DHD is to bring together researchers of various humanities disciplines and offer a platform to discuss ongoing or new research in the field ofREAD MORE
Message from Utrecht University Digital Humanities Community: We would like to invite you to the first Utrecht University Digital Humanities Community Event, which will take place on Friday 7 October 2016, 14:00-17:00 in the Sweelinckzaal, Drift 21. This networking event is open to all UUREAD MORE
Over the last two decades, text-mining became part and parcel of many academic disciplines, but largely failed to have a fundamental scholarly impact on History. Admittedly, Digital History (and its methods) is gaining traction, but the historical mainstream remains overall unimpressed by the enthusiasm ofREAD MORE
“High time for time travel!” Between all the data on historical Amsterdam that is digitally available and the expertise of researchers, computer and information scientists, and heritage professionals, it must be possible to develop a time machine with which we can walk the streets ofREAD MORE