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Seminar: “Fascinating mutants”: An exploratory analysis of linguistic patterns in a genre-annotated dataset of 19th-century New Zealand newspaper articles

Thursday 9 July, 11am – 12pm Brainbox (Elsie Locke 203) Karin Stahel, PhD candidate in Data Science The newspapers of 19th-century New Zealand contain a fascinating mix of article types and topics. From stern political commentary to obscure humour, the articles are sometimes surprisingly similar to today’s news and at… Read More »Seminar: “Fascinating mutants”: An exploratory analysis of linguistic patterns in a genre-annotated dataset of 19th-century New Zealand newspaper articles

DHRN Seminar: “The post is racist, but lacks facts”: Fact-checking on X’s Community Notes

Elizabeth Stewart Wednesday 29 April, 1-2 pm How does crowd-sourced fact-checking differ from professional fact-checking?  In this qualitative analysis of Community Notes and corresponding posts from X (formerly Twitter), we identify the kinds of claims that note-writers address, the problems that they identify with those claims, the justifications for the… Read More »DHRN Seminar: “The post is racist, but lacks facts”: Fact-checking on X’s Community Notes

Seminar: From Overton meta-data to scraped policy corpus

Wednesday 1 April, 10-11 am, Puaka-James Hight 224 UC researchers have access to Overton’s index of policy documents, which consists of over 23 million documents from governments, NGOs, IGOs, think tanks, and other relevant sources across 193 countries. Overton provides the ability to access rich document meta-data, including citation information,… Read More »Seminar: From Overton meta-data to scraped policy corpus

Seminar: Beauty Bound by British Propaganda: Literary Annuals, Colonial Print & Digital Archives

Thursday 19 March, 11 am – 12 noon Puaka James Hight 210 Katherine D. Harris (San Jose State University) In the short story, “Uncle Anthony’s Blunder,” a gentleman approaches a young lady whose back is turned to him. From behind, she is dressed in fine clothing with hands covered by… Read More »Seminar: Beauty Bound by British Propaganda: Literary Annuals, Colonial Print & Digital Archives

Digital Research Symposium

Monday 9 February The Arts Digital Lab invites you to join us for this celebration of Digital Research in the Faculty of Arts, at which recipients of the 2025 Arts Digital Seed Fund will present on their research.

DHRN Seminar: Leading by (sceptical) Example: Implementing a Consistent Approach to Generative AI in Teaching

Jacq Jones (they/them), La Trobe University. Thursday 12 February. A position statement on Generative AI (GenAI) in Teaching and Research was developed at La Trobe University in response to the rapid adoption of these technologies by both students and tertiary institutions, and implemented into all courses from September 2025. In… Read More »DHRN Seminar: Leading by (sceptical) Example: Implementing a Consistent Approach to Generative AI in Teaching

DHRN Seminar: I Hope this Helps: Comparing Emotional Content of Physician & Chatbot Responses to Health Queries

Danny Burns (University of Wyoming). Monday 16 February. Recent surveys suggest that a large portion of the population is open to using generative artificial intelligence (AI) for health-related questions. While prior research has primarily focused on the factual accuracy of AI-generated responses, some studies indicate that both physicians and patients… Read More »DHRN Seminar: I Hope this Helps: Comparing Emotional Content of Physician & Chatbot Responses to Health Queries

Arts Digital Seed Fund Proposals Workshop

Tuesday 10 February 2026. Prospective applicants for the 2026 Faculty of Arts Digital Research Seed Fund are invited to attend this workshop to discuss and develop your proposal ideas, ask questions about the fund and application process, and get advice from last year’s recipients and the ADL team.