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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

Muslims and multiculturalism in NZ: Tracking online anti-Muslim racism in Aotearoa

Like all newcomers to New Zealand past and present, I’ve sought to find my place in the land of the long white cloud. But, preoccupied with the coursework for a Master in Strategic Communication at the University of Canterbury, there wasn’t really much time to ponder my place – a… Read More »Muslims and multiculturalism in NZ: Tracking online anti-Muslim racism in Aotearoa

Digital Humanities Research Network November Meetup: What We Do in the Frame

Elsie Locke 313, 1-2 pm, Wednesday 27 November Erin Harrington In this talk I briefly outline some work-in-progress looking into digital humanities approaches to film analysis, drawing specifically from Kevin Ferguson’s work in ‘digital surrealism’. This approach, which he has developed over the last 10 years, explores the capacities of ImageJ,… Read More »Digital Humanities Research Network November Meetup: What We Do in the Frame

Digital Humanities Research Network October Meetup: Searching for John: An analysis of Papers Past URL logs

Elsie Locke 313, 1-2 pm, Thursday 24 October Karin Stahel I will talk about the patterns and trends discovered in my recently completed analysis of a URL log dataset containing over 4 million unique Papers Past URLs. The analysis was completed as part of my PhD project, which is focused… Read More »Digital Humanities Research Network October Meetup: Searching for John: An analysis of Papers Past URL logs

Arts Digital Lab Seminar: Reimagining Search & Discovery for Digital Collections: Toward Computing Cultural Heritage

Tuesday 29 October, 11 am – 12Meremere 105 Benjamin Charles Germain Lee (University of Washington) Widespread efforts by libraries, archives, and museums have drastically improved digital access to cultural heritage collections. Yet, scholars and the public alike face a persistent challenge: how to explore and analyze these collections, which frequently… Read More »Arts Digital Lab Seminar: Reimagining Search & Discovery for Digital Collections: Toward Computing Cultural Heritage

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Digital Humanities Research Network: Workshop Report on Quantitative Studies of Philosophy

Seminar cancelled due to illness This month’s Digital Humanities Research Network meetup will be held in Elsie Locke 313, 1-2 pm, Thursday 24 October. Josh Wilson-Black will present a report from the recent two-day workshop “Quantitative Studies of Philosophy” in which a variety of exciting digital humanities projects in philosophy… Read More »Digital Humanities Research Network: Workshop Report on Quantitative Studies of Philosophy

Digital Humanities Research Network: DH Labs in the USA

At next week’s meetup, Karin Stahel and Kaspar Middendorf will be reporting back on a recent trip they took to the USA, where they visited three different Digital Humanities programmes, at CUNY’s Graduate Center, University of Connecticut’s Greenhouse Studios, and George Mason’s Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.… Read More »Digital Humanities Research Network: DH Labs in the USA

Paul Millar – Royal Society Pou Aronui Award 2022

Professor Paul Millar is the winner of the Royal Society of New Zealand’s 2022 Pou Aronui Award, for distinguished service to humanities-aronui over a sustained period of time. We’re thrilled to acknowledge Paul’s achievement and very pleased to see the work he has done at UC, particularly with the CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes… Read More »Paul Millar – Royal Society Pou Aronui Award 2022