GhentCDH
The Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities (GhentCDH) engages in the field of ‘Digital Humanities’ at Ghent University, ranging from archaeology and geography to linguistics and cultural studies. It develops DH collaboration and supports research projects, teaching activities and infrastructure projects across the faculties.
Digital heritage
The Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities actively supports projects in digital heritage, public participation and virtual exhibitions. We help researchers, educators, and students in creating, managing, and presenting their digital collections.
Geospatial analysis
The Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities offers advice, support and training in geospatial data management, analysis and visualization.
Digital text analysis
The Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities is committed to advancing the study of textual sources through the use of digital tools. We offer guidance on a wide range of technologies, including Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and the processing of tabular and layout data.
Collaborative databases
The Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities assists researchers in collaboratively managing and working with research data, offering tailored solutions to suit their needs. We provide guidance on tools like Nodegoat, a web-based platform for data management, analysis, and visualization. Our services also include advice on best practices for data standards, long-term storage, interoperability, and linked data integration.
News
An internship on BelHisFirm
Heike Bekaert contributed to the BelHisFirm project, testing and training a Named Entity Recognition (NER) model for recognizing organisations, people, locations and more, with a little help from the GhentCDH team. In this blogpost he shares his contribution and experience.
Collaboratively Mapping the Scheldt
Culture Chapel Odulphus in Dendermonde set the scene for the first Scheldt Mapathon of the Artemis project on November 14, 2025. A group of 25 volunteers guided by Dijk92 and intercommunal immovable heritage service or intergemeentelijke onroerenderfgoeddienst Schelde-Durme georeferenced a part of the Belgian primitive land registry.
Eerste Schelde Mapathon
De Schelde-Mapathon zoekt vrijwilligers om samen met het GhentCDH hedendaagse plaatsen te verbinden met historische kadasterkaarten.
Ben je geïnteresseerd in het landschap, de geschiedenis of het water van de Scheldevallei tussen Gent en Antwerpen? Wil jij jouw kennis over de regio delen, kun je kaart lezen en aan de slag met een laptop?
Kom naar de eerste Schelde-Mapathon op 14 november in Cultuurkapel Odulphus (Dendermonde).
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