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
Mapathon 1571: verbind het Brugse Vrije met vandaag
Ben je geïnteresseerd in het landschap, de geschiedenis of de archeologie van de streek rond Brugge? Mapathon 1571 zoekt vrijwilligers om Pieter Claeissens’ geschilderde kaart van het Brugse Vrije met het huidige landschap te verbinden. Om die geografische positionering zo correct mogelijk uit te voeren, speuren we naar honderden referentiepunten op de 16de-eeuwse kaart die nog steeds in het huidige landschap terug te vinden zijn. Mensen die de streek goed kennen zijn daarbij van goudwaarde!
Vacancy for a PhD position in Medieval History and Digital Humanities
The Faculty of Arts and Philosophy at Ghent University is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to contribute to the FWO research project “Hagiographic Entanglements of the Long Tenth Century”. This unique opportunity involves a funded doctoral position (as a project collaborator) at UGent, under the supervision of professors Steven Vanderputten (profile page) and Julie M. Birkholz (profile page).
Discovering hidden comics using AI
The Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) houses an enormous collection of historical popular press magazines (similar to today’s Cosmopolitan, Time or Dag Allemaal). However, getting an overview of the contents of the whole corpus would be almost impossible if done manually. Current knowledge about these sources is based on qualitative research with narrow scopes to make the research feasible to do by hand.
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