University of Reading Digital Humanities Hub

Research Data Management: an Introduction
2024-01-24 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
*For UoR staff*

Effective management of research data is fundamental to good research practice, and the preservation and sharing of data that enable research findings to be validated and reproduced is required by the University and by many public funders of research.
This course will introduce principles and practices of research data management that will be applicable to researchers at all stages of their careers working with research data in any discipline, whether in the sciences, social sciences or humanities.
The course will cover: public funders’ and the University’s research data policies and requirements; data management plans for funding applications; storage, organisation and documentation of data; data quality control; ethics and legal compliance; ownership and rights in data; and data preservation and sharing.

Please book your place via UoRLearn.
Related guide: Open Research Handbook by Robert Darby

Writing a Data Management Plan for your Research Project
2024-02-01 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-03-05 14:00 - 16:00
*For UoR research postgraduates*
This session forms part of the Reading Researcher Development Programme (RRDP) for Research Postgraduates.

A Data Management Plan (DMP) is a structured document that sets out what data and research materials will be collected in a research project, how they will be managed in the course of the project, and how and where data will be preserved and made accessible to others after the project concludes. A DMP is especially useful where research involves the collection or creation of new data, or re-use of existing data.
Writing a DMP will help you plan and execute your research effectively, and ensure you consider and address important data management issues, including data storage, organisation and documentation; research ethics and consent; intellectual property rights; and preservation and sharing of data supporting your thesis and other research outputs, as required by University policy. A DMP will enable you to identify appropriate solutions to protect your data and the integrity of your research, and to make the most effective use of your research materials in the long term.
This workshop will be of interest to students in the early stages of planning their research. It will offer practical guidance on developing a DMP, and how to make effective use of a DMP in your day-to-day research. The workshop will introduce the University’s PGR Data Management Plan template, which you are encouraged to use to write your DMP. Students may wish to start drafting their DMP beforehand so that they can identify any questions they have and areas where they need support.

Book your place through Reading’s Student Information System (RISIS).
The timetable can be viewed on the RRDP webpage in the ‘Things to do now’ section. You can also view a full timetable in the Doctoral and Researcher College site on Blackboard.

Introduction to Open Research
2024-02-20 10:00 - 12:00
*For UoR staff*

This course will give you an introduction to open research methods and why they are important to the culture of research at University of Reading and the growing open research worldwide movement.
We’ll cover the main principles, ask why open research is important and suggest small steps that you can take to make your research processes more open, transparent and accountable. We’ll cover concepts such as open notebooks, open data, open access, open peer review etc.
This content fits in with the University’s open research action plan, open access and open data policies.

Please book your place via UoRLearn.
Related guide: Open Research Handbook by Robert Darby

Writing a Data Management Plan
2024-02-21 14:00 - 16:00
*For UoR staff*

Many public funders of research require researchers to submit a data management plan (DMP) as part of a grant application, detailing what data will be collected in the proposed project, how data will be managed, and how and where data will be preserved and made available to others when the project concludes.
Whether a funder requires it or not, if you use data in your research, you should have a DMP for your project. Writing a DMP can help you plan and execute research effectively, curate data for maximum utility, identify and manage risks, and ensure resource needs are appropriately costed.
This 2 hour course will offer practical guidance on developing an effective DMP for a grant application, and how to make best use of a DMP in your day to day research. Information about data management planning tools and resources to help you will be provided.

Please book your place via UoRLearn.

Beyond Scale: GIS and the Humanities
2024-02-28 14:00 - 15:30 | Palmer 105
Beyond Scale: GIS and the Humanities
Professor Stuart Dunn
(King’s College London)
Date: Wednesday 28 February 2024
Time: 14:00-15.30
Place: Palmer 105 and Online
Programme
Coffee and Tea available from 13.50
14.00 Welcome and Intro – Dr Mara Oliva (DH Champion)
14.10 Keynote address: Professor Stuart Dunn (King’s College London) – ‘Beyond Scale: GIS and the Humanities’
14.50 Q&A
15.25 What’s next (DH CoP and Hub – future events) & close – Dr Mara Oliva

Using small grants to kickstart your Digital Humanities ambitions
2024-03-13 11:30 - 13:00
A short online information session to talk about how to use small research grants to kickstart your Digital Humanities ambitions. The session will be run by Research Services and will cover:

What is Digital Humanities?
Use of Digital Humanities in smaller grants
A short talk from an academic who has held a British Academy Small Grant using Digital Humanities
An outline of 3 appropriate small grant opportunities
Signposting to further help and resources

Join the meeting here

Digital Humanities & Artificial Intelligence
2024-06-17 | University of Reading
Keynote Speaker:
Dr Barbara McGillivray (King’s College London)

We invite scholars, researchers, and practitioners to participate in a focused exploration of the intersections between Digital Humanities (DH) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at a one-day conference at the University of Reading.

The conference will feature three distinct strands, each proving a unique perspective on the evolving landscape of DH-AI:
Strand 1: Cultural Heritage

Explore the role of artificial intelligence in preserving, interpreting, and making accessible cultural heritage.
Discuss innovative projects and technologies that digitise, catalog, and safeguard cultural artifacts and historical sites.
Examine the impact of AI on the study and dissemination of cultural heritage.

Strand 2: Ethics

Delve into the ethical considerations and challenges posed by the use of AI in Digital Humanities.
Discuss issues of bias, representation, and inclusivity in AI-driven research and projects.
Explore strategies and best practices for ensuring ethical AI applications in the digital humanities.

Strand 3: Synthetic Media

Investigate the creative potential of AI-generated content, such as art, music, literature and virtual environments.
Showcase projects that leverage synthetic media for storytelling, cultural expression, and education.
Examine the ethical and cultural implications of AI-generated content in the Digital Humanities.

Full programme coming soon.

This is a free event sponsored by the Digital Humanities CoP at the University of Reading.
The event is now fully booked.

For any inquiries, please contact the organising committee at DH-AI-Conference@reading.ac.uk

Organising Committee:

Dr Mara Oliva, Associate Professor in History and DH Champion
Dr Dominic Lees, Associate Professor in Film, Theatre and Television and Steering Committee Member of Synthetic Media Research Network
Dr Jumbly Grindrod, Lecturer in Philosophy
Professor James Ferryman, Professor of Computational Vision
Dr Rachel Lewis, Research Development Manager for Heritage & Creativity
Dr Bonhi Bhattacharya, Senior Research Manager for Environment and Agriculture and Food and Health

Writing a Data Management Plan
2024-10-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Foxhill House G03
*For UoR staff*
Many public funders of research require researchers to submit a data management plan (DMP) as part of a grant application, detailing what data will be collected in the proposed project, how data will be managed, and how and where data will be preserved and made available to others when the project concludes. Whether a funder requires it or not, if you use data in your research, you should have a DMP for your project. Writing a DMP can help you plan and execute research effectively, curate data for maximum utility, identify and manage risks, and ensure resource needs are appropriately costed.
This 2 hour course will offer practical guidance on developing an effective DMP for a grant application, and how to make best use of a DMP in your day to day research. Information about data management planning tools and resources to help you will be provided.
The objectives of this course are:

Learn how to write a data management plan for a grant application or research project.
Identify the core components of a data management plan and the key considerations to address in the plan.
Find out about resources and where to get help.

Please book your place via UoRLearn.

Back to Campus Networking
2024-10-23 13:00 - 14:30 | Palmer 106
Digital Humanities CoP/Hub
Back to Campus – In-Person Networking Event
Wed 23 October 13.00 to 14.30
Room: Palmer 106

Join us for our first event of the academic year to discover exciting new Digital Humanities research projects at Reading!
This is an in-person only networking event. Kindly RSVP by accepting the MS Teams invite to ensure we can arrange enough coffee and tea for everyone.

Programme:
13.00: Welcome & Introduction – Dr Mara Oliva (DH Champion) & Dr Dawn Kanter (DH Officer)
13.15: Flash Presentations – round 1. Chair: Dr Rachel Lewis, H&C Research Development Manager

Dr Ren Ren, Real Estate & Planning, HBS
Dr Anna Jackman, Geography & Environmental Science
Dr Dominic Lees, FTT
Dr Jacqui Turner, History
Dr Jade Siu, Economics
Dr Michela Bariselli, Philosophy
Dr Amy Smith, Classics
Dr Nicola Wilson, English

13.40: Comfort Break
13.50: Flash Presentations – round 2. Chair: Dr Rachel Lewis, H&C Research Development Manager

Dr Neha Hui, Economics
Prof Mike Goodman, Geography & Environmental Science
Dr Kerry Goettlich, Politics & International Relations
Dr Amy Richardson, Archaeology
Jackie Baines and Dr Ed Ross, Classics
Dr Rhi Smith, Director of UMASCS Academic Learning and Engagement
Dr Nathan Savage, Geography & Environmental Science
Dr Dawn Kanter, DH Officer

14.15: Closing & Networking

The DH CoP fosters an environment of innovation, knowledge-sharing and interdisciplinary collaboration among colleagues. It is open to researchers, professional staff, and PGRs from all research themes within the University of Reading. Join the DH CoP. The CoP works alongside the DH Hub in in supporting researchers to build knowledge and skills in DH, to develop and undertake DH research projects, and to maintain digital research outcomes.

Research Data Management: An Introduction
2024-10-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
*For UoR staff*
Effective management of research data is fundamental to good research practice, and the preservation and sharing of data that enable research findings to be validated and reproduced is required by the University and by many public funders of research.
This course will introduce principles and practices of research data management that will be applicable to researchers at all stages of their careers working with research data in any discipline, whether in the sciences, social sciences or humanities. The course will cover: public funders’ and the University’s research data policies and requirements; data management plans for funding applications; storage, organisation and documentation of data; data quality control; ethics and legal compliance; ownership and rights in data; and data preservation and sharing.
The objectives of the course are:

Learn what research data management is and how to manage your own research effectively.
Find out about the University’s and funders’ policy requirements for research data.
Find out about resources and where to get help.

Please book your place via UoRLearn.

Linked Open Data in Archaeology
2024-10-30 11:00 - 17:00 | Sorby Room
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
11:00 am to 5 pm, lunch and coffee breaks will be provided
Sorby Room

This day-long digital methods workshop in collaboration with Archaeology and the DH Hub will feature short presentations in the morning about Linked Open Data by researchers in the Archaeology department and members of the DH Hub. The afternoon will be a training workshop on Linked Open Data led by the Archaeological Data Service.
This event is a featured activity for Katie Sampeck‘s Global Professorship. The workshop will be an excellent opportunity to continue discussions that began a few years ago at the Archaeology digital workshop and more recently in the development of our new ‘Connecting Heritage’ research cluster.
Feel free to attend as your schedule permits. Registration is not required to attend the morning session. However, please email Katie Sampeck should you wish to attend in the afternoon.

Programme

11.00 – 11.05
Welcome

Presentations by researchers in the Archaeology department and members of the DH Hub

11.05 – 11.15
Introduction to Linked Open Data (Dawn Kanter)

11.15 – 11.25
Introduction to Linked Data in Archaeology: Case Study (Eljas Oksanen)

11.25 – 11.35
Ideas around a national database of human remains from archaeological excavations (Mary Lewis)

11.35 – 11.45
Linking Open Data across the Scottish Heritage sector (Duncan Garrow)

11.45 – 11.55
CARE data principles: Key Issues and Archaeological Examples (Katie Sampeck)

11.55 – 12.05
Silchester digital databases (Michael Fulford)

12.05 – 12.25
Q&A

12:25 – 13:00
Lunch break

Workshop led by the Archaeological Data Service

13.00 – 13.05
Introduction

13.05 – 13.40
Session 1: What are the FAIR Principles, and what do they look like when applied to archaeological data?

Presentation: An Introduction to the FAIR Data Principles and the ADS FAIR data audit

13.40 – 13.50
Comfort Break

13.50 – 14.50
Session 2: Introduction to Linked Open Data and the ARIADNE Portal

Presentation: Use of the Semantic Web and Linked Open Data in the ARIADNE Portal

14.50 – 15.05
Coffee Break

15.05 – 16.00
Session 3: The ARIADNE Portal

Interactive session: Exploring the structure and resources of the ARIADNE Portal

16.00 – 16.30
Session 4: Wrap up

Q & A Session (An open discussion for any questions you may have)

Post-course survey

16.30
Session ends

Digital Humanities DTS drop-in session
2024-11-06 11:15 - 13:00 | Library G15
Do you have technical questions about your Digital Humanities project?
Paul Heaton, Research Software Engineer, and Dawn Kanter, Digital Humanities Officer will be hosting a drop-in session on 6 November from 11:15-1pm in room G15 in the Library. Please feel free to drop in at any time within these hours, with your questions. For example,

‘What software could I use?’
‘How do I build a database for my project?’
‘Could I write a program to help analyse my data?’

If you would like to give us some background to your project before you drop in, please email digitalhumanities@reading.ac.uk. Please feel free to also email us with any feedback on how we might run these sessions in the future.
These sessions are for UoR colleagues only.

About Us
Paul Heaton, Research Software Engineer
As a Research Software Engineer, Paul provides specialist support for teaching and research, arranging the provision and setup of digital research infrastructure and services (including software and storage), and training in research programming and use of computing resources. As part of the Hub team’s support for research projects, he can advise on technical requirements and solutions, specify digital skills requirements and deliver or identify the appropriate training required. Paul’s role in the DH Hub overlaps with his work to establish a more prominent profile for Research Software Engineering at UoR.
Dawn Kanter, Digital Humanities Officer
Dawn’s role is to coordinate the Hub’s activities in order to support Digital Humanities projects within the University i.e. projects that use digital methods to address humanities research questions, or those using critical traditions in the humanities to examine digital technologies. In conjunction with other members of the team, Dawn can help researchers to develop ideas for such projects and to find ways of effectively delivering them. Her own background is in museums and cultural heritage as well as in Digital Humanities. She is the initial contact for general enquiries to the Hub.

Writing a Data Management Plan
2024-11-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Online

Humanities Data
2024-11-20 13:00 - 14:30 | EMG27
Keynote Speaker: Dr Giles Bergel (Oxford), Senior Researcher in Digital Humanities in the Department of Engineering Science
Date: Wednesday 20 November 2024
Time: 13.00 to 14.30
Place: EMG27 and Online

Programme
Coffee and Tea available from 13.00

13.00
Welcome and Intro – Dr Mara Oliva (DH Champion) and Dr Dawn Kanter (DH Officer)

13.10
Keynote address: Dr Giles Bergel, Senior Researcher in Digital Humanities, Department of Engineering Science – “Do Humanists have Data?”

13.40
Roundtable:
Dr Amy Richardson, Archaeology, “Data-driven approaches in the archaeology of the Middle East”
Dr Rhi Smith, UMASCS, “Museum data: tackling legacies and making connections”
Dr Dawn Kanter, DH Hub, “Collecting and Connecting Portrait-Sitting Data”

14.00
Q&A

14.10
How to go about it: Dr Dawn Kanter and Dr Robert Darby with Dr Marjorie Gerhardt

14.30
What’s next (DH CoP and Hub – future events) & close – Dr Mara Oliva

Keynote address: Dr Giles Bergel, Senior Researcher in Digital Humanities, Department of Engineering Science – “Do Humanists have Data?”
Abstract: The question that this talk addresses might be put in two different senses. In a practical sense, the question asks if humanists work with or create data that is immediately available for computational use. On a more theoretical level it could be asked if humanists have data at all. Both questions are fundamental given (for example) AI’s voracious appetite for training data and as, in an age of academic precarity, the humanities seek both a realistic future and a usable past. The talk will address both questions through the example of the speaker’s experience on Digital Humanities projects in textual studies, book history and computer vision.
Bio: Giles Bergel is Senior Researcher in Digital Humanities in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford. A book historian by training, he manages an engagement programme in the humanities for the EPSRC-funded Visual AI project, while also pursuing research in the computational analysis of the printed page, currently including for the AHRC-funded Envisioning Dante project.

This event is being run by the Digital Humanities Community of Practice, in collaboration with the Digital Humanities Hub. The DH CoP and the DH Hub work together in supporting researchers to build knowledge and skills in DH, to develop and undertake DH research projects, and to maintain digital research outcomes.
Our events are open to all researchers, staff, and PGRs from any subject – we welcome interdisciplinary collaboration!

Humanities Data drop-in session
2024-11-25 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-29 10:30 - 12:45 | Library G15
Following the DH CoP and DH Hub’s Humanities Data workshop on 20 November, Robert Darby, Research Data Manager, and Dawn Kanter, Digital Humanities Officer, will be hosting drop-in sessions in order to answer questions and support colleagues in managing their humanities data.
Dates and times of sessions are as follows:

Monday 25 November: 2-5pm
Friday 29 November: 10:30am-12:45pm

We will be offering 45-minute appointments within these times, with a choice of meeting online or in room G15 in the Library. UoR colleagues can book an appointment here or by emailing digitalhumanities@reading.ac.uk.
If you would like to give us some background to your project in advance, please send this to digitalhumanities@reading.ac.uk. Please feel free to also email us with any feedback on how we might run these sessions in the future.
These sessions are for UoR colleagues only.

About Us
Robert Darby, Research Data Manager
Robert manages the University’s Research Data Service. He provides research data management support and training, assists with the preparation of data management plans in applications for funding, and advises on the use of services for data storage, computation, and archiving. He manages the University’s data repository, the Research Data Archive, which can be used to preserve and provide long-term access to research data.
Dawn Kanter, Digital Humanities Officer
Dawn’s role is to coordinate the Hub’s activities in order to support Digital Humanities projects within the University i.e. projects that use digital methods to address humanities research questions, or those using critical traditions in the humanities to examine digital technologies. In conjunction with other members of the team, Dawn can help researchers to develop ideas for such projects and to find ways of effectively delivering them. Her own background is in museums and cultural heritage as well as in Digital Humanities. She is the initial contact for general enquiries to the Hub.

Research Data Management: An Introduction
2025-01-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Edith Morley G10

Digital Humanities Reading Group
2025-02-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Edith Morley 181
The DH CoP and Hub warmly invite UoR colleagues to join the first session of a Digital Humanities reading group.
For this session, we invite you to read and bring your thoughts on one or both of ‘Bias in Big Data, Machine Learning and AI: What Lessons for the Digital Humanities?’ and Klara and the Sun.

Writing a Data Management Plan
2025-02-19 13:00 - 15:00

Digital Space Workshop
2025-02-26 11:00 - 14:00 | Whiteknights Campus
The Digital Humanities CoP and Hub are hosting an upcoming event centred around the theme of Digital Space.
Date: 26 February 2025, from 11.00 to 14.00 (coffee/ tea and lunch included)
Location: Whiteknights Campus
Format: Flash presentations followed by breakout sessions designed to facilitate networking and interdisciplinary collaboration
Future Collaboration Opportunity: This event will be followed by a one-day Action Lab in June 2025
This is an internal event. For further details and to take part, UoR colleagues can please contact digitalhumanities@reading.ac.uk. We look forward to hearing from you and sharing ideas at this workshop!

Writing a Data Management Plan
2025-03-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Edith Morley 126

Open Research and Digital Humanities
2025-03-12 13:00 - 14:00 | Palmer 103
Date: Wednesday 12 March
Time: 13.00 to 14.00
Location: Palmer 103 and online

The Digital Humanities CoP and Hub, in collaboration with the Open and Robust Research at Reading (ORRR) network, invite you to a lunchtime event on the theme of Open Research and Digital Humanities.
The event will include a guest talk by Dr Christopher Ohge, Senior Lecturer in Digital Approaches to Literature at the School of Advanced Study and member of the School of Advanced Study’s Digital Humanities Research Hub.
Title: Responsible Computing in Scholarly Publication
Abstract: This talk will review the importance of responsible computing, including Open Research practices, in Digital Humanities research. He will draw on three recent initiatives – his work on the Herman Melville Electronic Library, a digital edition of an anti-slavery anthology, and coordinating the Digital Humanities Climate Coalition Toolkit – to highlight the challenges and opportunities of responsible approaches. Using these examples, Dr Ohge will show how minimal computing strategies in particular can both increase sustainability and make a statement to promote environmentally conscious digital research.
Dr Ohge will be joined for questions by Dr Dawn Kanter (Digital Humanities Officer), Dr Anna Tsakalaki (ORRR network lead), Evangeline Gowie (UKRN Open Research Coordinator), and Dr Robert Darby (Research Data Manager), in a panel chaired by Dr Mara Oliva (Digital Humanities Academic Champion).

Our events are open to all researchers, staff, and PGRs from any subject – we welcome interdisciplinary collaboration!
Tea/coffee will be available for those attending in person.

Programme

1-1:10
Coffee and welcome
Dr Mara Oliva, Dr Dawn Kanter, Dr Anna Tsakalaki and Evangeline Gowie

1:10-1:40
Guest talk: Responsible Computing in Scholarly Publication
Dr Christopher Ohge, School of Advanced Study

1:40-1:50
Q&A Panel
Dr Christopher Ohge, Dr Dawn Kanter, Dr Anna Tsakalaki, Evangeline Gowie, Dr Robert Darby, chaired by Dr Mara Oliva

1:50-2:00
What’s next (who to contact, future events for DH and OR)
Dr Mara Oliva, Dr Dawn Kanter, Dr Anna Tsakalaki and Evangeline Gowie

More about the DH CoP and Hub
Digital Humanities (DH) is the critical study of the intersection between digital technologies, disciplines in the Arts and Humanities, and scholarly communication. The DH Community of Practice (CoP) and the DH Hub work together in supporting researchers to build knowledge and skills in DH, to develop and undertake DH research projects, and to maintain digital research outcomes. You can read more about the CoP here and about the Hub here.

More about the ORRR Network
Open and Robust Research at Reading (ORRR) is a network of colleagues interested in making research accessible to everyone.
Open access publishing is just the tip of the iceberg that is ‘open research’, which aims to make all stages of the research lifecycle (e.g. data, methodologies) transparent, collaborative and robust. The network aims to overcome silos to provide a space where colleagues from all departments can ask questions and share expertise in the growing (but challenging!) area of open research.
The network hosts monthly events, a Teams channel with spaces for different interests and newsletters detailing open research support and activity within the university. Members contribute by speaking at events, sharing resources on Teams or opening discussions around challenges they are facing or have overcome. The Network is supported by the University’s Open Research Action Plan (2024-29) and draws heavily on activities and projects in collaboration with the UK Reproducibility Network (Why open research at Reading?). It is facilitated by Anna Tsakalaki, the Reproducibility Local Network Lead, Evangeline Gowie, the Open Research Coordinator, and Etienne Roesch, the Institutional Lead for Reading.
Scheduled events:
In 2025, there is a range of scheduled events to participate in:

Monthly meetings of the Open Research practices in Qualitative methods special interest group.
Invited internal and external talks on applied use of different Open Research practices on real projects.
Discussions around application of specific OR methodologies and implications for researchers
Practical support on how-to by peers

Join the Open Research network to find out more about what is on offer and participate in events!

RRDP - An Introduction to Digital Humanities
2025-03-19 10:00 - 13:00 | Doctoral and Researcher College
This in-person session, at the Doctoral and Researcher College, is part of the Reading Researcher Development Programme.

Research Data Management: An Introduction
2025-03-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Edith Morley 280

Research Data Management: An Introduction
2025-04-02 13:00 - 15:00

1-day workshop: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Digital Humanities
2025-05-07 11:00 - 15:30 | Agriculture 1L14 and online, Brian Hoskins GL68 PC
Kathryn Murphy and the DH CoP and Hub are running a 1-day workshop on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Digital Humanities.
For our morning’s keynote presentation, we are delighted to welcome Professor Stuart Dunn (Kings College London), who will demonstrate and share examples of using GIS in Humanities projects, taking a holistic view of such projects which encompasses their full lifecycle, including data design, technical workflow, publication and preservation.
In the afternoon, Kathryn Murphy will guide registered participants through a practical tutorial on how to use QGIS (a free and open-source GIS software). The tutorial will follow a session on preparing your data for using GIS, by Dr Dawn Kanter. Tea, coffee and lunch will be provided.
There will also be opportunities to ask questions, throughout the day.

Programme
Morning – Agriculture 1L14 and online
11:00 – 11:15 Arrival and coffee
11:15 – 11:25 Welcome – Mara Oliva
11:25 – 11:45 Keynote: GIS in Humanities research – Stuart Dunn (KCL)
11:45 – 12:00 Questions
Afternoon – Brian Hoskins GL68 PC
12:00 – 12:20 Preparing your data – Dawn Kanter
12:20 – 12:35 Questions
12:35 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 3:15 How to use QGIS – Kathryn Murphy
3:15 – 3:30 Feedback and close

ImmerseLab Mixed Reality Performance Sharing
2025-05-08 12:30 - 13:30 | Bulmershe Theatre, Minghella Studios
The Digital Humanities CoP and Hub, and the ImmerseLab, are pleased to welcome Ian Garrett (York University, Toronto) for a mixed reality performance:
Thursday, May 8
12:30-1:30
Bulmershe Theatre, Minghella Studios
(in person only)
Ian Garrett is a producer/designer with Toasterlab media production company, which creates place-based extended reality experiences that promote deeper engagement with history, community, and imagination. He has a research and performance design practice focused on ecology and accessible mixed reality technologies in performance. He has made and shared work internationally including at the Venice Biennale, World Stage Design Taipei and Nuit Blanche Toronto.
Our events are open to all researchers, staff, and PGRs from any subject – we welcome interdisciplinary collaboration!
Tea/coffee and lunch will be available.

More about the DH CoP and Hub

Digital Humanities (DH) is the critical study of the intersection between digital technologies, disciplines in the Arts and Humanities, and scholarly communication. The DH Community of Practice (CoP) and the DH Hub work together in supporting researchers to build knowledge and skills in DH, to develop and undertake DH research projects, and to maintain digital research outcomes. You can read more about the CoP here and about the Hub here.
More about the ImmerseLab

Professor Lisa Purse is the Director of the ImmerseLab, a new production, testing and research training facility to enable colleagues across UoR’s interdisciplinary Digital Humanities (DH) community to investigate the latest developments in virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and their real-world applications.

Lunchtime ImmerseLab Showcase
2025-06-09 12:00 - 14:00 | Bulmershe Theatre, Minghella Studios
Please join us for a hands-on session exploring the new ImmerseLab facility for Digital Humanities researchers, asking what research, participation and engagement are possible using immersive tech and videographic methodologies.
Our experts will include: Mara Oliva and John Gibbs (videographic methods), Katie Sampeck (Maya Archives project), Duncan Garrow (Virtual World of Stonehenge), Teresa Murjas (Nissen hut installation), and Guy Baxter (immersive tech in archives and museums).
Expect candid reflections on the opportunities and challenges, and how to integrate this tech methodologically and practically into your research projects.
This event will take place in person, with lunch provided. UoR colleagues may register here by 4 June. Our events are open to all researchers, staff, and PGRs from any subject – we welcome interdisciplinary collaboration!

More about the ImmerseLab

Professor Lisa Purse is the Director of the ImmerseLab, a new production, testing and research training facility to enable colleagues across UoR’s interdisciplinary Digital Humanities (DH) community to investigate the latest developments in virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and their real-world applications.

More about the DH CoP and Hub

Digital Humanities (DH) is the critical study of the intersection between digital technologies, disciplines in the Arts and Humanities, and scholarly communication. The DH Community of Practice (CoP) and the DH Hub work together in supporting researchers to build knowledge and skills in DH, to develop and undertake DH research projects, and to maintain digital research outcomes. You can read more about the CoP here and about the Hub here.

Lunchtime Workshop on Digital Sustainability, with Digital Humanities Climate Coalition
2025-06-11 12:00 - 14:00 | Edith Morley 301
The Digital Humanities CoP and Hub invite colleagues to a lunchtime workshop with the Digital Humanities Climate Coalition (DHCC), on the theme of digital sustainability.
We are delighted to be joined by founding member of the DHCC and Director of Digital Humanities at the University of Southampton, Professor James Baker, who will lead colleagues in playing the DHCC’s digital sustainability card game and introduce the DHCC toolkit.
This event will take place in person, with lunch provided. UoR colleagues may register here by 3 June. Our events are open to all researchers, staff, and PGRs from any subject – we welcome interdisciplinary collaboration!
