1-day workshop: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Digital Humanities
2025-05-07 11:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | 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.
