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Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership

 

Doing Research in the Digital Age

Cambridge Digital Humanities is working the DTP to provide training to support the needs of researchers in the digital age - this includes accessible introductions to key digital methods, techniques in networked scholarly practice, advice and training on using digital tools. We also organise an extensive programme of advanced workshops featuring problems and challenges in digital methods and opportunities for interdisciplinary networking.

2018-19 Events

The method programme includes themes, such as 'Machine Reading the Archive' or 'Doing Research in the Digital Age'.

For more information on the programme and online booking, please follow the below links:

Introductory sessions

Advanced workshops in Digital Methods


CDH Learning: Call for Film Projects 2019

Do you have a film project which would benefit from expert guidance? Cambridge Digital Humanities Learning Programme offers students and staff at the University of Cambridge the opportunity to apply for support from our team of mentors over a three-month period from March 2019 to June 2019 and a guaranteed place on our intensive Beginners film-training level 2 course.

This programme is aimed at film-makers who have already begun work on a project or who have some prior experience (for example you have already attended Beginners Film-Training sessions at the University of Cambridge or an equivalent course).

Minimum commitment:

  • 4 one hour individual mentoring sessions over Skype to be arranged at mutually convenient times with your mentor between March 2019 and June 2019
  • 3 day intensive Beginners film-training level 2 course (24–26 June 2019)
  • Short presentation / screening  in end-of-programme showcase in late June 2019

Application forms should be returned to Dr Anne Alexander (learning@cdh.cam.ac.uk) by Monday 18 February 2019. Successful applicants will be notified in the week beginning 25 February 2019. 


Creating Databases from Historical Sources
25 Feb, 11-12.30, IT Training Room, University Library

This workshop will examine strategies for transforming a variety of sources into structured digital data, ranging from crumbling manuscripts to printed documents and books.

Tutor: Oliver Dunn

Level: Introductory / Foundation

For more information and to book, click here

This course is open to Cambridge University research students and staff who want to gain experience in digital research methods. No prior knowledge of programming is required, however, participants will need to bring their own laptop to the sessions.

Spaces are strictly limited and sessions must be booked in advance.


Optical Character Recognition (OCR): An Introduction
11 Feb, 11-12.30, Digital Content Unit, University Library

Optical Character Recognition is a term used to describe techniques for converting images containing printed or handwritten text into a format that can be searched and analysed computationally. This workshop will introduce several such tools along with some practical techniques for using them, and will also highlight OCR and related services offered by the Digital Content Unit at the Cambridge University Library.

Tutor: Oliver Dunn

Level: Introductory / Foundation

For more information and to book, click here

This course is open to Cambridge University research students and staff who want to gain experience in digital research methods. No prior knowledge of programming is required, however, participants will need to bring their own laptop to the sessions.

Spaces are strictly limited and sessions must be booked in advance.