Introduction to Digital Humanities
Lecture Series
Summer Semester 2025
Every Tuesday 16:45–18:15, Hörsaal 2
The goal of the lecture series is to provide an overview of the state of research and current theory, practice and methods in the digital humanities. Speakers from different areas of the humanities will show how the digital approaches they use open up new possibilities for their research.
There will be a small reception after each lecture in the meeting room of the division Digital Philology in the Hauptgebäude, Stiege 8.
Program
| 11. 3. 2025 | Introduction Gabriel Viehhauser (Digital Scholarly Editing, University of Vienna) |
| 18. 3. 2025 | Large Language Model Analysis and Applications in Digital Humanities Vanja Karan (Digital Text Sciences, University of Vienna) |
| 25. 3. 2025 | Balancing Specific Needs and Long-Term Sustainability in Digital Editions: An Open Challenge Beatrice Nava (Digital Scholarly Editing, University of Vienna) |
| 1. 4. 2025 | The Good Life Digital and the Power to Shape It Erich Prem (eutema GmbH, Vienna) |
| 8. 4. 2025 | A Digital Edition of Modern Research on Ancient Texts: Wilhelm Siegling's Nachlass Bernhard Koller (Linguistics, University of Vienna) |
| 29. 4. 2025 | Digital Humanities Meets Assyriology: A Look at Three Groundbreaking Projects in Vienna Nicla de Zorzi (Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna) |
| 6. 5. 2025 | »Die Welt ist mehr und mehr nur noch ein Computer«. Digitale Annäherungen an Thomas Bernhard Juliane Werner (Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Vienna), Robin-M. Aust (University of Bielefeld) |
| 20. 5. 2025 | Schubert-digital: Exploring the Potential of Digital Manuscript Reconstruction and Watermark Analysis Paul Gulewycz, Clemens Gubsch (Austrian Academy of Sciences) |
| 27. 5. 2025 | From Quantum Computing to Quantum Humanities: Potentials and Application Frank Leymann, Johanna Barzen (Institute of Architecture of Application Systems, University of Stuttgart) |
| 3. 6. 2025 | Mathematical Manuscripts: Challenges in Transcription, Vocabulary, and Presentation Michaela Wiesinger (German Studies, University of Innsbruck) |
| 10. 6. 2025 | Large Language Models in Literary Studies: Classification, Interpretation, and Expert Validation Axel Pichler (German Studies, University of Vienna) |
| 17. 6. 2025 | On Objects and Networks: The Contribution of Collection Studies to Digital Humanities Anja Grebe (Arts and Cultural Studies, University for Continuing Education Krems) |