Digital Humanities: Computer-assisted Genetic Editing

About

An intensive 5-day entry level hands-on course on making digital editions of analogue and born-digital texts. In this course, participants will acquire a set of basic computer skills such as xml mark-up language and handwritten text recognition to design a fully-fledged, TEI-compatible Digital Scholarly Edition and deploy keystroke logging technology to record and analyse born-digital texts.

Whether you're starting your journey in digital humanities or looking to expand your skillset, this course provides the perfect foundation to bring your projects to life.

Target group

Bachelor (3rd year) and Master students, PhDs and postdocs, Professionals in the fields of textual scholarship, genetic criticism, library science, archiving practices.

Participants should have at least completed 2 full years of university education in a relevant field of study. 

No prior knowledge of Digital Humanities is required to successfully complete the programme.

Fee info

The registration fee includes course material, coffee breaks, lunches, social activities and farewell dinner. It does not include travel and accommodation.