UCL Digital Humanities

All good things come to an end It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that the UCL Faculties of Social & Historical Sciences and Arts & Humanities have decided to close the IAS on 31 July 2026.

It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that the UCL Faculties of Social & Historical Sciences and Arts & Humanities have decided to close the IAS.

We will close our doors forever on 31 July 2026.

Follow the link to leave thoughts, comments, memories 💗

www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

My CRF-funded lab is looking for 2 postdocs to work on China-Western relations in the early modern period using NLP, AI and big data! 3 years, good salary, funding for conference travel, etc.

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Reflectance Transformation Imaging 4-day Training Course This 4-day course, led by Dr Kathryn Piquette, will run from 13-16th October 2026 and includes a combination of lectures, demonstration, and practical hands-on sessions.

📷 Reflectance Transformation Imaging Training Course
📅 13-16th October 2026
This course, led by @kathrynpiquette.bsky.social, includes a combination of lectures, demonstration, and practical hands-on sessions 🙌🏽🤩
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Working with Open Source Discover how open-source tools can transform your research. A roundtable for PhD students and Early Career Researchers.

Working with Open Source
12 February 2026, 2pm-3:30pm
Discover how open-source tools can transform your research. A roundtable for PhD students and Early Career Researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk/digital-huma...

🔊"I think it is really exciting to see young people interested in analogue. And I've even heard of teenagers who have asked their parents to install a landline again!"

Dr Kaitlyn Regehr, UCL Information Studies, speaks to The One Show about the growing trend of people choosing analogue hobbies.

Digital Humanities MA / MSc: Virtual Open Event Join our Graduate Open Event for anyone who is interested in applying for the Digital Humanities MA / MSc at UCL.

Digital Humanities MA / MSc: Virtual Open Event
3 Feb 2026, 13:00 – 14:00
Join @artshumsucl.bsky.social Graduate Open Event for anyone who is interested in applying for the Digital Humanities MA / MSc at UCL.
Programme Director @oliverdw.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Events The Digital Humanities Research Hub runs or hosts a range of online and in-person activities, including training workshops, research seminars, summer schools and other events

Each term, the DHRH offers a range of training events in the Senate House MakerSpace. Our 'taster' sessions are free and open to all, and we warmly invite you to join us 😊
Next event: Photogrammetry & 3D Imaging for GLAM Professionals, 26/1
View all events and register: www.sas.ac.uk/about-us/ins...

The #CallforPapers is open for the Digital Humanities Congress at the University of Sheffield from 2-3rd September 2026

Proposals are welcome on all aspects of the digital humanities

#DHC2026

🔜 Deadline: 2nd March
ℹ️ More info: www.dhi.ac.uk/congress

Working with Open Source Discover how open-source tools can transform your research. A roundtable for PhD students and Early Career Researchers.

Working with Open Source
12 February 2026, 2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Discover how open-source tools can transform your research. A roundtable for PhD students and Early Career Researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk/digital-huma...

Valuable Lives: Black Unfreedom and the Collapse of Slavery in Jamaica Valuable Lives is a major CSLBS project aimed at creating the first and most comprehensive publicly available database on black lives under British slavery.

Job alert! For our latest project, Valuable Lives, we're looking for:
- a Research Fellow (www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...)
- 2 Research Assistants (www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...)

Application deadline: 23 January 2026

Find out more about this exciting project here: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Reflectance Transformation Imaging 4-day Training Course Dates: 17 - 20 February 2026

Reflectance Transformation Imaging 4-day Training Course
17 - 20 February 2026
Upon completion of this course, you will know how to set up, capture, process, view, assess and disseminate RTI images on the Internet. For more details and to book a place please see www.ucl.ac.uk/digital-huma...

Social Science in CHina Today

Report in Social Sciences in China Today on UCL-PKU project "Decoding Climate Narratives: Climate Change Communication in China & UK". Many thanks to @ucl-global.bsky.social & @pku1898.bsky.social for the kind support ai-and-society.org/projects/dec... @artshumsucl.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social

UCLDH at 15: Highlights, Milestones & What’s Next
Thoughts from our new Co-Directors, Adam Crymble and Jin Gao.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/dh/2025/09/3...

Portrait of Dr Jin Gao and Dr Adam Crymble alongside the UCLDH logo. A message reads 'Welcome Dr Jin Gao & Dr Adam Crymble as Co-Directors of UCLDH'

We’re thrilled to welcome our new Co-Directors:
@jin-gao.bsky.social & @adamcrymble.bsky.social

Together, they’ll be leading the Centre into its next chapter of innovation, collaboration, and digital scholarship. The future is #DigitalHumanities

May be of interest? @uclarchaeology.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @ucllccos.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social @thebartlettucl.bsky.social

Digital Object Based Learning for Well-being and Inclusion This workshop, led by Prof Antonella Poce, will present hands-on practices based on Object Based Learning and its digital development, focusing on 3D digital images and AI technologies.

Digital Object Based Learning for Well-being and Inclusion
4 June 2:15–4:15 pm
This workshop, led by Prof Antonella Poce, will present hands-on practices based on Object Based Learning and its digital development, focusing on 3D digital images and AI technologies.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Prof Julianne Nyhan giving the Susan Hockey Lecture 2025, with audience in the foreground

Thank you to Prof Julianne Nyhan for giving a wonderful talk last night at the Susan Hockey Lecture 2025. Everyone enjoyed the event and it was lovely to celebrate our 15th anniversary with many familiar faces 🎉🥳

A postcard with a small panda saying "There will be cake" and the Susan Hockey Lecture logo.

Happening tomorrow! Still time to register! 🎂🍰
The 2025 Susan Hockey Lecture with Prof Julianne Nyhan

Oral History as Data? Critically approaching the digital turn in method, meaning and recollection
📅 22 May 6pm
www.ucl.ac.uk/.../oral-his....

Join @ucldh.bsky.social Information Studies Book Forum Event exploring their unique coalition of scholars' recent achievements, projects & potential collaborations in common areas of interest.

🗓 5 June 2025 | 🕙 09:30–16:00
📍 UCL IOE – Jeffery Hall
🎟️ Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/informatio...

Oral History as Data? Critically approaching the digital turn in method, meaning and recollection UCLDH is delighted to welcome Julianne Nyhan, Professor Emeritus of Digital Humanities at UCL, to give the 2025 Susan Hockey Lecture, as the centre celebrates its 15th anniversary.

We're delighted to welcome former UCLDH Director Prof Julianne Nyhan to give the 2025 Susan Hockey Lecture, as we celebrate our 15th anniversary!

Oral History as Data? Critically approaching the digital turn in method, meaning and recollection
22 May 6pm UCL
www.ucl.ac.uk/digital-huma...

Oral History as Data? Critically approaching the digital turn in method, meaning and recollection
22 May 2025, 6pm-8pm

We're delighted to welcome Julianne Nyhan, Professor Emeritus of Digital Humanities at UCL, to give this, the 2025 Susan Hockey Lecture, as we celebrate our 15th anniversary! 🥳🎉

Oral History as Data? Critically approaching the digital turn in method, meaning and recollection UCLDH is delighted to welcome Julianne Nyhan, Professor Emeritus of Digital Humanities at UCL, to give the 2025 Susan Hockey Lecture, as the centre celebrates its 15th anniversary.

Can oral history can be understood as “data”?

What happens when we try to organize or represent the rich & complex experiences shared in an oral history interview using a structured format, like a knowledge graph?

And do such changes matter?

ARt-Z: Unlock the Unseen
1–23 May UCL East
Zeyu Zhao's exhibition, supported by IAS Octagon fund, presents 10 digitised paintings from the V&A’s Chinese Export Watercolours Collection. By integrating augmented reality it offers new ways to experience historical artworks
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Project Launch: New World Royalists The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery is delighted to announce the launch of NEW WORLD ROYALISTS, an innovative new digital humanities project that focuses on Port Royal Parish, ...

Project Launch: New World Royalists
9 May 2025, 6–7:30 pm
The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery is delighted to announce the launch of NEW WORLD ROYALISTS, an innovative new digital humanities project that focuses on Port Royal Parish, Jamaica.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Oral History as Data? Critically approaching the digital turn in method, meaning and recollection UCLDH is delighted to welcome Julianne Nyhan, Professor Emeritus of Digital Humanities at UCL, to give the 2025 Susan Hockey Lecture, as the centre celebrates its 15th anniversary.

Oral History as Data? Critically approaching the digital turn in method, meaning and recollection
Julianne Nyhan, Professor Emeritus of Digital Humanities at UCL, will give the 2025 Susan Hockey Lecture, as UCLDH celebrates its 15th anniversary 🎉🥳
22 May 2025, 6pm-8pm
www.ucl.ac.uk/digital-huma...

Festival of Digital Research, Innovation & Scholarship Join us on Tuesday 15th July for UCL's Festival of Digital Research, Innovation & Scholarship

📢 Join us on July 15, 2025! 🎉
UCL’s Festival of Digital Research, Innovation & Scholarship is back!
📢 Submit your presentations, posters & demos now!
🔗 ucl.ac.uk/advanced-research-computing/events/2025/jul/festival-digital-research-innovation-scholarship
#DigitalResearch #ResearchComputing #UCL #ARC

Online Drop-in Session - Monday 24 March ARC is starting a new series of regular online drop-in sessions for all research staff and research students, providing digital research support, troubleshooting and advice.

Reminder: need help with HPC, data science, or research computing? Join the UCL ARC Online Drop-In Session for expert advice from research computing specialists—all from home!
📅 March 24, 2025
🌍 Online
🔗 ucl.ac.uk/advanced-research-computing/events/2025/mar/online-drop-session-monday-24-march

Text Mining with tf-idf Tf-idf is an information retrieval method to extract distinctive keywords from documents. In this interactive workshop we will explore the possibilities and limitations of the technique.

Text Mining with tf-idf
4 April 2025, 2pm-4pm
Tf-idf is an information retrieval method to extract distinctive keywords from documents. In this interactive workshop we will explore the possibilities and limitations of the technique.
www.ucl.ac.uk/digital-huma...

Text Mining with tf-idf Tf-idf is an information retrieval method to extract distinctive keywords from documents. In this interactive workshop we will explore the possibilities and limitations of the technique.

Text Mining with tf-idf
4 April 2025, 2pm-4pm
Tf-idf is an information retrieval method to extract distinctive keywords from documents. In this interactive workshop we will explore the possibilities and limitations of the technique.
www.ucl.ac.uk/digital-huma...

Data Empowered Societies Small Grants Call 2024-2025 Awards of up to £10,000 are available from GC DES for novel interdisciplinary projects that explore the opportunities presented by a data empowered society and address the challenges in achieving it.

UCL Grand Challenge of Data Empowered Society - Small Grants 💰
Up to £10K for interdisciplinary projects tackling data-driven challenges & opportunities. Foster collaboration & drive impact!
Learn more 🔗 buff.ly/41fY0br
#ARC #UCL