Humanities is a collective noun that refers to the disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. The word itself derives from the Latin word humanitas, which literally means human nature, civilization, and kindness, thus corresponding to the two fundamental Greek concepts of an ancient, unwritten code of conduct: philanthropia (the love for all […]
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To grow and to be able to reach those levels we did not think was possible, every one of us need role models. They help us raise our ambitions and show us what is possible to achieve. It goes for all parts of life, but is perhaps especially relevant when you are a student or […]
Continue readingToday I’m excited to hear that historian Benjamin G. Martin is giving a talk here in Uppsala on January 23rd. It is titled: The Culture of International Society: A Digital Humanities Approach to the History of International Ideas. With degrees from University of Chicago and Columbia University, he now works at the Department of History […]
Continue readingHello! Hej! Прывітанне! Labas! My name is Nadzeya Charapan. I’m a doctoral student at Vilnius University and a guest researcher at Uppsala University. With my academic background in humanities, throughout the last ten years, I have been teaching diverse courses on cultural heritage, cultural memory, and communication for students from Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, the Netherlands, Turkey, […]
Continue readingFor people interested in digital humanities in Uppsala there is not only a new master programme in this field, but also a digital humanities network spanning departments and research across Uppsala University. It is called Digital Humanities Uppsala (DH Uppsala) and also runs a digital humanities laboratory/workshop. I wrote about the opening of it in an […]
Continue readingHello everyone! My name is Isto and I am working as a professor at the Department of ALM. I am one of the teachers at the Master’s Programme in Digital Humanities. My field of research is information studies, and more precisely the management and use of information in various contexts. I have been (and I am) […]
Continue readingWith just one week left before Christmas and one month until the last date (January 15th) for students outside of Sweden to apply for university studies in Uppsala, it is time to talk more in detail about the course content for The Master Programme in Digital Humanities The courses of the first year of the programme […]
Continue readingAfter some rainy, gloomy days, Uppsala is today swept in a crispy cold which makes the city glitter when hit by the rays of the midvinter sun. I have spent most of the day inside though, doing the final editing work for Tidskrift för ABM, the department online journal. A new number will be released […]
Continue readingThis week Verkstaden (The Workshop) at campus Engelska Parken threw an opening party to everybody in the Digital Humanities network at Uppsala University. Verkstaden is going to be a place where researchers, students and other interested from different domains can meet and work with digital tools for data analysis, visualization and modeling. The combination of […]
Continue readingToday I have learnt a lot about the most common question international students have when they are selecting their future university studies and what they need to know to be able to decide what and where to study. For all students, especially if you are aspiring to study abroad, this is a big decision which […]
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