Possibilities of computer-aided evaluation of historical correspondence
An online conference on Digital Humanities approaches to letters
The Workshop "Possibilities of Computer-Aided Analysis of Historical Correspondences" is being held by the research project "Correspondence of Theologians in the Southwest of the Empire in the Early Modern Period (1550-1620)" of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the Institute of Systems Design of the ETH Zurich from February 9 to 10, 2022. Its aim is a discussion between historians, theologians, computer specialists and data scientists focusing on questions from the perspective of the humanities on quantitative data analysis, on specific possibilities of data evaluation from the perspective of data science, and, finally, on the difficulties entailed in such analyses.
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The two-day workshop will also feature an online plenary lecture by Professor Howard Hotson, Academic Director of Digital Scholarship @ Oxford.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81572618442?pwd=Nlp2TjAyTFNjQUJ6WWNlTkNFTFdtZz09
Meeting-ID: 815 7261 8442
Keycode: 212279
For the evening lecture on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 6 p.m., by Prof. Dr. Howard Hotson (Oxford) please use the following zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81001381833?pwd=UEc5RFlFMmdTNU5mekF1WmZ0TkptUT09
Meeting-ID: 810 0138 1833
Keycode: 816515
